Emil Reisser

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Emil Reisser (born September 19, 1878 in Walldorf (Baden) , † January 16, 1943 in Meersburg ) was a German construction officer and monument conservator.

Live and act

Emil Reisser, son of a teacher, studied building and art history in Munich and Karlsruhe from 1897 to 1903, then did a construction internship until 1908. From 1910 he was in charge of the new building for the Wiesloch sanatorium with the rank of building inspector . From 1911 to 1940 he headed the district building inspector and the district building authority of Konstanz as a superstructure inspector, since 1920 building officer, since 1934 senior government building officer and building director. In this role, he oversaw numerous public buildings, in particular the completion of the Reichenau sanatorium . Reisser campaigned for the preservation of architectural monuments, for example in the restoration of the Constance Minster from 1916 (in collaboration with Fritz Hirsch and Paul Motz ) or the Constance St. Stephen's Church from 1920. In 1939, he prevented the development of the site on which the church was built until 1832 of the Petershausen Monastery . On January 1, 1941, he took early retirement due to illness.

Reisser acquired lasting importance through his archaeological excavations on the island of Reichenau, where, with the help of Konrad Beyerle and Joseph Sauer , he thoroughly examined the former monastery church and its immediate surroundings from 1929 to 1941 . In 1939, the excavation results formed the basis for his doctorate, supervised by Joseph Sauer, at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau . Reisser's fatal illness and the circumstances of the time delayed publication until 1960. The reconstruction of the architectural history of the Reichenau Minster proposed therein was criticized; however, the excavation documents rediscovered by Alfons Zettler prove the care of the preparatory work. Another important achievement by Reisser in terms of monument preservation is the restoration of the old Reichenau town hall (today the Reichenau Museum) in the years 1938 to 1942. Reisser did not see the issues of monument protection in isolation, but, in particular, on the shores of Lake Constance as part of a comprehensive concern for the preservation of cultural and cultural heritage Natural landscape.

Reisser was married without children.

Fonts

  • The restoration of the minster. Lecture. In: Konstanzer Zeitung. 1922, no.105.
  • The development of the shores of Lake Constance. In: My homeland. Volume 11, 1924, pp. 54-58.
  • The structural development and public construction activity in the city of Konstanz. From the beginning of the 19th century to the present. In: Paul Motz (Hrsg.): Konstanz, its development in terms of building history and traffic management . Reuss & Itta, Konstanz 1925, pp. 96-113.
  • About the madhouse construction and the sanatorium and nursing home near Constance. In: Paul Motz (Hrsg.): Konstanz, its development in terms of building history and traffic management . Reuss & Itta, Konstanz 1925, pp. 204-229.
  • The shores of Lake Constance. Their beauty and their preservation. In: My homeland. Volume 13, 1926, pp. 215-235.
  • Castles and palaces on the Untersee. In: Badische Heimat , Volume 13, 1926, pp. 168–194.
  • The excavations in Reichenau Minster. In: The preservation of monuments. Volume 35, NF 7, 1933, pp. 163-164.
  • The restoration of the Marien Minster on Reichenau. In: German preservation of art and monuments. Volume 9, 1935, pp. 210-213.
  • The former Jesuit monastery and its church. In: The beautiful Konstanz on Lake Constance and the Rhine, the old city in the south of Germany. Volume 25, 1938, Issue 11, pp. 297-215.
  • The early building history of the minster in Reichenau (= research on German art history. Volume 37). Berlin 1960.

literature

  • Michael Müller: Dr. Emil Reisser on the 40th anniversary of his death. Head of the Constance district building authority, monument conservator of our homeland, archaeologist. In: Hegau. Journal for the history, folklore and natural history of the area between the Rhine, Danube and Lake Constance Vol. 40, 1983, pp. 234–240.
  • Michael Müller: Reisser, Emil. Senior building officer, building historian, preservationist. September 19, 1878 Walldorf near Heidelberg, January 16, 1943 Meersburg. In: Badische Biographien NF Vol. 4, Stuttgart 1996, pp. 227-228.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alfons Zettler: The early monastery buildings of Reichenau . (= Archeology and history . Volume 3). Sigmaringen 1988, pp. 19-29, 287-300.

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personal data
SURNAME Reisser, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German construction officer and preservationist
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Walldorf (Baden)
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1943
Place of death Meersburg