Hans Seytter
Hans Seytter (born March 16, 1898 ; † June 19, 1964 in Stuttgart ) was a German architect who built or renovated numerous new churches before and after the Second World War .
Life
Hans Seytter studied architecture and, following a legal clerkship, passed the second state examination to become a government master builder ( assessor in public building management). His post-doctoral thesis from 1929 was titled Relationships between form and construction in the development of furniture construction , which gave him the Venia legendi for interior design at the Department of Architecture at the Technical University of Stuttgart . In 1940 he was appointed lecturer in the architecture department of the Technical University of Stuttgart.
Buildings and designs
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Organ prospectus in Nürtingen
Seytter's organ brochure for the organ in the Kreuzkirche in Nürtingen dates from the late 1920s .
Church renovation Martinskirche Neuffen
In 1932 the Martinskirche Neuffen was redesigned according to Seytter's designs. Since the building fabric was partially dilapidated, all the galleries and the stalls were removed. Where previously there was a central aisle and the pulpit in the central nave was placed on the side, a central nave was now completely filled with long benches, which was oriented exclusively towards the front on a new pulpit arranged to the right of the choir arch. The organ with a neo-Gothic prospect that was previously on the west gallery was replaced by an organ in the choir room without a prospectus.
Nikolaikirche in Heilbronn
In 1932 the Heilbronn Nikolaikirche was rebuilt according to Seytter's plans. He previously criticized various parts of the interior furnishings created around 1900, in particular the neo-Gothic parapet of the west gallery, which in his opinion was "the only loud discord in the otherwise uniform interior". He also considered the pulpit to be “badly shaped and placed much too high” and the Luther statue, three-quarters life-size in the choir, “a dilettante's job”. It was removed during the restoration under Seytter, as was the rest of the historicist decoration of the Nikolaikirche.
Wolfbusch Church in Weilimdorf
On March 20, 1938, the Wolfbusch Church planned by Seytter was inaugurated in Stuttgart-Weilimdorf .
Oberhofenkirche in Göppingen
The Oberhofenkirche in Göppingen was renovated in 1938 by Hans Seytter, whereby the side galleries were shortened.
Martin's Church in Möhringen
The Martinskirche in Möhringen , rebuilt according to plans and under the direction of Seytter , was inaugurated in 1949.
Emmaus Church in Riedenberg
In 1950 Seytter designed the Emmaus Church in Riedenberg together with the sculptor Helmut Uhrig .
Evangelical Church in Kirchenkirnberg
The newly built Protestant church in Kirchenkirnberg was consecrated in 1952, although it was not completed until 1962. In the post-war period, Seytter had designed a rather small and modest building.
Reconstruction of the collegiate church in Stuttgart
In the course of the air raids on Stuttgart in 1944, the collegiate church was badly damaged. Both the early Gothic choir and the late Gothic nave were destroyed, the southern outer wall and one of the arcades of the central nave that supported the vaults collapsed. The remaining substance of the building was badly damaged by the firestorm; the west tower was still standing, but had to be propped up. For structural reasons, the south arcade had to be demolished in 1950, which led to the final destruction of the late Gothic spatial structure of the church. In contrast to the reconstruction work on the Würzburg Cathedral , during which the Romanesque three-aisle structure there was restored, the Stuttgart collegiate church was significantly changed by the reconstruction according to Hans Seytter's plans in the post-war period: The late Gothic cross vault of the choir , which had existed before the air raids, was not restored, but an assumed earlier construction phase was reconstructed, the southern outer wall was rebuilt in 1950s forms and a huge, dark wooden barrel vault was drawn into the interior , which had no relation to the prehistory of the church. There was also a pillar with a neo- realistic court angel and a pulpit with a huge sound cover. Seytter's solution was already heavily criticized immediately after the completion of the reconstruction, because the church now had more of a hall or even barn character. Christoph Markschies perceived Seytter's work, which was completed in 1956, “as an aggressive terrorist attack on a high quality early and late Gothic building” . Decades later, Seytter's solution was abandoned in favor of a renewed renovation by Bernhard Hirche , although at this point it was also considered “whether the reconstruction by the architect Hans Seytter would have an architectural value and the solution found not only representative of the style of the 1950s must be mentioned, but also represents an independent theological concept of Protestant church building ” .
Community center of the Johanneskirche in Kornwestheim
The emergency church (a barrack building) built in 1921 in connection with the rapidly growing population of the city of Kornwestheim was replaced by a new building on behalf of the Protestant Johannesgemeinde after the Second World War . Seytter delivered the designs and managed the work on site. The church was inaugurated on March 6, 1955. The facades are clad with Gönninger tuff , the nave is 41 m long, 17 m wide and 20 high. With its 36 m high church tower and seats for 900 people, the new Johanneskirche is the largest church building erected in the Evangelical Church in Württemberg after the war . The interior decoration with colored choir windows and depictions of the returning Christ, the Revelation of John and the Gospel of John as well as the windows above the gallery are by W.-Dieter Kohler, the oak crucifix was made by the sculptor Ulrich Henn . Members of the Johannesgemeinde knotted the altar carpet based on a template from the Stuttgart parament workshop . The organ on the gallery was built in 1958 in the workshop of the Walcker company, Ludwigsburg, has 37 sounding registers and more than 2000 pipes .
Parish hall in Fellbach
The first own parish hall of the Luther Church in Fellbach was designed by Seytter and completed in 1956.
Christ Church in Altbach
The Christ Church in Altbach was built according to Seytter's plans and inaugurated on July 24, 1960.
Redesign of the Michaelskirche in Degerloch
The Michaelskirche in Stuttgart-Degerloch was redesigned in 1961 by Hans Seytter. His work only concerned the interior, the outside of the church has remained almost unchanged for centuries.
Resurrection Church in Heilbronn-Böckingen
The interior of the Resurrection Church in Heilbronn-Böckingen was designed by Seytter rather conservatively.
Seytter should actually have taken over the restoration or rebuilding of the Pankratius Church in Auingen , but left this work to his then employee Klaus Ehrlich .
literature
- Seytter, Hans . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 268 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Seytter, professor, architect, government builder, died in Stuttgart. In: Stuttgart Memorial Day Calendar
- ↑ Hans Seytter: Relationships between form and construction in the development of furniture construction. Habilitation thesis for obtaining the venia legendi for interior design at the Department of Architecture of the Technical University of Stuttgart, 1929.
- ↑ German construction newspaper . 74th year 1940, No. #, p. #.
- ^ Alfred Reichling, Wolfgang Adelung: Aspects of the organ movement. Merseburger 1995, p. 189.
- ↑ See Neuffen: Protestant Martinskirche. on: kirchbau.de
- ^ Emil Closer: The Martinskirche in Neuffen. Church leaders self-published by the parish in 1982.
- ^ A b c Wilhelm Steinhilber: Evangelical general church community Heilbronn . Part 2: "The Nikolaikirche in Heilbronn" . Evangelical Church Community Heilbronn, Heilbronn 1965, p. 50 f .
- ^ Wilhelm Steinhilber: Evangelical overall church community Heilbronn . Part 2: "The Nikolaikirche in Heilbronn" . Evangelical Church Community Heilbronn, Heilbronn 1965, p. 51 f .
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↑ Hans Seytter. on: bildindex.de
Hans Seytter. Architect. born: 1898. last mentioned: before 1958. active in Stuttgart.
Creative period: 1913–1958 in Germany
Literature: Vollmer, Bd. 4, 1958, p. 268
Literature: AKL Bio-Bibliographischer Index - ↑ Inauguration of the Wolfbusch Church in Weilimdorf. In: Stuttgart Memorial Day Calendar.
- ↑ Church database
- ^ Report in the Esslinger Zeitung
- ^ Report in the Murrhardter Zeitung
- ^ Lecture by Christoph Markschies on November 12, 2006
- ↑ Website of the Johanneskirche Kornwestheim ( memento of the original from January 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Seminar announcement of the University of Stuttgart (PDF; 209 kB)
- ↑ A total work of art for worship. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. on: ev-kirche-lichtenwald.de , July 20, 2010 (to the Christ Church in Altbach)
- ↑ Michaelskirche in Degerloch ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2013 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.
- ^ Report in the Heilbronn voice
- ↑ Pankratiuskirche Auingen ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.7 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seytter, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1898 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1964 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |