Hans Jakob Wörner (art historian)

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Hans Jakob Wörner (born June 20, 1941 in Waldshut-Tiengen , † February 13, 2002 in Neuenburg am Rhein ) was a German art historian and monument conservator .

life and work

After completing school in Waldshut and at the St. Blasien college , Wörner studied art history, classical archeology and newspaper studies at the University of Zurich , where he received his doctorate in 1966. Gotthard Jedlicka and Peter Meyer were among his teachers .

Wörner initially worked for the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation and then came to the Freiburg branch of the State Office for Monument Preservation Baden-Württemberg in October 1973 .

Before that he was already a volunteer in his hometown Waldshut. In his closer home he also began working as an "area conservator", later also in the Baden-Württemberg districts of Lörrach and Tuttlingen , most recently for many years in the Ortenau district . Wörner also dealt with the abbey church Ottmarsheim in the Alsatian neighborhood of his place of residence Neuenburg am Rhein and published many publications together with his wife Dr. Judith Woerner.

In 1982 the Neuchâtel history and culture group was founded under the chairmanship of Wörner, and he remained chairman until his death. He wrote numerous articles for the magazine of the history association Markgräflerland eV , Das Markgräflerland .

Publications (selection)

  • Investigation of form on the importance of the representation of architecture for composition in works of French painting of the 17th century ; Dissertation Zurich 1966, published in 1967
  • Architecture of early classicism in southern Germany , 1979
  • The fate of the monastery buildings over the centuries . In: The millennial St. Blasien. 200 year cathedral anniversary. Exhibition at the St. Blasien College, Abbey Wing, from July 2nd to October 2nd, 1983 . Vol. 2: Amounts . Karlsruhe 1983, pp. 87-132.
  • Notes on building history . In: St. Blasien . Festschrift on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the monastery and parish church . Munich 1983, pp. 195-208.
  • On the building history of the baroque monastery complex and the cathedral in St. Blasien . In: Badische Heimat 63, 1983, pp. 487-496.

literature

  • Erhard Richter : In memory of senior curator Dr. Hans Jakob Woerner . In: Das Markgräflerland Volume 2/2002, pp. 173–174.
  • Wolfgang E. Stopfel : Dr. Hans Jakob Woerner . In: Monument Preservation in Baden-Württemberg 31, 2002, p. 112 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the Neuchâtel history and culture group
personal data
SURNAME Woerner, Hans Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and monument conservator
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldshut-Tiengen
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 2002
Place of death Neuchâtel on the Rhine