Heinrich Renard

Original sculpture of the Heinzelmännchenbrunnens . Edmund and Heinrich Renard (1897 to 1900) (Photo: 2007)

Heinrich Renard (born August 10, 1868 in Cologne ; † November 6, 1928 there ) was a German architect .

family

Heinrich Renard was a son of the sculptor Edmund Renard the Elder. Elderly (1830-1905). While his brother Edmund was committed to the care and preservation of works of art and later became a provincial conservator in the Rhineland , Heinrich was interested in his father's work. Like this one, he wanted to create and design himself. Thus, before the turn of the century, a joint effort between father and son came into being, the Cologne Heinzelmännchen -Brunnen.

Career

Renard studied at the building trade school in Cologne , with his uncle Heinrich Wiethase and with Max Meckel in Frankfurt am Main . After his uncle's death in 1893, Renard took over his Cologne architecture studio, in which Karl Band became one of his employees in later years .

Marienkirche on Mount Zion (2009)

Renard went on several study trips to the Middle East . He toured Egypt , then Ottoman Syria and the region of what was then Palestine . The knowledge gained on these trips to the Orient, coupled with professional competence, probably prompted the German Kaiser Wilhelm to entrust Renard with a construction project in the Holy Land . The buildings designed by Renard for Jerusalem , such as the Church of St. Mary on Mount Zion and the "German Paulushospice" were completed in 1910. These works are considered his most significant works today.

Renard, whose work reached its climax in the time of late historicism of Wilhelmine style ( see article Heimatschutzarchitektur ), designed numerous predominantly Catholic church buildings. He created these mainly in Cologne and the region of the then Prussian Rhine Province . Renard designed church furnishings , but also some hospitals. In addition, he worked as an appraiser for church buildings, and in some cases as their restorer .

In 1897 Renard was appointed Archdiocesan Master Builder in Cologne (together with Franz Statz ) by Cardinal Krementz and in 1910 he was finally promoted to Diocesan Building Council, appointed by Cardinal Schulte . In the last phase of his life he also turned to politics, in 1920 he became Cologne city ​​councilor .

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Drafts for sacred buildings

year	image	place	object	state	comment
1899-1902		Cologne-Kalk	St. Joseph	North Rhine-Westphalia
1900		Wolsdorf (victory)	St. Trinity	North Rhine-Westphalia
1906		bad Godesberg	Sacred Heart Church	North Rhine-Westphalia
1906-1907		Borschemich	St. Martinus	North Rhine-Westphalia	The church was profaned on November 23, 2014 and demolished in February 2016 because it had to give way to the Garzweiler opencast mine .
1907-1909		Dudeldorf	St. Mary Queen	Rhineland-Palatinate
1910		Jerusalem	Marienkirche on the Sion	Israel
1921		Cologne-Mülheim	St. Anthony	North Rhine-Westphalia	Construction began earlier, and the church was consecrated in 1921.
1923		Ueß	St. Luzia	Rhineland-Palatinate
1926		Hamburg-Harvestehude	St. Elisabeth	Hamburg	Together with Josef van Geisten
1926-1927		Cologne-Humboldt / Gremberg	St. Engelbert	North Rhine-Westphalia	Together with Josef van Geisten
1927		Rulle Monastery	St. John's Monastery Church	Lower Saxony
1927-1928		Widdig	St. George	North Rhine-Westphalia

Restorations / extensions

year	image	place	object	state	comment
1894		Düsseldorf-Gerresheim	St. Margaret's Basilica	North Rhine-Westphalia
1895-1896		Agathaberg	St. Agatha	North Rhine-Westphalia
1898		Aachen	St. Adalbert	North Rhine-Westphalia	Restoration according to plans by Heinrich Wiethase
1901-1902		Erkrath	St. Johann Baptist	North Rhine-Westphalia	Neo-Romance extension
1904-1906		Cologne-Lindenthal	Alt St. Stephan (Krieler Dömchen)	North Rhine-Westphalia	Redevelopment
1907		Cologne	St. George	North Rhine-Westphalia	Redevelopment
1915		Düren	Marienkirche	North Rhine-Westphalia	Extension of a new west building in neo-Gothic forms. Destroyed on November 16, 1944, except for the lower tower floors.
1921-1922		Wanderath	St. Valerius	Rhineland-Palatinate	extension
19 ??		Siegburg	Michaelsberg Abbey	North Rhine-Westphalia

Equipment

• 1901: Mosaic floor in St. Remigius in Cologne
• High altar and choir stalls for the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Cologne-Mülheim
• 1906: High altar for the parish church of St. Cäcilia in Niederzier , executed by Alexander Iven
• around 1906: High altar for the provost church of St. Mary's Assumption in Jülich , only partially preserved
• 1911/12: High altar and baptismal font for the Arnoldus Chapel in Arnoldsweiler , in collaboration with Peter Hecker
• 1912: Pulpit for the parish church of St. Cäcilia in Niederzier
• 1915: Organ prospectus of the Klais organ for the parish church of St. Arnold in Arnoldsweiler
• 1922: War memorial for Arnoldsweiler
• 1923 Ornaments of the St. Peters bell (called Dicker Pitter) in Cologne Cathedral

Secular buildings

• 1899–1900: together with his father Edmund Renard Heinzelmännchenbrunnen in Cologne
• 1899–1902: The witch's tower in Jülich is converted into a museum
• 1905–1908: Alexian Hospital in Cologne- Ensen
• 1910 (completion): German Paulushospice in Jerusalem

Awards

Heinrich Renard was honored with the Red Eagle Order IV class and the Mount of Olives Cross , which was awarded from 1909 .

literature

• Handbook of the Archdiocese of Cologne , various editions, AFK, CR I 4.1
• Robert Steimel: Cologne heads. Cologne 1958, Col. 338.
• Ulrich S. Soenius, Jürgen Wilhelm (Ed.): Kölner Personen-Lexikon . Greven, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-7743-0400-0 .

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Renard  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Proof of inventory 1084 (Heinrich Renard estate) in the Historical Archive of the City of Cologne on the Archive in NRW website , last accessed on August 15, 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Info City Museum Cologne
2. ^ Robert Steimel: Cologne Heads.
3. ↑ Handbook of the Archdiocese of Cologne
4. ↑ Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Bonn-Bad Godesberg on the pages of the parish of St. Andreas and Evergislus, last accessed on August 15, 2011
5. ^ Andreas Speen: Borschemich: Demolition of the St. Martinus Church. In: RP ONLINE. Retrieved February 21, 2016 . 
6. ↑ St. Elisabeth  ( 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. on the website of the city of Hamburg (selection of listed buildings), last accessed on August 15, 2011  
7. ↑ Parish Church of St. Valerius in Wanderath , accessed on August 4, 2013
8. ^ The Heinzelmännchen fountain in Cologne. In: Baugewerks-Zeitung 33, 1901, pp. 707f