Franz Schneider (architect)

Franz Leonhard Schneider (born April 23, 1877 in Eslohe , † 1948 in Düsseldorf ) was a German sculptor , architect and monument conservator .

Life

Schneider, son of the Esloh sculptor and saint carver Peter Schneider (1848–1922) and his wife Maria Anna Amalia Schneider née Weber (1848–1907), came from a family of picture and altar carvers. His father sent all of his seven sons to the Düsseldorf Art Academy . There he first learned portrait painting , then sculpture . At the age of 35 he studied architecture at the Technical University of Karlsruhe with Carl Schäfer. Schneider, who had a Catholic, conservative-bourgeois habitus, married Maria Anna Elisabeth Esleben (1881–1950), who bore him seven children, including the second child and first son, the future architect Paul Schneider-Esleben , who worked in the Düsseldorf architectural office in 1935 the father's first professional experience and worked with him. The sons Karl (1918–1975) and Egon (1924–1980) also became architects in Düsseldorf. In 1930 Schneider won the competition for the complete development of the Königsmünster Abbey in Meschede . The daughters Eva (1914–1945) and Maria (1918–1945) died in a bombing raid during World War II . In 1947 Schneider took over the restoration of Lembeck Castle , where he set up an office, which his son Paul continued in 1948, including the task of rebuilding there.

Schneider's grandson is Florian Schneider-Esleben , co-founder of the band Kraftwerk .

Buildings and designs (selection)

Main facade of the St. Albertus Magnus Church in Düsseldorf

• 1914/1915: Rectory in Meggen
• around 1915: Löhr house in Meggen
• 1919–1928: St. Hubertus Church in Duisburg - Rahm
• 1920–1923: Reconstruction of Melschede Castle
• 1920–1923: Reconstruction of Wocklum Castle
• 1921/1922: Church of St. Nikolaus in Balve - Beckum
• 1923: Archive building at Velen Castle
• 1927: Church of St. Bonifatius in Düsseldorf-Bilk
• 1930–1932: right wing of the building and crypt of Königsmünster Abbey in Meschede
• 1938/1939: Church of St. Abertus Magnus in Düsseldorf - Golzheim
• 1947: Reconstruction of Lembeck Castle

literature

• Burkhard Körner:  Schneider-Esleben, Paul. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 310 f. ( Digitized version ). (Family information)
• The architect of the St. Hubertus Church. Franz Leonhard Schneider (1877-1948) . In: Förderverein St. Hubertus (Hrsg.): From the cathedral to the village church. The St. Hubertus Church in Duisburg-Rahm. Duisburg-Rahm 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-046459-1 , p. 115.

Web links

• Biography of son Paul Schneider-Esleben with references to the father in the portal paul.schneider-esleben.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dirk Meyhöfer: Paul Schneider-Esleben. The straggler. Article from August 28, 2015 in the Kultur-port.de portal , accessed on December 30, 2015.
2. ↑ Regine Heß: Living in the post-war period. Single-family houses by Paul Schneider-Esleben between tradition and modernity. In: Academia.edu. 2015, accessed August 5, 2019 . 
3. ↑ P. Dominicus Meier: What should and did not become. At the beginning of the building history of our grammar school. ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. At gymn-benedictinum.de , accessed on December 31, 2015. 
4. ^ Heinrich Klotz (Ed.): Paul Schneider-Esleben. Drafts and buildings 1949–1987. Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1987, ISBN 3-528-08726-9 , p. 9.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Thomas Spohn (Ed.): Rectory houses in Northwest Germany. (= Contributions to popular culture in Northwest Germany , Volume 100.) Waxmann Verlag, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-89325-717-9 , p. 62, p. 110. ( limited preview on Google books )
6. ↑ Velen Castle, archive building, floor plans 1923 , data sheet  in the German Digital Library