Arwed Roßbach

Palais Roßbach, 1892

Amtsgericht Dresden

Max Arwed Roßbach (also spelled Rossbach, 24 November 1844 in Plauen - 31 December 1902 in Leipzig) was a Germany historicist architect from Saxony. He worked mainly in the Gründerzeit.

Selected works

In Leipzig he built a Neo-Gothic facade for the Paulinerkirche in 1897. He designed a new building for the university, the so-called Rotes Kolleg in 1891/92. In 1898/1901 he built for the Deutsche Bank, and the Neo-Roman Taborkirche, which was completed in 1904 after his death.

Roßbach built the theater in his birth place Plauen (1889/99), the Landgericht (Court building) in Dresden (1890/92), and the Volkslesehalle in Jena (1898/1902).

Literature

• Robert Bruck: Arwed Roßbach und seine Bauten. Berlin 1904.

External links

• Photographs of the Palais Roßbach
• Arwed-Rossbach-Schule Leipzig

Persondata
Name	Roßbach, Arwed
Alternative names	Rossbach, Arwed
Short description
Date of birth	24 November 1844
Place of birth	Plauen
Date of death	31 December 1902
Place of death	Leipzig