Bernhard Droste

Bernhard Droste (born February 17, 1927 in Münster ; † July 5, 2019 there ) was a German architect .

Life

After school, military service and imprisonment in World War II, Bernhard Droste began training as a bricklayer after 1945. He then graduated from the State Building School in Münster. From 1952 he was able to deepen his knowledge in the office of the architect Hans Ostermann and take on the first implementation planning. In the years 1953–1955 he worked in the Dieter Oesterlen office in Hanover. In 1955 he returned to the office of Hans Ostermann, whose partner he became from 1955 and later his successor.

Under the name "Ostermann und Droste", the first buildings were built in Münster from 1955: including the administration building of the Chamber of Crafts on Lake Aasee. Many residential buildings, administrative and commercial buildings, schools, hospitals and kindergartens followed. His architectural work is most diverse in the church buildings that were implemented in the entire north-west of Germany in the 1960s and 1970s. Whether as an extension or as a new building: Bernhard Droste often chose tent-shaped structures for the new divine rooms, which were built using modern concrete construction. Particularly striking examples are St. Norbert in Lünen, St. Michael in Lingen and St. Matthäus in Melle. From 1981 he carried out his projects in partnership with Werner Voskort. He retired in 2002.

Bernhard Droste married the daughter of the architect Hans Ostermann, Gabriele Ostermann. The marriage resulted in two daughters. He shortened his first name to "Bernt" himself. In retirement he wrote a volume of poetry “Nature and Time. What is happening around us. "

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St. Matthew's Church in Melle, with an extension from 1971–74

St. Matthew's Church in Melle, interior view of the tent-like extension

as an employee in the Hans Ostermann office :

• 1952/53: "Schloßtheater" cinema in Münster, Melcherstraße 81 (under monument protection)
• 1952: Competition design for the Münster City Theater
• 1953: Holy Spirit Church in Recklinghausen-Suderwich
• 1953–1954: Bank for Community Economy in Münster, Roggenmarkt 14
• 1954: Landesbank in Dortmund
• 1955: High-rise residential building in Münster, Warendorfer Strasse
• 1955–1958: Ratsgymnasium in Münster, Bohlweg
• 1956/57: Herz-Marien-Kirche in Wesel-Flüren (today St. Marien )

In partnership with Hans Ostermann :

Church buildings

• 1963: Catholic Chapel St. Laurentius in Bremen-Vahr (demolished after 1990)
• 1963–1967: St. Norbert in Lünen
• 1964–1968: St. Bonifatius in Lingen
• 1965: St. Michael in Lingen (today: Kulturforum)
• 1966: St. Josef in Belm (Osnabrück district)
• 1967–1970: Catholic Community Center St. Vicelin in Bad Oldesloe
• 1970: St. Mauritz in Münster (renovation for the 900th anniversary)
• 1971/72: St. Marien in Wesel-Flüren , extension by a transept and choir, bell tower and everyday chapel
• 1971–1974: St. Matthew in Melle , extension of the new section
• 1971: St. Amandus in Aschendorf / Ems , restoration and expansion
• 1971: St. Ludgerus in Heek , restoration and expansion
• 1971–1973: St. Martinus in Hagen
• 1972–73: St. Josef Community Center in Papenburg
• 1973: St. Marien parish center in Eutin
• 1975: St. Petronilla in Münster-Handorf, restoration and expansion
• 1976–1977: St. Marien in Münster-Sprakel
• 1976–1977: St. Johannis in Hamburg-Steilshoop
• 1977–1979: St. Vitus in Meppen

Administrative and commercial buildings

• 1955: Administration building of the Chamber of Crafts in Münster, Bismarckallee 1
• 1962: German Red Cross Center in Münster, Aaseestadt (demolished in 2018)
• 1972–1974: Rincklake van Endert furniture store in Münster, Weseler Strasse 253
• 1974–1976: residential and commercial building for Elisabeth zur Aa in Münster, Bergstrasse 67 (with Max von Hausen , Ortwin Rave )

Hospital buildings

• 1956–1967: Franziskushospital in Münster, Hohenzollernring 72

School buildings

• 1967–1970: Karl-Wagenfeld-Realschule in Münster (since 2015: Erna-de-Vries-Realschule)

literature

• Nils Gutschow, Gunnar Pick: Building in Münster. F. Coppenrath Verlag, Münster 1983, ISBN 3-88547-209-0 .
• Bernt Droste: Nature and the course of time. What is happening around us. Principal Verlag, Münster 2013, ISBN 978-3-89969-160-3 .
• Sylvaine Hänsel, Stefan Rethfeld: Münster architecture guide. Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-496-01488-1 .
• BDA Münster-Münsterland: Bernhard Droste died. An architect with many sides. In: Westfälische Nachrichten . July 13, 2019 ("Local" section).