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Franz Lichtblau (born February 23, 1928 in Bad Tölz ; † November 25, 2019 in Munich ) was a German architect who stood out in particular in the construction of Protestant churches .
Life
Lichtblau studied after graduating from high school in 1946 and after an apprenticeship as a carpenter with Egon Eiermann at the Technical University of Karlsruhe and with Robert Vorhoelzer , Martin Elsaesser , Hermann Leitenstorfer and Hans Döllgast at the Technical University of Munich .
In 1956 he took part in a competition for the Protestant Church in Oberaudorf am Inn, which he won. He then built a number of Protestant churches in Upper Bavaria and from 1962 also in Würzburg , Coburg , Erlangen , Augsburg , Bamberg and Kempten . In addition, he carried out numerous renovations to preserve historical monuments in Nördlingen , Memmingen , Lindau , Schweinfurt and Amberg . In partnership with Ludwig J. N. Bauer (1929–2003), social buildings, kindergartens, school homes, facilities for the disabled, old people's and nursing homes, residential buildings, urban expansions and industrial and commercial buildings were also built.
Lichtblau worked many times with the church painter Hubert Distler .
In addition to Olaf Andreas Gulbransson , Gustav Gsaenger and Reinhard Riemerschmid , who died early , Lichtblau had a decisive influence on Protestant church construction in Bavaria in the second half of the 20th century. Many of the churches that Lichtblau created are built over a polygonal floor plan. Most have a free-standing tower.
Buildings (selection)
- Evangelical Resurrection Church in Oberaudorf (1957–1958), a listed building since 1999
- Michaelskapelle in Dietramszell (1961)
- Church of the Resurrection in the garden city of Keesburg , Würzburg
- Zacchaeus Church in Sauerlach (1963)
- Johanneskirche in Alterlangen (1963–1964)
- Emmaus Church in Munich (1964)
- Philippuskirche in Munich (1964)
- Evangelical Church in Übersee (Chiemgau) (on a heptagonal floor plan, 1965)
- Immanuel Church in Munich (1965–1966)
- Extension of the Protestant Reconciliation Church in Neunburg vorm Wald (1966–1968)
- Redesign of the Johanneskirche in Bad Tölz (1970)
- Extension of Olaf Andreas Gulbransson's Church of the Resurrection in Neufahrn ( Freising district ) to include a parish hall and rectory (1972, with Ludwig Bauer)
- New choir center for the Windsbacher boys' choir (1974 after competition)
- Conversion of the Max barracks into 50 social housing ( Lindau / Insel, 1989)
- Penny parade in Munich- Schwabing (construction phase 3: handicapped and staff housing, commercial tract, 1976)
- Reconstruction and expansion of the social homes of the Rummelsberger Anstalten ( Ditterswind Castle and others)
literature
- Andreas Hildmann (ed.): Small churches by Franz Lichtblau. A list of works. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-89870-832-6 .
Web links
- Article by Susanne Petersen in the Sunday paper (2008)
- Home for God and the people, article by Susanne Petersen in the Sunday paper (2013)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lichtblau, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Tölz |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 2019 |
| Place of death | Munich |