Christoph Rummel

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Christoph Rummel (born October 15, 1881 in Lorsch ; † November 15, 1961 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German architect who stood out primarily in the field of Catholic sacred architecture and worked mainly from Frankfurt am Main.

Life

After leaving school, he studied at the Technical University of Darmstadt and graduated as a graduate engineer. He first attracted attention in 1911/1912 for the competition entry worked out jointly by his brother Hans Rummel (1872–1952) for a preliminary design for the urban design of the Frankfurter Meadows in Leipzig , which was awarded one of several 3rd prizes of 5,000 marks .

In addition to working together with his brother from 1921 to 1935, they both designed the war memorial altar Christ the Risen Christ as Victory over Death, which was executed by the sculptors Martin Henrich and Johann (Jean) Herber in the parish church of St. Mauritius in Frankfurt-Schwanheim October 1927 was consecrated.

The Catholic Church of St. Martin, Rotlintallee 9 in Kelkheim , built between 1947 and 1952, is attributed to Christoph Rummel as a single work .

Buildings and designs

Together with Hans Rummel

→ see article Hans Rummel

In sole authorship

  • 1947–1952: Catholic Church of St. Martin in Kelkheim , Rotlintallee 9

literature

  • Paul-Georg Custodis: The Frankfurt architects Hans and Christoph Rummel and their church buildings between historicism and modernity. In: Das Münster , 64th year 2011, No. 4, pp. 288–296.

Web links

Commons : Hans and Christoph Rummel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bettina Erche, Dirk Bührmann, Volker Rödel, Frankfurt am Main (Germany). Monument Office: Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen, in: Volume 11 of articles on monument protection in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt (Main)., Monument Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, 1999, ISBN 3-9216-0635-7 , p. 442
  2. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 32, 1912, No. 25 (from March 23, 1912) ( online ), p. 259 (note on the competition result)
  3. ↑ Catholic parish of St. Mauritius, Friends of the Parish Church of St. Mauritius eV (Ed.): Kleiner Kirchenführer Pfarrkirche St. Mauritius. (Leaflet) Freundeskreis der Pfarrkirche St. Mauritius eV, Frankfurt am Main 2007. ( online as a PDF document with 197 kB ( memento of the original from January 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / maujoh.bistumlimburg.de
  4. ↑ St. Martin's Catholic Church in the database of cultural monuments in Hessen , accessed on October 30, 2012
  5. ↑ Mini-church from the old master builder. In: Höchst Kreisblatt dated June 14, 2012 ( online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed on October 30, 2012 )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.fnp.de  
personal data
SURNAME Rummel, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Lorsch
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1961
Place of death Frankfurt am Main