Erika Vonhoff

Tympanum above the main portal of the parish church in Arnoldsweiler

Erika Vonhoff (born October 11, 1924 - April 6, 2011 in Aachen ) was a German sculptor .

Act

Erika Vonhoff was mainly active in the sacred field. Many of her works of art can be found in churches, mainly in the Rhineland . She lived and worked in Aachen and found her final resting place in Aachen's Westfriedhof .

Works (selection)

• 1957 reliefs for the Seven Footfalls in Hinsbeck
• 1957 Memorial to the fallen in the Weisweiler cemetery
• 1959 New reliefs made of slate for the Seven Footfalls in Hinsbeck
• 1966 Choir wall and portals of the chapel of the St. Ursula School in Geisenheim
• 1968 Four relief tympanons for the portals of the parish church of St. Arnold in Arnoldsweiler
• 1971 celebration altar , ambo , priest's seats and lecture cross for the parish church in Arnoldsweiler
• 1975 Station pictures for the Kreuzgarten in Breyell

literature

Gabriele Beeck: Erika Vonhoff . In: Hans Kohnen: History and stories of a village on the Lower Rhine. The fifth Hinsbeck reader. Lifelines - and art in and around St. Peter , Verlag der Buchhandlung Matussek eK, Nettetal 2016, ISBN 978-3920743-71-4

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary. In: Aachener Zeitung. April 9, 2011, accessed January 18, 2018 . 
2. ↑ War Cemetery Eschweiler - Weisweiler “Alte Burg” (Burgweg). In: Website Volksbund Deutscher Kriegsgräberfürsorge. Retrieved January 18, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Heinz Koch: Post-war reliefs were controversial. In: Rheinische Post. December 13, 2012, accessed January 18, 2018 . 
4. ↑ The Kreuzgarten. In: Website of the parish St. Lambertus Breyell. Retrieved January 18, 2018 . 

Web links

Commons : Erika Vonhoff  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files