Ernst Thomas Maria Reimbold

Ernst Thomas Maria Reimbold (born March 4, 1907 in Rodenkirchen near Cologne, today Cologne-Rodenkirchen ; † May 14, 1994 ibid) was a German sculptor , religious scholar and symbol researcher who has published numerous artistic and literary works.

family

Ernst Thomas Reimbold was born in Cologne as the son of the Cologne factory owner Ernst Reimbold. His uncle was the district administrator and district president Adolf Varain . In his second marriage he was born with Regine. Baroness Teuffel of Birkensee married. From this marriage there were three children.

Life

Reimbold studied 1926-1929 jurisprudence at the University of Lausanne , at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg , the Humboldt University of Berlin and the University of Cologne . In 1930 he passed his first state examination in law in Cologne and then trained as a trainee lawyer until 1933 . In 1932 he was at the University of Cologne to Dr. jur. PhD. He passed the Great State Examination in 1934 in Berlin and became a court assessor there. He then enrolled as a trainee at the Art Academy in Berlin-Charlottenburg and concluded his first marriage in 1937 , which resulted in a son. He changed the subject and studied from 1940 to 1942 at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf , where he became a master student . From 1942 he worked as a freelance sculptor. When the Second World War broke out, however, he was drafted into military service, which was followed by wounding, imprisonment and flight. After the war he resumed his work and founded the Reimbold-von Teuffel studio and ceramic workshop. In 1948 he became a member of the Association of Visual Artists in North Rhine-Westphalia and was its first chairman from 1965 to 1970. In 1949 he married Regine Freiin Teuffel von Birkensee for the second time. From this marriage there were three children. Between 1956 and 1968 he was the re-founder and two-time AHV chairman of the Société d'Étudiants Germania Lausanne , which made him an honorary member in 1962. From 1956 to 1961 he studied at the University of Bonn (including comparative law ), where he received his doctorate in 1966. phil. received his doctorate. From 1970 to 1980 he was chairman of the Society for Scientific Research on Symbols and was there from 1972 to 1982 editor of the yearbook "Symbolon". Until 1993 he created numerous artistic works, such as church windows and sculptures, and wrote many literary works.

Publications

• Visual artists in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Aurel Bongers, Recklinghausen 1967
• The night in myth and popular belief and in the transpersonal experience. A phenomenological study of religion. Diss. Phil. Bonn 1966; Wison, Cologne 1970
• Edited by Symbolon, New Series, Yearbook for Symbol Research 1972-1982. Wienand, Cologne
• Miscarriage. Kopp, Cologne 1977 (including Couleurstudententum today, Germania rediviva; fig. Own works: 3 church windows, 14 sculptures)
• Pia Desideria - Godly Desires (based on Hermann Hugo's work from 1624) Walter, Olten 1980
• The peacock, mythology and symbolism. Callwey 1983
• Carvens, Germania Lausanne 1887–1937 epilogue
• Regine Reimbold Ed .: Stones. Ernst Thomas Reimbold: Celebration of his friends on the 80th birthday. Contributions by Christiane Vielhaber, E. Th. Reimbold "The human being as a couple" and 17 illustrations of his works, Köllen, Bonn 1987
• Co-author of: Manfred Lurker (Ed.): Dictionary of Symbolism (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 464). 5th, revised and expanded edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-520-46405-5 .
• Sancto praesuli materno. To the Maternus wayside shrine in Rodenkirchen. Self-published, Rodenkirchen 1992
• The night path of the sun. in symbolon. Symbol Research Yearbook. New series, Volume 11, Lang, Frankfurt 1993, pp. 75 ff.

literature

• Dr. Erwin Garvens : Directory of members of the Société d'Étudiants Germania Lausanne , Hamburg 1937
• Georg Theuerkauf (ed.) Reimbold in memoriam, memorial for Ernst Thomas Reimbold (1907–1994). On behalf of the old gentlemen's association of the Germania Lausanne student association, Regensburg 1995
• Society for Scientific Symbol Research (Ed.): Silva Symbolum. For Ernst Thomas Reimbold on his 80th birthday. Bibliotheca vol. 2, note, tables, short biography of the authors

Web links

• Literature by and about Ernst Thomas Maria Reimbold in the catalog of the German National Library
• Church window (photo) of the Evangelical Andreas Church in Schildgen in Bergisch Gladbach based on a design by Ernst Thomas Reimbold