Albert Rimli

Johann Albert Rimli (born April 13, 1871 in Herdern ; † April 29, 1954 in Frauenfeld ; resident in Tägerschen and Frauenfeld) was a Swiss architect who became famous above all for his church buildings. He built most of the church buildings in the neo-baroque style.

Life

Albert Rimli was born in Herdern as the son of the then Thurgau State Secretary and teacher Johann Baptist Rimli (1845–1920) and Maria Theresia Lüthi (1844–1925). The family soon moved to Frauenfeld . He had five siblings: Maria Hedwig (1872–1951), Maria Theresia (1872–1894), Ida Hedwig (1876–1881), Josephine (1877–1906) and Johann Eugen (1879–1951). The Rimli family has been registered in Tägerschen and Tobel (today Tobel-Tägerschen ) for over 450 years .

Rimli trained as an architect at the Technikum Winterthur , where he received his diploma in 1891. He continued his architecture studies at the Technical University of Munich (1892-1893). This was followed by internships with various architects in Zurich. In 1901 he opened his own office in Frauenfeld and soon became one of the most sought-after architects for churches, school houses and other public buildings.

Rimli was a busy architect of historicism . Numerous important church buildings, mainly in the neo- baroque style , come from him. The most important neo-baroque church in Switzerland, the St. Nikolaus town church in Frauenfeld, was built according to his plans.

Rimli died shortly after his 83rd birthday. He was unmarried, had no children and lived with his sister Hedwig Rimli, who ran his household for him. He lived in Frauenfeld until his death.

Works

• 1901–1903: Kreuzlingen- Emmishofen , St. Stephan parish church
• 1902–1904: Weinfelden TG , parish church St. Johannes d. T.
• 1903/1904: Widnau SG , parish church St. Josef
• 1904–1906: Frauenfeld, parish church of St. Nikolaus
• 1905–1907: Koblach in Vorarlberg, parish church Koblach hl. Kilian
• 1908–1910: Höchst / Vorarlberg , St. Johann parish church
• 1909/1910: St. Margrethen SG , St. Margaretha parish church
• 1910–1913: Horn TG , parish church of St. Franz Xaver
• 1912–1915: Mammern TG , parish church St. Blasius
• 1922–1924: Steinebrunn TG , St. Gallus parish church
• 1924/1925: Au SG , Parish Church of the Birth of Mary

literature

• Preservation of monuments in the canton of St. Gallen 1981–1985. Rorschach 1988, ISBN 3-908048-12-5 , p. 28 f.
• Fabrizio Brentini: Building for the Church. Catholic church building of the 20th century in Switzerland. Lucerne 1994.
• Hans Peter Mathis: Albert Rimli (1871–1954) Architect In: Thurgauer Contributions to History , Vol. 132, 1995, pp. 247–256

Web links

• Hans Peter Mathis: Rimli, Albert. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .