Hildegard Reitz

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Hildegard Reitz (born August 25, 1930 in Düsseldorf ; † September 11, 2019 in Aachen ) was a German art historian and rector of the Aachen University of Applied Sciences .

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Reitz, daughter of the city inspector Arthur Reitz and his wife Martha (née Kellings), attended elementary and high school. In 1951 she passed the school leaving examination at the Goethe School in Düsseldorf. In the summer semester of 1951, she began studying at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Cologne , where she studied art history, middle and modern history, archeology, modern German philology and philosophy. She chose art history, modern Germanic philology and middle and modern history as exam subjects. During her student days, she took the opportunity to acquire practical knowledge in museum work at the municipal art collections in Düsseldorf, the Düsseldorf Municipal Goethe Museum and the Anton and Katharina Kippenberg Foundation. On February 27, 1958, she completed her studies at the University of Cologne with a doctorate .

In 1959 Reitz took over a position as a lecturer in art history at the former Werkkunstschule Aachen and four years later became deputy head of the school. Later she made a decisive contribution to the fact that in the course of the re-establishment of the Aachen University of Applied Sciences in 1971, the Werkkunstschule was integrated into the University of Applied Sciences as the design department with its full range of courses. With the re-establishment, Reitz took over the office of dean of the design department until she was elected Vice-Rector for Studies and Teaching at the FH Aachen in 1980. She then headed the University of Applied Sciences as rector from 1984 to 1987, succeeding Helmut Strehl , making her the first woman to head a German university. From 1986 to 1987 she also chaired the state rectors' conference of the universities of applied sciences.

As rector of the FH Aachen, she and the president of the Aachen Chamber of Crafts , Anton Immendorf , played a key role in founding the Academy for Craft Design in 1985, which from 1994 was able to set up its headquarters on the listed Gut Rosenberg in the Aachen district of Horbach . Later she also took over the direction of studies at the academy and was awarded the badge of honor of the West German Craftsmen's Day for her commitment on April 11, 1996 .

In addition, the art historian, who is involved in local politics, was elected head of culture for the city of Aachen on November 26, 1986 ; Scribendi, who campaigns for the promotion of literature and the art of writing and developed into one of the largest calligraphy associations in Germany. She headed the association as the first chairwoman until 1990, for personal reasons she did not stand for re-election.

In 1992 she followed a call from Helmut Strehl, who had meanwhile set up the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Köthen, and here in particular the Dessau-Roßlau location , and took over the new design department in Dessau until her retirement.

In 1995 Reitz was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for her services .

Fonts (selection)

  • The illustrations of the "Cologne Bible" , dissertation, Triltsche, Cologne 1959
  • The iconography of the prophets in medieval art , Werkkunstschule Aachen 1960
  • The picture Johannes in the solitude of Geertgen tot Sint Jans , Werkkunstschule Aachen 1961
  • Academy for Designing Crafts of the Aachen Chamber of Crafts: a report on a model project from 1985 to 1990 , Aachen Chamber of Crafts 1991

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ We mourn the loss of our First Lady , press release from FH Aachen on September 13, 2019
  2. ↑ State Rectors' Conference of the Universities of Applied Sciences
  3. ↑ West German Chamber of Handicrafts
  4. ^ Chronicle of the City of Aachen 1986
  5. ^ Chronicle of the City of Aachen 1992
  6. ↑ Ars scribendi
  7. ↑ Award of the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MBl. NW. 1995 p. 1634)
personal data
SURNAME Reitz, Hildegard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian, rector of the Aachen University of Applied Sciences
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 2019
Place of death Aachen