Ernst Dircksen
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German architect
Ernst August Dircksen (31 May 1831 in Danzig – 11 May 1899 in Erfurt) was a German architect.[1]
Life
Ernst Dircksen studied at the Berlin Bauakademie. In 1867, he relocated to Upper Silesia and soon became an expert for building railway bridges and railway lines.[2] In 1882, Dircksen was sent to Cologne to redesign and expand the railway lines there; in 1890 he relocated to Erfurt.
In 1902, a memorial for Dircksen, made by Ludwig Brunow, was erected near the station Friedrichstraße in Berlin. The memorial was later destroyed.
Works
- Bridge at Dirschau across the Weichsel
- Bridge over the Rhine in Cologne
- Station in Frankfurt (Oder)
- Berlin Ringbahn
- Rail line from Remilly to Pont-à-Mousson
- Railway lines for the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn Gesellschaft
- Planning and site management for the Berlin Stadtbahn
- Multiple railway lines in the Cologne area
- New lines around Erfurt