Josef Elfinger

Josef Elfinger (born March 23, 1911 in Ingolstadt ; † 1988 ) was a German architect.

St. Pius , Ingolstadt

Life

He was the son of a watchmaking family from Ingolstadt . Elfinger made 1931 its Abitur . He then studied architecture at the Technical University in Munich , among others with Franz Xaver Proebst . Elfinger's teacher was the Munich architect Franz Xaver Proebst, with whom he later built the Donaukurier publishing house and the parish hall of St. Matthew in Ingolstadt . After graduating , he founded his architecture office in Ingolstadt in 1936 . Elfinger was the first chairman of the Ingolstadt Art Association from 1962 to 1967 . Josef Elfinger is co-founder of Jura House - association . Together with Heinrich Ullmann , the two are considered his spiritual fathers. Between 1957 and 1963 he worked with the painter and glass artist Max Wendel from Munich. Wendel was with his church windows at the churches of St. Pius , Ingolstadt; St. Marien , Gunzenhausen ; St. Hedwig , Berolzheim market ; St. Josef, Ingolstadt; Involved in the renovation of the Cathedral of the Beautiful Our Lady , Ingolstadt and the St. Anton Kindergarten, Ingolstadt.

Elfinger found his first job after the Second World War in the rebuilding of the destroyed Ingolstadt. His wife Therese Elfinger (1917–2003) was an artist and created works that can be found in Elfinger's works.

Many of his works are under monument protection , u. a. the Church of St. Pius in Ingolstadt and the Church of St. Peter in Oberhaunstadt. The St. Matthäus parish hall is entered in the list of architectural monuments in Ingolstadt . The parish church of St. Marien is entered in the list of architectural monuments in Gunzenhausen . The college building of the Catholic University is entered in the list of architectural monuments in Eichstätt .

buildings

Donaukurier publishing house, Ingolstadt

Catholic University of Eichstätt

St. Marien, Gunzenhausen

St. Hedwig

• 1936–1937: Local chapel of St. Brother Konrad, Schambach
• 1950: Donaukurier publishing house with Franz Xaver Proebst, Ingolstadt
• 1953: St. Willibald village church, Vogelthal
• 1954: Mayr department store, Ingolstadt
• 1955: Catholic branch community Hl. Kreuz, Wintershof
• 1956: Catholic branch church Maria, Schweigersdorf
• 1955–1956: St. Matthäus parish hall with Franz Xaver Proebst, Ingolstadt (renovated by Florian Nager in 2015 )
• unknown: church interior, Ditfordt with Alois Schölß
• unknown: Kindergarten St. Anton, Ingolstadt
• 1957–1958: St. Pius , Ingolstadt
• 1959–1960: St. Marien parish church , Gunzenhausen
• 1959–1961: Maria Ward student residence with Karl Josef Schattner , Eichstätt
• 1963: St. Hedwig , Berolzheim market
• 1963: St. Josef, Ingolstadt
• 1967: Extension of the nave St. Jakobus , Ornbau
• 1968–1970: Parish Church of St. Peter, Oberhaunstadt
• 1958–1978: Renovation of the Cathedral of the Beautiful Our Lady , Ingolstadt
• 1960–1965: College building of the Catholic University with Karl Josef Schattner , Eichstätt
• 1979–1980: Expansion of the Catholic University with Karl Josef Schattner , Eichstätt

Employee

• 1955–1956: Karljosef Schattner
• 1970–1974: Karl Frey

literature

• Gerd hits (author): Ingolstädter Kirchen, Espresso-Verlag, ISBN 3981076508 .
• The limestone roof in the Altmühl area. In: Bayerischer Heimatschutz , 17th year 1919, no. 11–12., As reprint in: Josef Elfinger, Peter Leuschner , Brun Appel: Das Altmühl-Jurahaus with the reprint “The lime slab roof in the Altmühl area” by Heinrich Ullmann 1919. Eichstätt o . J.

Web links

• Josef Elfinger. Retrieved June 9, 2019 . 
• A stroll through the Westfriedhof in Ingolstadt. Retrieved June 9, 2019 . 
• Beauty has always been his goal. Retrieved June 9, 2019 . 
• New look at modern architecture. Retrieved June 9, 2019 . 
• Parish church of St. Peter Müllerbadsiedlung. Retrieved June 9, 2019 . 
• Parish church celebrates anniversary. Retrieved June 9, 2019 . 
• Churches in Ingolstadt St. Josef. Retrieved June 9, 2019 . 
• The old DK building is to be retained. Retrieved June 9, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1st Chair. Kunstverein Ingolstadt, accessed on July 19, 2020 . 
2. ↑ The fathers of Jura house research. Retrieved July 20, 2020 . 
3. ↑ A stroll through the Westfriedhof in Ingolstadt. (PDF) Diocese of Eichstätt, July 20, 2020, accessed on July 20, 2020 . 
4. ↑ St. Matthäus Areal Ingolstadt. Retrieved July 17, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Karl Frey. Retrieved July 17, 2020 .