Anton Sunder-Plassmann

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Anton Sunder-Plassmann , sometimes also Sunder-Plaßmann , (born June 28, 1860 in Liesborn , † September 19, 1931 in Grevenbrück ) was a German architect and contractor .

Life

Anton Sunder-Plassmann was born as the son of Joseph Sunder (1822–1903), a farmer in Liesborn, and his wife Elisabeth Sunder, b. Plaßmann (1823-1883) born. He was the eighth of twelve children. Anton learned the building trade from his older brother Caspar, who worked as a master builder in Soest . The last of the three brothers, Wilhelm Sunder-Plassmann , was an architect and master builder in Münster .

Sunder-Plassmann built a total of 51 churches in the period from 1886 to 1930, most of them in the southern Sauerland . Some of the designs for these buildings came from renowned architects such as Joseph Buchkremer , Johannes Franziskus Klomp and Gerhard August Fischer .

His first independently executed building was the Catholic parish church in Förde (today: Grevenbrück ), which he built in 1886/1887 according to plans by Gerhard August Fischer with an Italian construction team. In the following years he also employed Italian masons, who usually had a special skill in masonry with rubble stone . One of his site managers was the local Josef Beule, the father of the sculptor Matthias Beule , who later became famous in Upper Silesia .

Until about the middle of the First World War , Anton Sunder-Plassmann built a number of other churches in the Sauerland from his headquarters in Förde, including in Meggen, Altenhundem , Schmallenberg , Kirchveischede , Saalhausen , Olpe , Heggen , Kirchhundem and Welschen Ennest . After the interruption caused by the war, construction could only be resumed in 1922. The houses of worship were built in Bonzel , Fretter (extension), Attendorn (Konvikt), Schliprüthen (conversion), Sporke and Dünschede (extension), among others .

Anton Sunder-Plassmann led a modest life and always took care of the well-being of his employees. He died on September 19, 1931 of a heart attack in Grevenbrück. He found his final resting place at the parish church in Grevenbrück, his first building.

Buildings (selection)

  • St. Martinus in Olpe

  • St. Nicholas in Grevenbrück

  • St. Bartholomew in Meggen

  • St. Agatha in Altenhundem

  • St. Jodokus in Saalhausen

  • St. Peter and Paul in Kirchhundem

literature

  • Anton Sunder-Plassmann. In: Jochen Krause: People of Home. District of Olpe. Kirchhundem 1989, pp. 416-421.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birgit C. Haberhauer-Kuschel: 100 years of the Collegium Bernardinum on the north wall. In: Mitteilungsblatt des Verein für Orts- und Heimatkunde Attendorn , No. 29 (2007), p. 23. ( online as PDF; 3.5 MB)
  2. ↑ Jochen Krause: Sacred buildings all over Germany testify to his creative power. 51 churches were built under his leadership. Anton Sunder-Plassmann (1860–1931). In: Annual issue of the Heimat- und Verkehrsverein Grevenbrück , No. 20 (2001), p. 416 f.
  3. ↑ Jochen Krause, ibid, pp. 419-421.
  4. ↑ Ralf Breer, Otto Höffer: Churches and chapels in Attendorn, Lennestadt and Kirchhundem. (published by Sparkasse Attendorn-Lennestadt-Kirchhundem) Attendorn 1999, p. 88.
  5. ↑ Ralf Breer, Otto Höffer, ibid, p. 106
  6. ↑ Ralf Breer, Otto Höffer, ibid, p. 62
  7. ↑ Ralf Breer, Otto Höffer, ibid, p. 74
personal data
SURNAME Sunder-Plassmann, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sunder-Plaßmann, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and contractor
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Liesborn
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 1931
Place of death Grevenbrück