Hans Reuther

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Hans Reuther (born November 21, 1920 in Berlin ; † March 11, 1989 ) was a German architectural historian and building researcher .

Life

From 1939 to 1944, Hans Reuther first studied architecture at the TH Berlin , then in 1946/47 art history, classical archeology and musicology at the University of Erlangen . In 1947 he was in Erlangen with a thesis on the Weizberg Church Joseph Hueber in Styria Dr. phil. PhD and in 1948 at the TH Darmstadt with a monograph on Balthasar Neumann's pilgrimage church Maria Limbach as Dr.-Ing. He then worked as a conservator in the Lower Saxony monument preservation department , completed his habilitation in 1961 at the Technical University of Berlin and took over the chair for building history and building survey there in 1966, which he held until his retirement in 1986.

Hans Reuther lived in Hannoversch Münden , from where he took the train every week over the interzonal route Braunschweig - Helmstedt - Marienborn - Magdeburg to West Berlin. After the sudden death of Konrad Hecht in 1980, he took over his main lecture at the TU Braunschweig for several semesters , for which he interrupted his drive home to Hannoversch Münden in Braunschweig at the end of the week . Since 1982 he was a full member of the Braunschweig Scientific Society .

Fonts (selection)

  • The Styrian master builder Joseph Huebers Weizbergkirche and the related theatrical-decorative room effects in the sacred building of the southern German late baroque. (Diss. Phil. Darmstadt 1947), Haßfurt 1947
  • Johann Balthasar Neumann's church building in Maria-Limbach. (Diss.-Ing.Darmstadt 1948), Darmstadt 1948
  • Balthasar Neumann's country churches. In: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte , Vol. 16, H. 2 (1953), pp. 154–170
  • The vaulted forms in the Main Franconian sacred building from 1660 to around 1720 . In: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte , Vol. 18, H. 1 (1955), pp. 40–60
  • A group of elliptical central space churches from the 18th century in Styria: Eberhard Hempel for his 70th birthday , in: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte , Vol. 19, H. 3 (1956), pp. 237-258
  • Fourteen saints. Munich 1957 (5th revised edition 1976)
  • with Karl Busch : What style is that? The occidental styles with their foundations in antiquity and the ancient Orient. Stuttgart 1958
  • Franz Ignaz Michael Neumann's construction plan for Neresheim. In: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte , Vol. 21, H. 1 (1958), pp. 40–49
  • Cathedrals, churches and monasteries in Franconia (= cathedrals, churches, monasteries 5). Frankfurt 1963
  • with Udo von Alvensleben : Herrenhausen. The summer residence of the Guelphs. Hanover 1966
  • Baroque in Berlin. Masters and works of Berlin architecture 1640-1786. Berlin 1969
  • with Victor H. Elbern : St. Godehard zu Hildesheim. Building and treasury. Hildesheim 1969
  • The St. Blasius Church in Hann. Münden. (= Large Architectural Monuments 246), Munich 1970
  • The Museum Island in Berlin. Frankfurt 1978 (unaltered reprint 1993)
  • The drawings from the estate of Balthasar Neumann. (= Publication by the Berlin Art Library 82). Berlin 1979
  • The model of the Temple of Solomon in the Museum of Hamburg History. In: Low German Contributions to Art History 19, 1980, pp. 161–198
  • Balthasar Neumann. The Main Franconian baroque master builder. Munich 1983
  • Gotlandic special forms of the domical vault. In: Low German contributions to art history 23 (1984), pp. 43–62
  • The great destruction of Berlin. 200 years of urban construction history. Frankfurt 1985
  • Pilgrimage church Maria Limbach. Munich 1986

literature

  • Hellmut Lorenz : Obituary by Hans Reuther (1920-1989) . In: Yearbook of the Berlin Scientific Society 1990, pp. 50–51.
  • Harmen Thies : Obituary by Hans Reuther (November 21, 1920 to March 11, 1989) . In: Journal of the German Association for Art Research 1989, Vol. 43, Issue 3

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personal data
SURNAME Reuther, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architectural historian and building researcher
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1989