Heinz Thoma (architect)

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Heinz Thoma (born February 26, 1904 in Bonn ; † March 14, 1994 in Erkrath ) was a German architect .

Life

Heinz Thoma completed his architecture studies at the Technical University of Munich and the Technical University of Aachen with the academic degree of Diplom-Ingenieur and worked mainly in Bonn and Düsseldorf . After working in various studios of Düsseldorf architects, he became an assistant to Clemens Holzmeister at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . In 1931 he won his first major international competition to build a hospital in Zagreb. From 1933 he worked independently in Düsseldorf.

Sacred buildings

St. Joseph, Duisburg - Wedau (1961–1962)

An early building of Thomas is the mother house of the Elisabeth sisters in Essen-Schuir , which was inaugurated in 1936.

In the 1950s, Thoma designed the churches of St. Maria Hilfe der Christisten in Lörick , in 1955 the monastery with the remarkable monastery church of St. Antonius of the Franciscan Order in the middle of downtown Düsseldorf, which was decided to be demolished in 2014, and St. Jakobus in Oberhausen-Osterfeld. A little later, the church of St. Joseph in Wattenscheid, built in 1961 and now a listed building , followed (heavily modified in 2007) as well as the new construction and co-design of the interior of the church of St. Joseph in Duisburg - Wedau, built between 1961 and 1962 . In 1984 he also led the restoration of the St. Lambertus Church in Kalkum . The St. Hedwig Church in Düsseldorf-Eller , which Thoma designed together with Hans Geiser in the 1970s , has meanwhile been profaned and converted into a senior citizens' center.

buildings

  • 1935: House in Bocholt
  • 1938: House in Mönchengladbach
  • 1939–1940: Residential block of Rheinwohnungsbau in Düsseldorf-Gerresheim
  • 1949–1952: Rheinische Girozentrale and Provinzialbank (later WestLB ) at the corner of Friedrichstrasse / Fürstenwall in Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt , demolished in 2017.
  • 1949–1955: Reconstruction of the cath. St. Bruno Church (Düsseldorf)
  • before 1952: own house in Düsseldorf
  • before 1952: Dr. K. in Düsseldorf
  • before 1952: Dr. M. in Hameln
  • before 1954: House Th. in Düsseldorf
  • before 1954: Dr. W. in Essen
  • before 1954: House in Meerbusch
  • before 1954: House P. in Mönchengladbach
  • before 1954: House B. in Mönchengladbach
  • 1955: Association building of the German Savings Banks and Giro Association in Bonn
  • 1955: cath. St. Elisabeth Church (Düsseldorf-Reisholz)
  • before 1958: Administration building of Rheinpreußen AG for mining and chemistry in Duisburg-Homberg , Baumstrasse
  • 1959–1961: Administration building of the Rheinische Girozentrale and Provinzialbank, Elisabethstrasse 65
  • 1959–1961: Karmelkirche mother of good advice in Duisburg, Karmelplatz 9
  • before 1966: gym of the Niederrhein mining vocational school in Moers
  • 1972–1974: cath. St. Hedwig Church , Düsseldorf- Eller

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on Heinz Thoma in the historical register of architects "archthek" , last accessed on August 6, 2011
  2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 21, 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. , last accessed on September 26, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / schaffendesvolk.sellerie.de
  3. ↑ 75 years mother house of the Elisabeth sisters in Schuir on www.bistum-essen.de , last accessed on August 6, 2011
  4. ↑ St. Mary Help of Christians on the website of the Catholic pastoral care area Linksrheinisches Düsseldorf ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2012 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. , last accessed on August 6, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kirche-linksrheinisch.de
  5. ↑ http://www.franziskaner-duesseldorf.de/index.php?id=30  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.franziskaner-duesseldorf.de  
  6. ↑ St. Jakobus Church at www.osterfeld-westfalen.de , last accessed on August 6, 2011
  7. ↑ Description in the monuments index of the city of Bochum (online as PDF document with approx. 380 kB)
  8. ↑ As an exception, a bell rings on www.derwesten.de , last accessed on August 6, 2011
  9. ↑ 50 years of St. Joseph's Church in Wedau ( memento of the original from March 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , last accessed on March 18, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kakiwebi.de
  10. ↑ St. Lambertus Kalkum on the websites of the communities in the Archdiocese of Cologne , last accessed on August 6, 2011
  11. ↑ St. Hedwig on kirchennutzen.blog.de ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , last accessed on August 6, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kirchennutzen.blog.de
  12. ↑ Der Baumeister Heft 12/1934, Callwey Verlag , Munich
  13. ↑ See West LB: No monument - demolition decided wz.de, last accessed on October 19, 2016
  14. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m NRW architecture database
  15. ↑ Hammer price 415,000 euros
  16. ↑ List of architectural monuments in Duisburg-Mitte
personal data
SURNAME Thoma, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1994
Place of death Erkrath