Adalbert Wietek

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Adalbert Wietek in 1925

Adalbert Wietek (born November 12, 1876 in Schlaney , Glatz district , province of Silesia ; † November 28, 1933 in Kufstein , Tyrol ) was a German architect who worked in Munich and Kaiserslautern as well as in South and North Tyrol . Three of his buildings in Meran and Tscherms are listed.

Life

Knight's Cross of the Imperial Austrian Order of Franz Josef

Adalbert Wietek was the son of master carpenter Josef Wietek (1852–1931) and Maria, née Elsner (1851–1881). After attending primary school in Schlaney, he began an apprenticeship as a carpenter with his father, which he continued from 1892 in the workshops of his uncle, the Munich architect Joseph Elsner . At the same time he attended day classes in the arts and crafts specialist drawing. After the journeyman's examination in 1895, he first worked in Elsner's architectural office and the associated workshops. In addition, he continued his education in evening and Sunday classes at the vocational training school. From 1896 he worked for two years as a draftsman in the studio of the company te Poel and Stoltefus in Gravenhage in Holland. He then attended the construction classes at the municipal trade school in Munich for a year and then worked in the studio of the Munich architect Max Ostenrieder until December 1, 1899 .

From 1899 to 1906 Adalbert Wietek worked for the Munich construction company Heilmann & Littmann , where he was entrusted with the planning of smaller units and the supervision of larger buildings, including the Prinzregententheater and the Münchner Kammerspiele . Until 1901 he attended the building trade department of the municipal trade school, which awarded him school premiums for his outstanding achievements in 1899 and 1901. In 1908, together with the master builder Christian Hocke, he founded an architecture office in Kaiserslautern , which he managed until 1913. He then worked in Merano for Hofele and Delugan & Sons as chief architect and site manager. During the First World War he was assigned to the military construction management of the Fiemme Valley Railway for two years from 1916 as a civil engineer . For this mission he received the Knight's Cross of the Imperial Franz Joseph Order with the war decoration.

Wietek family in 1924

After the end of the war he started his own architecture office in Merano, where he a. a. Projected church buildings and monuments and restored castles. Because of the difficult political and economic conditions after the transition of South Tyrol to Italy, he moved to Kufstein in North Tyrol in 1929, where he again worked as an independent architect and mainly designed residential buildings. There he died on November 28, 1933 after a traffic accident. His last work was the church in Gomagoi in Stilfs , which was consecrated on November 15, 1933.

Adalbert Wietek was a member of the Munich Architects and Engineers Association (MAIV) . With his architecture office he was a member of the Chamber of Engineers and Architects for Tyrol. Since 1904 he was married to Charlotte Hocke (1878–1947) from Kaiserslautern, with whom he had six daughters and one son.

Projects

Office opening in Kaiserslautern

His independent activity began in 1908 in Kaiserslautern, where he headed the architecture office of his brother-in-law builder Christian Hocke.

Deutsches Museum in Munich, second prize 1920

Since there are only a few publicly accessible documents about the architect Adalbert Wietek, a few projects from the private property of his descendants are shown here that characterize his work and his architectural style.

In the 1920 competition for an extension to the German Museum in Munich, Adalbert Wietek's design was awarded second place.

Church buildings

Of the numerous churches that Adalbert Wietek planned after the First World War, not all could be realized due to the difficult economic situation.

  • During his military service with the Fiemme Valley Railway, he drafted the plan for a church that was supposed to be built on the route of the Fiemme Valley Railway.
  • In the competition announced in 1919 for the Church of Peace and Heroes in Innsbruck- Wilten , Adalbert Wietek's “Archway” project was selected and considered to be implemented, but failed due to funding.
  • In the 1921 competition for the construction of a new church in Oberau , two third prizes were awarded, which were awarded to Clemens Holzmeister for the “Regina Coeli” project and Adalbert Wietek for the “Kirchtag” project.
  • Restoration of the church of St. Anna in Karthaus, which burned down to ruin in 1926. Under monument protection
  • Parish Church of St. Sebastian and St. Nikolaus in Tscherms : planning 1928, execution 1929.
  • Church in Hard: planning and design in 1928, but no execution.
  • Church in Gomagoi on the Stilfser Joch : planning 1922, execution 1933.

  • Peace and Heroes Church in Wilten 1919, not executed

  • Oberau church near Bozen, awarded 3rd prize

  • Church in Gomagoi, drawn in 1922

  • Church in Gomagoi, winter 1935–36

  • Church in Hard, drawn in 1928

  • Church in Tscherms ground plan

  • Church in Cermes front view

  • Church in Cermes side view

Monuments

After the First World War, Adalbert Wietek designed several war memorials.

  • War memorial in Tscherms 1920s

  • War memorial in Cermes 2017

  • War memorial in Völlan

  • War memorial in Nals

  • War memorial in Schlanders

Secular buildings

  • From 1920 the castle ruins of Juval Castle were restored. The then owner William Rowland commissioned Adalbert Wietek with the planning and construction management of all measures.
  • 1921: Conversion of the former Hausmannhaus (previously Merano Poor Clare Monastery ) into a commercial savings and advance payment fund. The building was placed under monument protection.

  • One of the designs for the savings bank building in Merano

  • Buildings before construction begins

  • Buildings after completion

  • Checkout room

  • Meeting room

  • Cash desk 2

  • working space

  • 1923/24: Club home of the parish Untermais near Merano. The building was listed as a historical monument in 2002.
  • On behalf of the then owner of Dornsberg Castle , the Irish-Celtic ceiling in the keep (chapel) and the August Oswald Kemenate of Hochnaturns Castle were renewed and reconstructed by Adalbert Wietek in 1927 . Wietek wrote about his building findings in Der Schlern from July 1931 the article “A strange shaft system in the Hochnaturns Castle”.
  • In Kufstein he planned the Catholic journeyman's house. It was completed in 1930.
  • After the Erl Passion Play House burned down in July 1933 , Adalbert Wietek submitted designs for a new Passion Play House, but died in November this year. J.

Residential houses

  • In the period after 1930 in Kufstein, Adalbert Wietek designed mainly residential buildings, only a few of which are shown here.

  • Federer Wörgl house

  • House Oberhollenzer Kufstein

  • Pitsch Kufstein residential building

  • Residence Santer Kufstein

literature

  • Obituary . In: The Christian Art . Vol. 30, 1933/34, pp. 149-150.
  • Wietek, Adalbert . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 5 : V-Z. Supplements: A-G . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1961, p. 132 .

Web links

Commons : Adalbert Wietek  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meraner Zeitung of March 22, 1919 p. 3
  2. ↑ Meraner Zeitung of March 22, 1919 p. 4
  3. ↑ The Volksbote of June 21, 1943
  4. ^ Chamber of Engineers for Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Innsbruck
  5. ↑ Volksblatt of October 22, 1921
  6. ^ Volksbote of February 18, 1926
  7. ↑ Entry on St. Anna in Karthaus in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
  8. ↑ Tscherms: Village book with contributions to local and local history, Ed. Cermes municipality, 1977 p. 122 ff
  9. ↑ Entry on the parish church of Tscherms in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
  10. ↑ Tscherms. Village book with contributions to local and local history , Ed. Cermes municipality, 1977, p. 138 f.
  11. ↑ The Burggräfler of May 18, 1921
  12. ^ Kuens: History and Culture, p. 154
  13. ↑ Martin Laimer, Simon Peter Terzer: Baudenkmäler in Lana , ed. Marktgemeinde Lana, 2016 p. 310.
  14. ↑ Südtiroler Landeszeitung from July 25, 1921 .
  15. ^ The Burggräfler of May 17, 1924 .
  16. ↑ Der Burggräfler of December 30, 1921, p. 2 ; Construction report in the Südtiroler Landeszeitung from December 31, 1921, p. 4 .
  17. ↑ Entry on the Poor Clare Monastery in Merano in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
  18. ↑ Walter Tappeiner: On the building history of the club house of Untermais. ( Memento of July 3, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) In: Der Schlern 11/1997.
  19. ↑ Entry on the Raiffeisensaal Untermais in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
  20. ↑ see also: August Kleeberg († 1957): The Hochnaturns Castle in the years 1895–1945 . In: Burgen und Schlösser , born in 1962, issue 1, p. 10 with floor plan on p. 11
  21. ^ Tiroler Anzeiger of February 26, 1930 .
  22. ↑ http://www.passionsspiele.at/php/chronologie_de_4_30.html?PHPSESSID=469be21b04ad580ea5b8dff9f9b0fca3  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.passionsspiele.at  
personal data
SURNAME Wietek, Adalbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Schlaney , District of Glatz , Province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1933
Place of death Kufstein , Tyrol