Hermann Breast

Hermann Busen (born July 13, 1913 in Bottrop , † March 26, 1971 in Münster ) was a German architect and preservationist .

Life

After studying architecture in Stuttgart, Busen worked as a construction referendar at the General Building Council for the redesign of the “capital of movement” Munich under Hermann Giesler . After receiving his doctorate in 1941 at the Technical University of Stuttgart with a dissertation on the building history of the Cappenberg monastery church , he passed the second state examination in 1942. In the immediate post-war period he initially worked as a freelance architect, in 1951 he took up the post of deputy state curator at the Westphalian provincial administration (from 1953 Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe ) . In October 1959 he was appointed state curator to succeed Theodor Rensing .

From 1968 until his death Hermann Busen was first chairman of the Henry van de Velde Society in Hagen.

Fonts

• The monastery church in Kappenberg and the architecture of the Premonstratensians. Dissertation , Stuttgart 1941.
• The Clement Church in Munster. In: Westfalen , 37th year 1959, pp. 276–286.
• The Bartholomäus chapel in Paderborn. In: Westfalen , 41st year 1963, pp. 273–312.
• Corvey Abbey and Abbey Church. In: Art and culture in the Weser area 800–1600. Aschendorff, Münster 1966, pp. 19–42.
• 75 years of monument preservation in Westphalia. In: Westfalen , 46th year 1968, pp. 3–27.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Eberhard G. Neumann: Hermann Busen 1913–1971. In: Westfalen , 50th year 1972, pp. 3–5.