August Greifzu

August Greifzu (born April 13, 1873 in Heidesheim , † April 30, 1949 in Biebrich ) was a German architect of late historicism . He was primarily active as a church architect and built a number of Roman Catholic churches in Rheinhessen, Hessen, Lower Franconia and the Palatinate.

Life

Greifzu was a student of the architect and later Mainz cathedral master builder Ludwig Becker . In 1897 Greifzu opened an "office for church architecture and interior design" in Mainz. The first churches based on his designs were built in 1900. Presumably Greifzu was a teacher for architecture at the applied arts school in Mainz around 1903. After his divorce in 1910 and a new marriage in 1911, he was no longer officially responsible for Catholic church building projects. He moved from Mainz to Ludwigshafen and from 1910 worked for the architect Karl Marschall, Göllheim and Ludwigshafen, under whose name Greifzu made his church designs from now on. In the years after 1919, Greifzu also designed some residential buildings.

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Greifzu left behind a considerable oeuvre , which, in terms of scope and quality, cannot compete with that of his teacher Ludwig Becker , but is nevertheless one of the notable achievements of late historicism. "It is strange that August Greifzu was not included in the relevant specialist dictionaries." (Marcus Kiefer)

Buildings and designs

1900–1901: St. Walburga Catholic Chapel in Groß-Gerau (demolished in 1956 for larger successor building)
1901: Expansion of the Catholic Church of St. Gereon in Nackenheim
1902: Catholic Liebfrauen Chapel in Nidda (demolished in 1952 and replaced by a larger new building)
1902: Catholic Christkönig Church in Bischofsheim (demolished in 1926, replaced by the new Christkönig Church by Dominikus Böhm )
1903–1904: Facade of the Hotel Metropol in Mainz , Kaiserstraße 98 / Rheinallee 5
1903–1904: Catholic Church of St. Bartholomew in Groß -zimmer
1904: Catholic Church of St. Martin in Siefersheim
1904–1905: Conversion of the Catholic Church of St. Peter in Herrnsheim (today: Worms )
1904–1905: Catholic Church of St. Maria Immaculata in (Wiesbaden-) Amöneburg
1905: Catholic mission house in Lauterbach
1905–1906: Conversion and renovation of the Catholic Church of St. Laurentius in Gau-Algesheim
1906: Restoration of the Martinskirche in Kleinbockenheim .
1905–1907: Catholic Church of St. Paul in Großauheim
1906: Reconstruction of the Catholic parish church in Mosbach
1906: Renovation of the Catholic Church of St. Bartholomew in Oppenheim
1906–1907: two competition designs for the Catholic Church of St. Elisabeth in Marburg (not executed)
1906–1908: Catholic Church of St. Remigius in Wöllstein
1907–1908: Renovation of the St. Mauritius Catholic Chapel in Bieber
1907–1908: Catholic Church of St. Bartholomew in Bernbach
1907–1908: Catholic Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Gustavsburg
1908: Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul in Erlenbach am Main
1908: Rectory of the Catholic parish of St. Walburga zu Groß-Gerau
1908: Catholic Church St. Josef in Obernkirchen
1908–1909: Catholic Church of St. Christophorus in Niederselters
1908–1909: St. Marien Catholic Church in Vockenrod
1908–1910: Catholic Holy Cross Church in Worms-Horchheim
1910–1911: Catholic Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Kelsterbach
1910: Expansion of the Catholic Church of St. Michael in Münster near Dieburg
1911: Conversion of the Catholic parish church St. Margaretha zu Kahl am Main (with Karl Marschall, Göllheim)
1911–1914: Catholic parish church in Hammelbach
1912: Catholic Church in Raunheim (emergency church in timber frame construction, demolished in 1930 for a new building)
1912–1914: Catholic parish church of St. Mary's Visitation in Birstein (with Karl Marschall, Göllheim)
1914–1920: Catholic Church of St. Katarina in Wasserlos (with Karl Marschall, Ludwigshafen)
1915–1918: Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist in Ebernburg (with Karl Marschall, Göllheim)
1919–1920: Housing group at Gneisenaustraße 8–10 and Roonstraße 2–4 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein
1919–1922: House (later Viktoriastift ) in Finkenbach-Gersweiler
1921: War memorial with honorary grove and honorary cemetery in Finkenbach-Gersweiler
1926–1927: Catholic Church of St. Josef von Nazareth in Ludwigshafen am Rhein (destroyed in 1944)
1946: Plans for the reconstruction of the war-damaged church of St. Maria Immaculata in (Wiesbaden-) Amöneburg .

Web links

Commons : August Greifzu - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ Günter Schneider has compiled essential information on the life and work of Greifzu. Schneider is a bell expert for the diocese of Mainz. The present article is largely based on Schneider’s research.
^ Date of birth and death of Greifzu: Information from G.Schneider based on birth certificate and parish chronicle of Mainz-Amöneburg. http://www.bistummainz.de/pfarrei/dekanat-ruesselsheim/kelsterbach/Bildergalerien/index.html
↑ Marcus Kiefer, Church competition in Marburg: idea and planning of a cath. Elisabethkirche, in: Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft, Vol. 33, 2006, pp. 253–299, therein p. 268.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Information from G.Schneider.
^ Art handbook for Germany. Directory of authorities, collections, educational establishments and associations for art, applied arts and antiquity. Ed. V. Royal Museums in Berlin. 6th edition Berlin 1904. p. 452.
↑ information from G. Schneider.
↑ Kiefer, Church competition in Marburg pp. 268, 270 u. 296, quote: p. 296, note 98. Michael Bringmann: Studies on neo-Romanesque architecture in Germany. Heidelberg 1968, p. 101.
^ Information from G. Schneider and Groß-Gerau: St. Walburga . hr-online.de. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
↑ Brief history of the Catholic parish in Nidda. Retrieved May 29, 2019
^ Information from G. Schneider.
↑ Reinhard Hootz (ed.): German art monuments. Volume 2: Rhineland-Palatinate Saar. Darmstadt 1958, p. 369.
↑ St. Bartholomew's Catholic parish church . bildindex.de. Retrieved on June 2, 2011. Johannes Blank (Red.): Lebendige Steine. 100 years of St. Bartholomew Groß-Zimmer. Groß -zimmer 2004 (including a photo by August Greifzu)
^ Catholic Church of St. Martin . bildindex.de. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
↑ Irene Spille: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate 10 = city of Worms. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft , Worms 1992. ISBN 978-3-88462-084-7 , p. 200.
^ Hartwig Beseler, Niels Gutschow: War fates of German architecture, Volume 2: South. Neumünster 1988, p. 906.
^ Information from G. Schneider and Adolf-Spieß-Straße 6 . denkmalpflege-hessen.de. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
↑ https://www.gau-algesheim.de/laurenzikirche/ and Alfons Molitor: Roof ridge of the Laurenzikapelle restored / tip not yet attached (PDF; 472 kB) bistummainz.de Retrieved June 3, 2011.
^ Herbert Dellwing: The Martinskirche in Bockenheim. In: Der Turmhahn 26, 1982, p. 5
^ Michael Bringmann: Studies on neo-Romanesque architecture in Germany. Heidelberg 1968, pp. 101-103.
↑ At the Paulskirche 3. denkmalpflege-hessen.de, archived from the original on July 7, 2012 ; Retrieved June 2, 2011 .
↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, cultural monuments in Hesse, Darmstadt-Dieburg district. Vieweg, Braunschweig 1988, ISBN 3-528-06235-5 , p. 294.
^ Kiefer: Church competition in Marburg. Pp. 268, 270, 273-288, and the like. P. 296 note 98.
^ Martin Matl: Ecclesiastical preservation of monuments in the diocese of Fulda. In: Archive for Middle Rhine Church History , 59th year 2007, pp. 497-526, therein p. 507.
↑ the chronicle of the parish. Retrieved May 29, 2019
↑ 63579 Freigericht-Bernbach: cath. Parish Church of St. Bartholomew (1908) . kirchbau.de. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
↑ http://www.bistummainz.de/pfarrei/dekanat-ruesselsheim/gustavsburg/Gotteshaus/index.html
↑ Erlenbach a. Main in the mirror of the old and new contemporary history. Erlenbach am Main 1958, p. 120. (PDF; 5.6 MB) ( Memento from January 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Spessart Online / News . Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
↑ Spessart Online / News . Retrieved on June 3, 2011. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2

↑ Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt, Best. P 11 No. 1299/5

↑ tag-des-offenen-denkmals.de

^ Norbert Zabel: 100 years of the parish church of St. Christophorus. Niederselters 2009.

↑ Pastoral space Selters 2009 100 years parish church St. Christophorus Niederselters ( Memento from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

↑ 100 years of St. Christophorus Niederselters - Limburg district . bistumlimburg.de. July 1, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2011.

↑ 100th anniversary of the Marienkirche celebrated. In: Alsfelder Allgemeine of November 11, 2009

↑ 100th anniversary of the Marienkirche Vockenrod. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012 .

↑ Irene Spille (arrangement): Kulturdenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz, Volume 10: Stadt Worms. Worms 1992, p. 238f.

^ Hermann Schmitt : History of Horchheim, Weinsheim and Wies-Oppenheim. On the occasion of the inauguration of the new cath. Horchheim Church. (October 24, 1910) Worms 1910, pp. 56-71.

↑ 1910–1985. 75 years of the Holy Cross Church in Worms-Horchheim. Worms-Horchheim 1985.

↑ 100 years of the Catholic parish church Heilig Kreuz Worms-Horchheim. Worms 2010.

^ Hartwig Beseler, Niels Gutschow: War fates of German architecture, Volume 2: South. Neumünster 1988, p. 886.

↑ http://www.bistummainz.de/pfarierenden/dekanat-ruesselsheim/kelsterbach/Bildergalerien/index.html

↑ Cathedral and Diocesan Archives Mainz, Parishes Münster

^ Münster parish archive in the Mainz Cathedral and Diocesan Archives

^ Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt, inventory G 15 Dieburg K 494

^ The Catholic Church Hammelbach . gemeinde-grasellenbach.de. Retrieved June 3, 2011.

↑ Catholic parish church of the Holy Family and Sankt Walburga . bildindex.de. Retrieved June 3, 2011.

^ Information from G. Schneider

↑ Archive link ( Memento from October 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (August 23, 2011)

^ Information from G. Schneider and Wein und Herrschaft. Two loops through the cultural landscape in the south of Alzenau (PDF; 1.5 MB) alzenau.de. Retrieved October 23, 2011.

↑ List of cultural monuments in Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg

↑ Torsten Schlemmer: From the farm to an old people's home and infirmary to decay. The history of the Viktoriastiftes in Finkenbach-Gersweiler. History competition of the Körber Foundation 1997. (unpublished manuscript)

↑ Archive link ( Memento from October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) pp. 22–24, printed (not shown): Torsten Schlemmer, Das Finkenbacher Kriegerdenkmal, in: Nordpfälzer Geschichtsblätter, 91st year 2011, issue 1 (March 2011 ), Pp. 11-12. The central monument File: EhrenmalFiba.jpg in the classical style consists of a hexagon on a column substructure. On the type of the honor grove, cf. Meinhold Lurz, War Memorials in Germany, Vol. 4 Weimar Republic, Heidelberg 1985, pp. 193ff, 197ff, 253ff.

personal data
SURNAME	Greifzu, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect of late historicism
DATE OF BIRTH	April 13, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH	Heidesheim
DATE OF DEATH	April 30, 1949
Place of death	Biebrich

[1] Günter Schneider has compiled essential information on the life and work of Greifzu. Schneider is a bell expert for the diocese of Mainz. The present article is largely based on Schneider’s research.

[2] Date of birth and death of Greifzu: Information from G.Schneider based on birth certificate and parish chronicle of Mainz-Amöneburg. http://www.bistummainz.de/pfarrei/dekanat-ruesselsheim/kelsterbach/Bildergalerien/index.html

[3] Marcus Kiefer, Church competition in Marburg: idea and planning of a cath. Elisabethkirche, in: Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft, Vol. 33, 2006, pp. 253–299, therein p. 268.

[Schneider-4] Information from G.Schneider.

[5] Art handbook for Germany. Directory of authorities, collections, educational establishments and associations for art, applied arts and antiquity. Ed. V. Royal Museums in Berlin. 6th edition Berlin 1904. p. 452.

[6] rmation from G. Schneider.

[7] Kiefer, Church competition in Marburg pp. 268, 270 u. 296, quote: p. 296, note 98. Michael Bringmann: Studies on neo-Romanesque architecture in Germany. Heidelberg 1968, p. 101.

[8] Information from G. Schneider and Groß-Gerau: St. Walburga . hr-online.de. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2011.

[9] Brief history of the Catholic parish in Nidda. Retrieved May 29, 2019

[10] Information from G. Schneider.

[11] Reinhard Hootz (ed.): German art monuments. Volume 2: Rhineland-Palatinate Saar. Darmstadt 1958, p. 369.

[12] St. Bartholomew's Catholic parish church . bildindex.de. Retrieved on June 2, 2011. Johannes Blank (Red.): Lebendige Steine. 100 years of St. Bartholomew Groß-Zimmer. Groß -zimmer 2004 (including a photo by August Greifzu)

[13] Catholic Church of St. Martin . bildindex.de. Retrieved June 3, 2011.

[14] Irene Spille: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate 10 = city of Worms. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft , Worms 1992. ISBN 978-3-88462-084-7 , p. 200.

[15] Hartwig Beseler, Niels Gutschow: War fates of German architecture, Volume 2: South. Neumünster 1988, p. 906.

[16] Information from G. Schneider and Adolf-Spieß-Straße 6 . denkmalpflege-hessen.de. Retrieved October 23, 2011.

[17] ttps://www.gau-algesheim.de/laurenzikirche/ and Alfons Molitor: Roof ridge of the Laurenzikapelle restored / tip not yet attached (PDF; 472 kB) bistummainz.de Retrieved June 3, 2011.

[18] Herbert Dellwing: The Martinskirche in Bockenheim. In: Der Turmhahn 26, 1982, p. 5

[19] Michael Bringmann: Studies on neo-Romanesque architecture in Germany. Heidelberg 1968, pp. 101-103.

[20] At the Paulskirche 3. denkmalpflege-hessen.de, archived from the original on July 7, 2012 ; Retrieved June 2, 2011 .

[21] State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, cultural monuments in Hesse, Darmstadt-Dieburg district. Vieweg, Braunschweig 1988, ISBN 3-528-06235-5 , p. 294.

[22] Kiefer: Church competition in Marburg. Pp. 268, 270, 273-288, and the like. P. 296 note 98.

[23] Martin Matl: Ecclesiastical preservation of monuments in the diocese of Fulda. In: Archive for Middle Rhine Church History , 59th year 2007, pp. 497-526, therein p. 507.

[24] the chronicle of the parish. Retrieved May 29, 2019

[25] 63579 Freigericht-Bernbach: cath. Parish Church of St. Bartholomew (1908) . kirchbau.de. Retrieved June 3, 2011.

[26] ttp://www.bistummainz.de/pfarrei/dekanat-ruesselsheim/gustavsburg/Gotteshaus/index.html

[27] Erlenbach a. Main in the mirror of the old and new contemporary history. Erlenbach am Main 1958, p. 120. (PDF; 5.6 MB) ( Memento from January 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

[28] Spessart Online / News . Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2011.

[29] Spessart Online / News . Retrieved on June 3, 2011. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2

[30] Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt, Best. P 11 No. 1299/5

[31] tag-des-offenen-denkmals.de

[32] Norbert Zabel: 100 years of the parish church of St. Christophorus. Niederselters 2009.

[33] Pastoral space Selters 2009 100 years parish church St. Christophorus Niederselters ( Memento from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[34] 100 years of St. Christophorus Niederselters - Limburg district . bistumlimburg.de. July 1, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2011.

[35] 100th anniversary of the Marienkirche celebrated. In: Alsfelder Allgemeine of November 11, 2009

[36] 100th anniversary of the Marienkirche Vockenrod. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012 .; accessed on May 29, 2019

[37] Irene Spille (arrangement): Kulturdenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz, Volume 10: Stadt Worms. Worms 1992, p. 238f.

[38] Hermann Schmitt : History of Horchheim, Weinsheim and Wies-Oppenheim. On the occasion of the inauguration of the new cath. Horchheim Church. (October 24, 1910) Worms 1910, pp. 56-71.

[39] 1910–1985. 75 years of the Holy Cross Church in Worms-Horchheim. Worms-Horchheim 1985.

[40] 100 years of the Catholic parish church Heilig Kreuz Worms-Horchheim. Worms 2010.

[41] Hartwig Beseler, Niels Gutschow: War fates of German architecture, Volume 2: South. Neumünster 1988, p. 886.

[42] ttp://www.bistummainz.de/pfarierenden/dekanat-ruesselsheim/kelsterbach/Bildergalerien/index.html

[43] Cathedral and Diocesan Archives Mainz, Parishes Münster

[44] Münster parish archive in the Mainz Cathedral and Diocesan Archives

[45] Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt, inventory G 15 Dieburg K 494

[46] The Catholic Church Hammelbach . gemeinde-grasellenbach.de. Retrieved June 3, 2011.

[47] Catholic parish church of the Holy Family and Sankt Walburga . bildindex.de. Retrieved June 3, 2011.

[48] Information from G. Schneider

[49] Archive link ( Memento from October 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (August 23, 2011)

[50] Information from G. Schneider and Wein und Herrschaft. Two loops through the cultural landscape in the south of Alzenau (PDF; 1.5 MB) alzenau.de. Retrieved October 23, 2011.

[51] List of cultural monuments in Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg

[52] Torsten Schlemmer: From the farm to an old people's home and infirmary to decay. The history of the Viktoriastiftes in Finkenbach-Gersweiler. History competition of the Körber Foundation 1997. (unpublished manuscript)

[53] Archive link ( Memento from October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) pp. 22–24, printed (not shown): Torsten Schlemmer, Das Finkenbacher Kriegerdenkmal, in: Nordpfälzer Geschichtsblätter, 91st year 2011, issue 1 (March 2011 ), Pp. 11-12. The central monument File: EhrenmalFiba.jpg in the classical style consists of a hexagon on a column substructure. On the type of the honor grove, cf. Meinhold Lurz, War Memorials in Germany, Vol. 4 Weimar Republic, Heidelberg 1985, pp. 193ff, 197ff, 253ff.