Franz Mündelein
Franz Michael Mündelein (born December 5, 1857 in Paderborn ; † 1926 there ) was a German architect who stood out primarily in the field of Catholic sacred buildings.
Life
Mündelein comes from a Paderborn family of craftsmen who ran a carpenter's workshop for several generations. The great-grandparents came from Altenbüren near Brilon. Some of his brothers were artists. One cousin was the Archbishop of Chicago and Cardinal George William Mundelein .
After completing his training in 1875, he worked in the studio of the Paderborn diocesan master builder Arnold Güldenpfennig . Mündelein created over 100 new churches, extensions and conversions in the Archdiocese of Paderborn and in Erfurt and Saxony. He was a representative of historicism .
buildings
New buildings
- 1897: St. Agatha in lead wash
- 1898–1899: St. Antonius Church Braunshsausen
- 1901: St. Nikolaus in Olsberg
- 1901–1902: Liborius Chapel in Salzkotten
- Located southeast of the city on a hill, neo-Romanesque building on a clover-leaf floor plan
- 1904–1905: St. John the Baptist in Ossendorf
- 1904–1905: Holy Cross Church in Altenbeken
- 1906–1907: St. Walburga in Alfen
- 1909–1911: St. Martinus in Reelsen
- 1914 St. Laurentius in Meerhof
Extensions, alterations, renovations
- 1897: Restoration of the Church of St. Mary's Birth in Dringenberg
- 1899–1900, 1902: restoration of the church in Warburg -Altstadt (tower elevation, new spire)
- 1900: Extension of the Church of St. Mauritius (nave and tower)
- 1903–1904: St. Marien in Schwerte
- 1925–1926: Extension of the Church of St. Dionysius
literature
- Norbert Aleweld: Franz Mündelein (1857-1926). A Westphalian church builder at the end of historicism. Bonifatius-Verlag, Paderborn 2000, ISBN 3-89710-138-6 .
- Norbert Aleweld: Franz Mündelein (1858–1926). In: Robert Stupperich (Hrsg.): Westfälische Lebensbilder, Volume 16. (= Publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia, XVII A, Volume 16.) Aschendorff, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-402-06736-6 / ISBN 978-3- 402-06736-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Mündelein in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mündelein, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mündelein, Franz Michael (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paderborn |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1926 |
| Place of death | Paderborn |