Background
Son of a master carpenter, Polzin was born in Königsberg in 1778.
Son of a master carpenter, Polzin was born in Königsberg in 1778.
He trained in Copenhagen and quickly found work for three years helping to construct the new Christiansborg Palace which had been designed by Christian Frederik Hansen. Polzin had worked on a re-design of the town"s marketplace notwithstanding the French occupation. He also worked on houses in the Schlachte and what was then the river island of Teerhof.
The houses on the Teerhof were largely destroyed by bombing during the second world war.
Polzin"s work at that time was said to be influenced by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Polzin worked on the creation of the new street and buildings which were created as the town walls were abandoned.
The new street was named Am Wall and several of Polzin"s designs are still standing. In 1832 designed a church in Bremen"s northern suburb of Vegesack and in 1838 be designed the museum on the Domshof.
Their father died in his adopted town of Bremen in 1851.