You are bidding on onehandwritten, signed certificate of the architect Christian Heyden (1803-1869).

Dated barmen, 21. April 1867.

Issued for the building assistant Wilhelm Dorenbeck from Werden an der Ruhr (today a district of Essen), who "in the execution of the Gas works in Dülmen, from 1. July 1865 to 12. Juny 1866, u. in executing the Gasworks in Wattenscheid from 13. June 1866 until today".

Signed "Christian. Heyden, master builder and gas engineer."

Paper with blind embossed head "Christn. Heyden // Builder & Engineer // Barmen".

with beautiful Seal.

Scope: one of four pages (30.3 x 20.3 cm) written on half a page.

About the construction assistant (I offer further testimonials at the same time):

Wilhelm Dorenbeck (* 6. July 1838 in Werden, today in Essen) completed an apprenticeship as a stonemason with F. Honstetten {?} in Werden from 1854-57, attended the building trades school in Holzminden from 1861-63, was a bricklayer's apprentice under master bricklayer and carpenter Flader in 1863/64 Duisburg and 1864/65 bricklayer and journeyman stonemason in the construction of the gas works in Recklinghausen, March-June 1865 stonemason and bricklayer at the cast steel factory Friedrich Krupp in Essen, 1865/66 building assistant in the execution of the gas works in Dülmen and the gas works in Wattenscheid under the Barmen architects and Gas engineer Christian Heyden (1803-1869).

Condition: document folded; Paper browned and stained, with creases and traces of a previous binding at the fold. The seal somewhat damaged. BiPlease also note the pictures!

Internal note: Solar2207 folder H Team11

About Christian Heyden (source: wikipedia)

Christian Heyden (baptized on 14. August 1803 in Freckhausen, today Reichshof; † 4 November 1869 in Barmen (Unterbarmen), today a district of Wuppertal) was a German architect.

life:Christian Heyden is the son of a builder Johann Christian Heyden d. Ä. from Freckhausen. His brother Friedrich Wilhelm Heyden was in the middle of the 19th century. century master builder in Krefeld; as early as 1832 he was mentioned in connection with Adolph von Vagedes during the construction of the Herbertz houses in Uerdingen. The brothers were married to the sisters Ida (Christian, 1833) and Friederike von Vagedes, daughters of the Düsseldorf master builder Adolph von Vagedes, and thus his sons-in-law. In 1836 he built his own house on Barmer Schulstrasse.

In 1843 Heyden became a board member of the Barmen section of the Cologne Cathedral Building Association. In 1863 he was awarded the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle IV. class excellent. He was a member of the Elberfeld Masonic Lodge Hermann zum Land der Berge.

Education and environment: Both Heyden brothers probably worked for a while in von Vagedes' studio and as site managers for his buildings. Christian Heyden also attended the Berlin Building Academy, passed the examination for private master builder at von Vagedes in 1841 and thus obtained approval for the construction of public buildings. As a board member of the Barmer local association of the Cologne Cathedral Building Association, he was very likely in contact with Ernst Friedrich Zwirner, Vincenz Statz and other representatives of the neo-Gothic style.

Architectural work: It can be assumed that Heyden came to Barmen as his father-in-law's construction manager. In 1825, Christian Heyden presented his own design for the main church in Unterbarm, but the plan of Heinrich Hübsch, a student of Weinbrenner, was implemented. However, he was assigned the construction work. From 1834 he erected commercial buildings and became the leading master builder in the Wupper region. For industrial buildings, he mostly uses quarry stone, less often brick. The very clear buildings are characterized by carefully designed architectural details. Characteristic, if not used consistently, are its stepped gables. He also developed ideas for the technical inner workings of the factories, as his patent for a combing machine shows. Around 1845 he called himself “Priv. Master builder for the country and mechanical engineering and techn. conductor and engineer d. Barmer Gas Establishment". From 1850 to 1853 he was Barmen city master builder. He also built representative town houses, villas and country estates for the factory owners.

For several years, Heyden has been credited with an outstanding role in the spread of neo-Gothic in Westphalia. Like his life, most of his oeuvre is obscure. His best-known, long-time employee and site manager is Gerhard August Fischer, who, among other things, looked after Heyden's buildings in Gütersloh and the Wichlinghauser church. In addition, Heyden often worked with the Schmidt family of building contractors, who also came from Freckhausen.

Heyden's authorship is undisputed only for individual sacred and profane buildings. So for the Martin Luther Church in Gütersloh, the Great Church in Aplerbeck in Dortmund, the Wichlinghauser Church (near Barmen, today Wuppertal), the Evangelical Church in Haßlinghausen (near Sprockhövel), the Christ Church in Königswinter, the tower of the Süsterkirche in Bielefeld (1861), the evangelical church in Radevormwald and the evangelical Christ Church in Werdohl.

In Gütersloh, in addition to the Martin Luther Church, the former town hall (demolished in 1970), the Protestant hospital (demolished in 1968), the "Recovery" club house (demolished) and Avenstroth's mill (listed) are secured as Heyden's works.

In the Bergisches Land, the Villa Braunswerth (1855) in Engelskirchen goes back to Christian Heyden for the Engels family of manufacturers in Barm. Heyden designed other villas for the Lenneper and Langenberg manufacturer families. Christian Heyden's authorship of the Wülfing textile factory in Dahlerau (after a fire between 1836 and 1845, probably in 1838) is also certain. Heyden also designed other factory buildings in the upper Wupper Valley.

In addition, Heyden was involved in the construction of gas plants. Around 1845 he called himself “Techn. conductor and engineer d. Barmer GasAnstalt” when he presented plans for a gas plant in Barmen. He also presented a plan for the gas works in Gütersloh. In 1865/66 he was involved in the gas works in Dorsten. Heyden's son succeeded him as an engineer.

Posthumous fame in Gütersloh: in 2003 the Gütersloh City Museum dedicated an exhibition to him entitled “The Heyden Work”. In October 2006, the undoped Christian Heyden Prize, donated by Axel Hinrich Murken in 2003, was awarded for the first time in Gütersloh. The cast bronze medal is dedicated to people and initiatives that have made a special contribution to the building culture in Gütersloh. A footpath along the Martin Luther Church in Gütersloh has also borne his name for a number of years.

Works (chronologically by date of completion)

1837 Klaswipper: Ev. Church (according to the design of Schinkel's normal church)

1838 Dahlerau b. Radevormwald: Wülfing textile factory

1842 Elberfeld: House Daniel von der Heydt (attribution)

1842 Langenberg (Rhineland): Villa "Neuborn"

1843 Elberfeld: Municipal Theater "Temple of the Muses"

1845, around Barmen: Plans for a gas plant

1846 Elberfeld: Küpper brewery and pub (attribution)

1847 Leverkusen: Reuschenberger mill (attribution)

1848 Langenberg (Rhineland): Villa "In der Au"

1848 Lindlar: Castle Heiligenhoven (conversion and outer bailey)

1849 (?) Elberfeld: Palais Meckel (attribution)

1850 Langenberg (Rhineland): Villa "Talhof" (attribution)

1850 Langenberg (Rhineland): Villa Meyberg (attribution, canceled)

1854 Hasslinghausen, Hasslinghausen Church

1855 Engelskirchen: Villa Braunswerth

1857 Elberfeld: Gasthof Böhler Hof (attribution)

1857 Gütersloh-Sundern: "Avenstroth's Mill"

1861 Bielefeld: Süsterkirche, bell tower

1861 Gütersloh: Martin Luther Church

1862 Gütersloh: Ev. Hospital (Barthsche Foundation, canceled 1969)

1862 Gütersloh: gas works (draft)

1862 Gennebreck: Evangelical Church

1863 Gütersloh: "Recreation" clubhouse

1864 Gütersloh: town hall (demolished 1970)

1864 Königswinter: Christ Church

1864 Menden (Sauerland): Holy Spirit Church

1866 Dorsten: gas plant (?)

1867 Sprockhövel-Haßlinghausen: Ev. Church

1867 Barmen: Wichlinghauser Church

1868 Werdohl: Christ Church

1869 Dortmund-Aplerbeck: Large Church

Radevormwald: Ev. Church (Martini Church?)