Engelbert Seibertz (architect)

Engelbert Seibertz (born February 22, 1856 in Brilon , † February 17, 1929 in Berlin ; full name: Franz Engelbert Josef Maria Seibertz ) was a German architect of historicism .

Life

Seibertz was the grandson of the lawyer and Westphalian historian Johann Suibert Seibertz , as well as the nephew of the painter Engelbert Seibertz of the same name . He lived and worked in Berlin.

Engelbert Seibertz appeared in Prussia in the 1890s as a Catholic church builder. Characteristic for many of his buildings is the model of the Brandenburg brick Gothic . As an architect today as good as forgotten, many of his surviving works have been placed under monument protection in recent years ( D ). Between 1903 and 1905 he was a city councilor in Charlottenburg and a member of the building construction deputation there. He lived in the house he designed at Charlottenburger Uhlandstrasse 171/172. He was buried in the St. Matthias cemetery in Berlin .

Buildings and designs

Church of St. John Baptist in Szczecin

Memorial plaque on the house Vorbergstrasse 10a in Berlin-Schöneberg

• 1880–1890: Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist (also: St. John the Baptist , today Kościół pw. Sw. Jana Chrzciciela ) on Greifenstrasse in Stettin in Gothic style, raised in 1922 to a provost church.
• 1892–1893: Catholic St. George Church in Rathenow ( D ) ( location )
• 1892–1893: Catholic monastery and parish church of St. Paul on the corner of Oldenburger- and Waldenserstraße in Berlin-Moabit ( D ). In addition to the neo-Gothic three-aisled basilica with a striking brick facade, Seibertz also designed the convent house for the friars that was built at the same time. Since the monastery was not allowed to have a high church tower as an aftermath of the culture war in Protestant Berlin, the two twin towers on the north facade appear strangely shortened in relation to the overall structure.
• 1893–1896: Catholic Church of St. Matthias on Winterfeldtplatz in Berlin-Schöneberg ( D ). With a length of 50 meters and a width of 25 meters, the three-aisled basilica is one of the largest churches in Berlin and also one of the few free-standing Catholic square churches in Berlin. After severe damage in World War II, it was rebuilt in a simplified manner. The 93 m high church tower with a pointed helmet, which was once visible from afar, is now significantly shortened.
• 1894: Catholic Church of St. Mary of the Assumption in Angermünde, Gartenstrasse 3 ( D )
• 1895: Catholic orphanage at Pfalzburger Strasse 18 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf ( D ). Rebuilt after war damage, today Caritas child and youth welfare center .
• 1895: a building in Swinoujscie (probably the Catholic Church).
• 1895–1896: St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church for the German congregation in St. Louis , Missouri / USA. Due to a violent tornado, construction work was stopped in 1896. The church was only consecrated in 1908 according to a modified design by Victor S. Klutho, and its steeple is still the highest in the city.
• 1897–1899: Catholic Church of the Holy Cross in Franz-Mehring-Strasse in Frankfurt (Oder) ( D ).
• 1897–1898: Apartment building at Kurfürstendamm 35 in Berlin-Charlottenburg ( D ).
• 1898: Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Berlin-Tempelhof) ( D ) together with Hermann Bunning (1868–1930)
• 1898: Catholic rectory at Franz-Mehring-Strasse 4 in Frankfurt (Oder) ( D ).
• 1899–1900: Uhlandstrasse 171–174 apartment building in Berlin-Charlottenburg ( D ). Five-storey double residential building in neo-baroque shapes with two different side elevations.
• 1901: Salvator Catholic Church in Anklam . Here Seibertz broke away from the preference for the Gothic style for church buildings and built them in neo-Romanesque forms . Because of the foundation difficulties on marshy terrain, the church was built without a tower and instead with a roof turret.
• 1903: Apartment building Gleditschstrasse 80 / Vorbergstrasse 10-10a in Berlin-Schöneberg ( D )
• 1905: Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Rüdersdorf near Berlin ( D ).
• 1905–1906: Catholic Church of St. Johannes Baptist including enclosure and Catholic parish hall and Catholic rectory in Fürstenwalde / Spree ( D ).
• 1913/14: Catholic parish church of the Holy Family , Hoyerswerda
• Planning for a Kaiser Wilhelm Tower at Arnsberg Castle with a restaurant and museum. Construction was  prevented in 1914 by the outbreak of the First World War .

Fonts

• Engelbert Seibertz, Hugo Elsner: The Gontard'schen towers and their annex buildings on the Gensd'armen market in Berlin. Recordings and drafts. Berlin 1884.

literature

• Lupold von Lehsten: The church architect Engelbert Seibertz (1856–1929) in: Josef Wieneke (Hrsg.): Feast in the faith. 150 years of St. Matthias Berlin-Schöneberg , Sankt Ottilien: EOS Verlag, 2018. ISBN 978-3-8306-7905-9 , pp. 47–58

Web links

• Dominican Church of St. Paul ( Memento from November 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
• Church leader St. Matthias, Berlin ( Memento from April 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg
2. ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
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