Ernst Dircksen

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

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