Christoph Wamser

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St. Mary's Assumption Church in Cologne

Christoph Wamser (* about 1575 in Wolfach , † probably in 1649 in Cologne ) was a German architect of the Baroque .

Christoph Wamser designed churches that corresponded to the type of counter-Reformation churches conceived by the Jesuits . These contain motifs from the Gothic and Romanesque periods , which, like elsewhere north of the Alps, are understood as timelessly valid elements of a church style. This can be seen, for example, in Wamser's main work, the Jesuit Church in Molsheim , the Dompeter (Domus Petri) near Avolsheim , but also in the Church of St. Mary's Assumption in Cologne . Other buildings by Wamser are the Kreuzbergkirche in Bonn and churches in Coesfeld and Paderborn.

The church of St. Michael in Aachen is ascribed to Wamser .

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ For a long time Miltenberg was assumed to be the place of birth. Genealogical investigations clearly indicate Wolfach as Wamser's place of origin. See: Schlaefli Louis: About the foreman Christoph Wambser from Wolfach. In: The Ortenau. Publications of the Historical Association for Central Baden. 75th annual volume 1995. Bühl 1995. pp. 413-430.
  2. ^ Rudolf Otten: Architecture as a program, p. 49
personal data
SURNAME Wamser, Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wammesser
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Baroque architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1575
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfach
DATE OF DEATH 1649
Place of death Cologne