Erwin Holzbaur

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Erwin Joseph Holzbaur (born April 8, 1927 in Mindelheim ; † September 19, 2010 there ) was a German teacher, home curator, painter and local politician.

Life

Altarpiece by Erwin Holzbaur in St. Stephan, Mindelheim

Holzbaur joined the Marist College in Mindelheim in 1953 as a teacher , where he worked until his retirement in 1990.

He also volunteered as a district home carer for the Unterallgäu district . Since it was founded in 1971, he was the first chairman of the history association Freundeskreis Alt-Mindelheim . He was a member of the district council of the Unterallgäu district from 1978 to 1996.

painter

Holzbaur was artistically active as a painter. On the one hand, his modern fresco paintings are known, which adorn numerous churches, chapels and house facades , especially in the Central Swabia region .

One of his well-known works is the altarpiece in the parish church of St. Stephan in Mindelheim , which he created in 1961/1962. In the middle part it shows the stoning of Saint Stephen in dark colors, above the Holy Trinity with the spirit in the form of the dove, which hovers above the frame of the painting and - thus symbolically expressed - above the whole world. In the small panels, from top to bottom, Gregory, Ambrosius and Paulus are depicted, and Hieronymus, Augustine and Peter are shown on the right.

In addition to the paintings, Holzbaur made costume designs for the Mindelheim Frundsberg Festival for decades ; he is considered to be one of the main initiators of the festival.

Honorary citizen

Erwin Holzbaur is an honorary citizen of the city of Mindelheim. In 1978 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon, the municipal medal of merit in bronze and the district badge of honor. He was close friends with the writer Arthur Maximilian Miller .

literature

  • Arthur Maximilian Miller: high altar of the parish church of St. Stephan. Festschrift for the inauguration of the new high altar in the parish church of Mindelheim by His Excellency the Most Revered Bishop Dr. Joseph Freundorfer from Augsburg on Sunday, January 14, 1962 . Reprint on the occasion of Erwin Holzbaur's 80th birthday in April 2007 Online (PDF; 461 kB)

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personal data
SURNAME Holzbaur, Erwin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holzbaur, Erwin Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, home nurse, painter and local politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Mindelheim
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 2010
Place of death Mindelheim