Alois Fuchs (art historian)

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Alois Johannes Fuchs (born June 19, 1877 in Andernach am Rhein, † June 25, 1971 in Paderborn ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian and art historian .

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Life

Alois Fuchs originally came from Andernach. His family later moved to Westphalia, however, as his father had accepted the position of administrator of the Arminius baths in Bad Lippspringe in 1888 . Fuchs attended the Theodorianum grammar school in Paderborn and after graduating from high school, which he passed in 1895, studied philosophy and theology in Paderborn , Tübingen and Münster . In Tübingen he became a member of the Catholic student association AV Guestfalia Tübingen in 1896 . In 1900 he was ordained a priest and was first chaplain in Dortmund , then repetent at the Leokonvikt in Paderborn and finally Subregens at the seminary there . In 1907, Fuchs received his doctorate in Tübingen. theol. In 1910 he became professor for apologetics and the history of philosophy at the philosophical-theological academy in Paderborn. From 1911 on, he also taught art history . In 1938 he was elected to the Paderborn cathedral chapter and in 1955 appointed papal house prelate . From 1941 to 1954 he was chairman of the Association for History and Archeology of Westphalia, Dept. Paderborn . The Philosophical Faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1947 and the city of Paderborn made him an honorary citizen in the same year . In October 1948, Fuchs was elected a full member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia . In October 1959 he was also elected honorary member of the commission.

Fuchs' actual work and research focus was on the history of architecture and art. Following his own work on Carolingian Westworks from 1929, he posthumously published the relevant work of Wilhelm Effmann on this topic. "In his work In the dispute about the Externsteine (1934), he explained the importance of the Germanic cult of gods as a place of Germanic gods compared to the fantastic use of the natural monument and the spaces created in it as a Christian place of worship", for which he "numerous supporters, but also just as many steadfast opponents in the Volkisch oriented camp "took place. In addition, he published important works on the history of art and culture in Paderborn, and in 1965, with his book “Paderborn” in the series “ Westphalian Art ”, he presented a richly illustrated art history about the place where he worked. Fuchs was also a specialist advisor to the building department in the Paderborn General Vicariate . During the renovation of the cathedral from 1924 to 1926 he was the key advisor. He contributed his extensive scientific knowledge to the reconstruction of the cathedral, which was badly damaged in World War II .

Alois Fuchs was buried in the cathedral chapter cemetery in the cloister of Paderborn Cathedral.

In 2014 the Alois-Fuchs-Weg in Paderborn was named after him.

Publications

  • 1907: Text-critical research on the Hebrew ecclesiastics. The plus of the Hebrew text of the Ekklesiastikus compared to the Greek translation (= Biblical Studies, Vol. 12, Issue 5), Freiburg im Breisgau
  • 1914: The Paderborn Cathedral Treasure , Paderborn
  • 1916: The support altars of Rogerus in Paderborn. Contributions to the Rogerus question , Paderborn
  • 1924: The regulations of the Paderborn Diocesan Synod 1922 on the maintenance of ecclesiastical art , Paderborn
  • 1925: The Jesuit Church in Büren (= the art in the old bishopric of Paderborn, vol. 1), Paderborn
  • 1929: The King's Hall of the Lorsch Monastery (= annual gift of the Society of Friends and Patrons of the Bishops' Philos.-Theol. Academy Paderborn), Paderborn [reprinted with an addendum in: The Carolingian Westworks and other questions of Carolingian architecture, Paderborn 1929, p . 73–90]
  • 1929: The Carolingian Westworks and other questions of Carolingian architecture , Paderborn (= directory of the lectures of the Bishops. Philos.-Theological. Academy of Paderborn, winter semester 1929/30, Paderborn 1929, 5-100)
  • 1930: One hour in the Paderborn Cathedral , Paderborn (1931, 1932, 1933, continued under the title: Guide through the Paderborn Cathedral, Paderborn 1933, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1949, 1950, 1951)
  • 1934: In the dispute over the Externsteine . Its importance as a Christian place of worship , Paderborn
  • 1934: Guide through the Busdorf Church , Paderborn
  • 1936: Paderborn Cathedral , Paderborn 1936
  • 1936: City and district of Paderborn (= art guide of the Westphalian Heimatbund , vol. 7), Bielefeld
  • 1936: Guide through the university and market church , Paderborn
  • 1941: The Paderborn sculptor Gertrud Gröninger . In: Westphalia. Hefte für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde 26 (1941), pp. 195–205; like. 37 (1959), pp. 241-251; 40, pp. 342-344 (1962).
  • 1949: Tasks and organization of the Westphalian Heimatbund , Paderborn
  • 1950: Creation and purpose of the west works . In: Westfälische Zeitschrift 100, 1950, pp. 227–291.
  • 1956: Paderborn Cathedral , Paderborn (further editions: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966)
  • 1956: The Le Corbusier pilgrimage chapel in Ronchamp was critically assessed . In: List of lectures held at the Archbishop's Philosophical-Theological Academy in Paderborn in the winter semester of 1956/57, Paderborn, pp. 5–38
  • 1957: On the problem of the westwork . In: Friedrich Gerke et al. (Ed.): Carolingian and Ottonian art. Becoming, essence, effect . (Research on Art History and Christian Archeology, Vol. 3) Wiesbaden 1957, pp. 109–117.
  • 1965: The twelfth station of the cross in the courtyard of the Maria Regina Martyrum church in Berlin , Vienna
  • 1965: Paderborn ( Westphalian Art ), Munich / Berlin (in 1976 a second, expanded edition was published, edited by Karl Josef Schmitz)
  • 1965: The westwork in Corvey - not an imperial church? In: Westphalia. Booklets for history, art and folklore 43, 1965, pp. 153–160.
  • 1967: Is that still sacred art? Test and survey about the twelfth station of the Cross by Otto Hajek in the courtyard of the Maria Regina Martyrum church in Berlin , Zurich

literature

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Klemens Honselmann: Alois Fuchs 1877–1971 . In: Westfälische Zeitschrift 100, 1950, pp. 461–465.
  2. ^ A b Hans Jürgen Brandt, Karl Hengst : History of the Archdiocese of Paderborn . Vol. 4: The Diocese of Paderborn 1930–2010 , Bonifatius-Verlag, Paderborn 2014, ISBN 978-3-89710-004-6 ; therein the chapter: Church building and style question: Prof. Dr. Alois Fuchs , pp. 377-378.
  3. ↑ https://www.neue-strassen.de/nordrhein-westfalen/paderborn/alois-fuchs-weg

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personal data
SURNAME Fuchs, Alois
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fuchs, Alois Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Andernach on the Rhine
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1971
Place of death Paderborn