Gerhard Langmaack
Gerhard Langmaack (born February 19, 1898 in Hamburg ; † May 26, 1986 in Ahrensburg ) was a German architect .
Life
Gerhard Langmaack, son of a banker, attended the State Building Trade School in Hamburg from 1914 . From 1916 to 1918 he took part in the First World War as a pioneer soldier . In 1922 he opened his architectural office in Hamburg, which he managed until 1973.
One of his first significant orders in 1925/1926 was the construction of the Warburg cultural studies library based on plans by Fritz Schumacher . Characterized by the youth movement and homeland security , Langmaack was susceptible to the propaganda "appropriate building" and in 1934 became head of the regional office for North Germany of the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts . Because of his refusal to join the NSDAP, he was dismissed from this office in 1936.
He was particularly interested in church building. He built his first church in 1936 in Altenlohm , Goldberg district in Silesia . More than sixty church reconstruction and new building projects bore his signature. After 1945 he was intensively involved in the reconstruction and new construction.
Langmaack, encouraged by his confirmator, Pastor Ludwig Heitmann at the Johanniskirche in Hamburg-Eppendorf , joined the Berneuchen movement early on and has been a member of the Michael Brotherhood since it was founded in 1931. In 1949 he was one of the founders of the German Evangelical Church Building Day , of which he was a member. For many years he had a teaching position at the Department of Protestant Theology at the University of Hamburg , which in 1968 awarded him an honorary doctorate in theology.
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buildings
- Warburg Library of Cultural Studies in Hamburg (1925/1926)
- Church in Altenlohm (1936) ( location )
- St. Jürgen Church in Hamburg-Langenhorn (1938/1939) ( location )
- Reconstruction of the main church St. Michaelis in Hamburg ( location )
- Reconstruction of the St. Markus Church in Hamburg-Hoheluft (1949) with Otto Bartning ( Lage )
- St. Martinus Church in Hamburg-Eppendorf (1949) with Otto Bartning ( location )
- Reconstruction and expansion of the Christ Church in Beckum (1950/51) ( location )
- Christ Church in Wolfsburg (1950/51) ( location )
- modernized reconstruction of the St. Nikolai Church in Kiel (1950) ( location )
- modernized reconstruction of the Jakobikirche in Kiel (1952/1954)
- Renovation of the Anchark Church in Hamburg-Eppendorf, rebuilding of the war-damaged parish hall (1952 and 1969)
- Kreuzkirche in Hamburg-Billstedt (1953)
- Michaelskirche in Hamburg-Bergedorf (1955)
- Pauluskirche in Ocholt (1955/56)
- Apostle Johannes Church in Wilhelmshaven (1955)
- New construction of the main church St. Nikolai am Klosterstern in Hamburg (1960/1962, together with his son Dieter)
- Trinity Church in Detmold (1960/1961)
- Thomaskirche in Espelkamp (1960/1963) ( location )
- Bodelschwingh Church in Hamburg-Winterhude with side rooms (1960/1962, together with his son Dieter)
- Pauluskirche in Wolfsburg-Laagberg (1960)
- Renovation of the St. Johannis Church in Hamburg-Eppendorf (1961) ( location )
- Hope Church in Ramallah (Church of Hope; 1961–1963) ( location )
- Church of the Resurrection in Aachen (1962/1963)
- Cemetery chapel with connecting corridor and ancillary building in Preußisch Oldendorf-Bad Holzhausen (1962–1964) ( location )
- New building of the Friedenskirche in Flensburg (1967/68)
Fonts
- Why nature and homeland protection? Wendt & Matthes, Berlin 1932.
- Our mass fate and the way of architecture. In: Baugilde, magazine of the Association of German Architects , 16th year 1934, pp. 511–534.
- The place of worship. In: Karl Ferdinand Müller (Ed.): Liturgia. Handbook of evangelical worship. 1. Volume, Kassel 1954, pp. 366-436.
- Works from the years 1923–1955. Self-published, undated
- Protestant church building in the 19th and 20th centuries. Johannes Stauda Verlag, Kassel 1971, ISBN 3-7982-0108-0 .
literature
- Olaf Bartels (ed.): The architects Langmaack. (= Series of publications of the Hamburg Architecture Archive.) Dölling and Galitz Verlag, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-930802-80-5 .
- Karin Berkemann : “Tomorrow's architecture!” Hamburg's post-war churches . Ed .: Monument Protection Office Hamburg. Dölling and Galitz Verlag , Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937904-60-3 .
- Hans Carl von Haebler: History of the Evangelical Michaelsbruderschaft from its beginnings to the general convention in 1967. Ed. On behalf of the Evangelical Michaelsbruderschaft, Marburg 1975, p. 163 f.
- Matthias Wolfes : Langmaack, Gerhard. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 25, Bautz, Nordhausen 2005, ISBN 3-88309-332-7 , Col. 766-769.
- Ralf Lange : Hamburg. Reconstruction and re-planning 1943–1963. Langewiesche publishing house, Königstein im Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-4610-2 (including a short biography).
- Volkwin Marg , Reiner Schröder: Architecture in Hamburg since 1900. Junius-Verlag, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-88506-206-2 .
- Architects and Engineers Association Hamburg: Hamburg and its buildings 1954–1968. Hammonia-Verlag, Hamburg 1969.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerhard Langmaack in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Gerhard Langmaack in the German Digital Library
- Search for Gerhard Langmaack in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Architects Langmaack - history
Individual evidence
- ^ Maike Bruhns: Fritz Schumacher's life and work after 1933 . In: Hartmut Frank (Ed.): Fritz Schumacher. Reform culture and modernity . Hatje, Stuttgart 1994.
- ↑ Hans Carl von Haebler: History of the Evangelical Michaelsbruderschaft . 1975, p. 163 f .
- ↑ Karin Berkemann: The architecture of tomorrow! P. 87.
- ↑ a b Karin Berkemann: The architecture of tomorrow! P. 86.
- ↑ Werner Brune (Ed.): Wilhelmshavener Heimatlexikon . tape 1 . Brune Mettcker, Wilhelmshaven 1986, ISBN 978-3-930510-00-9 , pp. 47 .
- ↑ Karin Berkemann: The architecture of tomorrow! P. 41.
- ^ Burkhard Meier, Klaus-Peter Fliedner: Lippische Kirchen . topp + möller, Detmold 2004, ISBN 3-936867-06-2 , p. 65 .
- ↑ Ev. Thomaskirche Espelkamp | KaTplan GmbH Münster. Retrieved March 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Karin Berkemann: The architecture of tomorrow! P. 81.
- ^ Anne Herden-Hubertus: Monument of the Month: Typical architecture of the 1960s. The cemetery chapel in Bad Holzhausen (Preußisch Oldendorf, Minden-Lübbecke district). LWL monument preservation, landscape and building culture in Westphalia , accessed on November 8, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Langmaack, Gerhard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1898 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1986 |
Place of death | Ahrensburg |