Jo Filke
Josef Jo Filke (born October 9, 1921 in Bad Ziegenhals , Neisse district , Upper Silesia ; † September 11, 2001 in Schiffdorf , Cuxhaven district ) was a German architect.
biography
Filke studied architecture at the Technikum Bremen from 1945 to 1955 . After working for six years in the Bremerhaven architects Geermann, he started his own business in 1955. Until 1994 he ran an architecture office in Bremerhaven. He became known for his church buildings. He died shortly before his 80th birthday. He left behind his wife Helma and the three daughters Vera, Irene and Eva . His wife died on March 20, 2018 and was buried in the Hamburg-Ohlsdorf cemetery.
buildings
- 1959: St. Nikolaus (Bremerhaven) , demolished in 2010
- 1966: St. John the Baptist Church (Loxstedt) , today a branch church of the Sacred Heart Church in Bremerhaven-Geestemünde
- 1973: St. Maximilian Kolbe (Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg) , St. Bonifatius parish, profaned in 2015 and handed over to the German Maltese for further use
- 1974: St. Ansgar (Bremerhaven-Leherheide)
- 1981: St. Benedikt (Bad Bederkesa)
literature
- Ulrich Euent, Alois Hütten, Bernhard Temme: 100 years of the Herz-Jesu-Kirche Bremerhaven-Geestemünde 1911–2011. Bremerhaven 2011.
- Ulrich Schmalstieg: Jo Filke's sacred buildings in the Hildesheim diocese. Yearbook for History and Art in the Diocese of Hildesheim 2013, 81st year, Regensburg 2014, pp. 283-315.
Web links
Commons : Jo Filke (architect) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Jo Filke (strasse-der-moderne.de)
- St. Maximilian Kolbe, 1972–1974 (sosbrutalism.org)
- St. Nikolaus, Wulsdorf (moderne-regional.de)
Individual evidence
- ↑ St. John the Baptist in Loxstedt, today a branch church of Hl. Herz Jesu Bremerhaven-Geestemünde ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2015 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.
- ↑ Church treasures stand in the way (taz)
- ↑ Maximilian Kolbe Church is to be demolished (wilhelmsburgonline)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Filke, Jo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Filke, Josef |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Ziegenhals , Upper Silesia |
DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 2001 |
Place of death | Schiffdorf near Bremerhaven |