Eberhard Lilienthal

Eberhard Lilienthal (born June 19, 1923 in Allenstein in Warmia ; † July 30, 2013 in Leutersberg near Schallstadt ) was a German architect , town planner and municipal building officer who worked as an alderman for the city of Neuss .

Life

Eberhard Lilienthal came as the son of the married couple Hugo Lilienthal and Brigitte Lilienthal geb. Peters to the world. He spent his childhood and youth in Allenstein. After the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD), military service and captivity , he came to North Rhine-Westphalia and began studying architecture at the Technical University of Aachen in 1946 . During his studies he was a member of the student association KDStV Baltia (Danzig) . Lilienthal completed her studies with the academic degree of a qualified engineer .

In 1957 he entered the service of the city of Neuss, where he was initially head of the building construction department and then promoted to senior construction director . He then headed the planning department of the city of Neuss for 13 years until his retirement in 1998 .

He was involved for years in Neuss in the civil society , in the Rotary Club and was its president in 1976/77. He was a long-time member of the German Academy for Urban Development and Regional Planning (DASL), regional group NRW, and was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon .

Buildings (selection)

Sacred buildings

• 1954: St. Barbara Church in Alsdorf - Ofden
• 1960: Reconstruction of the St. Johannes Evangelist Church in Gürzenich
• Pews in the nave of the St. Catherine Church in Kohlscheid

Profane buildings

• Neumarkt redevelopment area in the Sebastianusviertel of Neuss city ​​center
• State theater in Neuss, Drususallee
• Children's clinic at the Lukaskrankenhaus in Neuss
• Museum Insel Hombroich
• Meererhof in the Sebastianusviertel of Neuss city center
• Redesign of the Oberviertel with the “culture mile” in Neuss
• Building of the Office for the Environment and Urban Greenery (formerly Green Space Office) in Neuss

Fonts (selection)

• Spatial sculpture made of stone and glass next to the historic Obertor . A task and its solution . In: Düsseldorfer Nachrichten , Neuss edition, November 14, 1975.
• Three artist friends from Cologne. In memoriam Jochem Pechau . In: Neuss yearbook for art, cultural history and local history. 1991, pp. 53-54.
• A sign of peace and reconciliation. Church of St. Dorothea von Montau before completion . In: Adalbertusforum , Heft 37 (2006), p. 48.

literature

• Lilienthal, Eberhard. In: Who's who in Germany 1990 . Part 1 (A-L), p. 899.
• Eberhard Lilienthal (born 1923). In: Jens Metzdorf (Ed.): 150 citizens. Civil society in Neuss 1861–2011 . Bürgergesellschaft Neuss, Neuss 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-039656-4 , pp. 326–329.
• Ludger Baten: town planner and architect Lilienthal has died. In: Neuss-Grevenbroicher Zeitung from August 2, 2013.

Web links

• Writings by Eberhard Lilienthal in the North Rhine-Westphalian Bibliography
• Dipl.-Ing. Eberhard Lilienthal - Obituary notice

Individual evidence

1. ^ The parish of St. Barbara in Alsdorf-Ofden. (PDF) Parish of St. Barbara Church, accessed on April 7, 2019 . 
2. ↑ St. Johannes Evangelist in Gürzenich. Kirchenmusik-Dueren.de, accessed on April 7, 2019 .