Erasmus Schüller

Obituary notice, Kölnische Zeitung of January 22, 1890

Erasmus Schüller (born January 14, 1861 in Cologne ; † January 21, 1890 there ) was a German architect of historicism who worked in the Rhineland in the 1880s .

Life

Erasmus Schüller was the son of the Cologne pipe manufacturer Heinrich Schüller and his wife Anna geb. Pape. His birthplace was the house at Thieboldsgasse No. 103. He last lived in the house Mauritiuswall 21 and had his own office in Cologne, which after his untimely death was taken over by Theodor Roß , who also completed the parish church of Immerath , which was still under construction . Since Schüller was only 29 years old, there are only a few buildings by him.

plant

year	place	object	state	comment
1887-1888	Schierwaldenrath	Catholic parish church of St. Anna	North Rhine-Westphalia	During the Second World War , the tower was blown up on October 6, 1944, which severely damaged the church. In 1948 the simplified reconstruction took place.
1888	Pütz	Catholic Chapel of St. John Nepomuk	North Rhine-Westphalia
1888-1891	Immerath	Catholic parish church of St. Lambertus	North Rhine-Westphalia	After Schüller's death, the architect Theodor Roß took over construction management. On October 13, 2013, the parish church was profaned and completely demolished on January 8 and 9, 2018, as it had to give way to the Garzweiler opencast mine . As a replacement, a small chapel was built according to plans by Johannes Klomp at the Immerath (new) resettlement site in 2013/14.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Birth certificate no.164 from January 15, 1861, registry office Cologne city. In: Historical Archive of the City of Cologne Civil register. Retrieved December 13, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Death certificate no. 481 from January 21, 1890, registry office Cologne city. In: LAV NRW R civil status register. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .
^ Church of St. Anna in Schierwaldenrath. In: Bernd Limburg website. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .
↑ St. Johannes Nepomuk Chapel in Pütz (leaflet). In: website gemeinden.erzbistum-koeln.de. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schüller, Erasmus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect
DATE OF BIRTH	January 14, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	January 21, 1890
Place of death	Cologne

[:0-1] Birth certificate no.164 from January 15, 1861, registry office Cologne city. In: Historical Archive of the City of Cologne Civil register. Retrieved December 13, 2019 .

[:1-2] Death certificate no. 481 from January 21, 1890, registry office Cologne city. In: LAV NRW R civil status register. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .

[3] Church of St. Anna in Schierwaldenrath. In: Bernd Limburg website. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .

[4] St. Johannes Nepomuk Chapel in Pütz (leaflet). In: website gemeinden.erzbistum-koeln.de. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .