Zengerle, Heinrich Jakob

Architect, Ducal-Nassau Chief Building Officer

Born: 10.02.1778 in Wolfenhausen near Runkel

died: 15.01.1835 in Wiesbaden

After training as an architect, the son of a captain entered the service of Nassau. Zengerle worked as a court chamber councillor in the financial administration until 1815, then as a building councillor in the General Domain Directorate. In 1827, he received the title of senior building officer.

In Wiesbaden, he created the neoclassical theater on Wilhelmstraße, built from 1825-27, as well as a 129 m long colonnade in 1826/27. At the time, it was known as the Kurhaus Colonnade. This building served as a covered walkway and promenade to the then "Cursaal"; it also housed stores for the spa public. The colonnade did not get its southern counterpart until 1839, the later so-called theater colonnade; since then it has also been called the "Old Colonnade". In 1937, it was redesigned as a fountain colonnade in connection with the construction of a thermal water network. After another conversion, it now houses the casino 's small game (slot machines) and a bar. The thermal water outlet is currently not in use.

The steel bathhouse in Bad Schwalbach, which was built in 1826-29 under the ducal Nassau government, was based on plans by Zengerle. The building with 60 bathing cabins was considered to be one of the most modern and spacious of its kind at the time, and the construction costs were unusually high at 200,000 fl.

Zengerle was buried in the old cemetery on Platter Straße.