Josef Niehaus
Josef Niehaus (* 1802 in Haselünne ; † 1864 in Haselünne; full name: Alexander Josef Niehaus ) was a German architect of late classicism who was mainly active in the Emsland .
Life
Josef Niehaus was baptized on April 25, 1802 in the parish church of St. Vincentius in Haselünne. He was the third child of the businessman Johannes Alexander Wilhelm Niehaus and his wife Anna Elisabeth. Both came from respected Haselünner families. Almost nothing is known about Niehaus's youth and school days. He probably spent his high school in Osnabrück , where his uncle Antonius lived. In autumn 1821 he began studying mathematics at the University of Göttingen , which he finished in 1827. During this time he is said to have undertaken educational trips to Italy and France. The handwritten entries in a French treatise on differential and integral calculus, which is in the library of the St. Ursula Haselünne district high school, suggest that Josef Niehaus was in Paris in the spring of 1824.
The first work to bear his signature is a site plan of the Poll estate near Haselünne, dated 1827. That same year, Niehaus was the Duke of Arenberg'schen Commissioner with the plans for the Catholic Church in the Moor colony Neuarenberg commissioned. This was followed by the church in Werlte (1828–1832) and the Ludmillenhof in Sögel, based on Palladian models . 1832–1836 he built the Nienhaus office building near Aschendorf for the Duke of Arenberg . On September 25, 1834, while work was still being carried out on the official building, Niehaus was appointed as rent chamber building inspector. From now on, his work included the Duke's entire German property, and consequently he also worked in Vest Recklinghausen . One of his most extensive building projects was Mickeln Castle in Düsseldorf-Himmelgeist, designed as a summer residence .
Niehaus was also repeatedly active in his birthplace, Haselünne, and was a member of the building commission for the reconstruction of the inner city, which was badly damaged in a fire on August 10, 1849. He built u. a. the town hall (1850) and several residential buildings on Hasestrasse.
Unmarried throughout his life, Niehaus died in his hometown in 1864 at the age of 62.
Buildings (incomplete)
image | construction time | Building | place | description |
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1827-1831 | St. Prosper | Friesoythe - Neuarenberg | Hall church without tower, expanded in 1939 | |
1828 | Coupling lock Meppen | Meppen | House of the water management officer | |
1828-1832 | St. Sixtus | Werlte | Basilica with tower, rebuilt in the Romanesque style in 1864–1869 | |
1828-1831 | Ludmillenhof | Sögel | Office building in Palladian style , expanded in 2004 | |
1829 | Official well | Sögel | classicist draw well | |
1830 | Rectory | Friesoythe - Neuarenberg | ||
1831 | Tomb for Katharina Sibylla Schücking | Friesoythe - Neuarenberg | ||
1831-1832 | Forester's house | Vrees | ||
1832-1836 | Office building Nienhaus | Papenburg - Aschendorf | late classical | |
1832-1836 | St. Boniface Church | Lingen (Ems) | three-aisles, 1904–1907 tower added and choir replaced | |
1834-1835 | Assumption Day | Lorup | Hall church with tower, extended 1958–1959 | |
1835-1837 | St. Gertrude | Lohne (Oldenburg) | New tower construction | |
1840-1842 | Mickeln Castle | Düsseldorf - heavenly spirit | three-storey, square floor plan | |
1841-1842 | St. Anthony | Geeste | Demolished in 1966 | |
1843 | St. Bartholomew | Wippingen | changed greatly | |
1844-1845 | Office building | Meppen | Conversion of the gatehouse of Paulsburg to the official building, broken off in 1963 | |
1846-1847 | St. Anthony | Papenburg | Draft for a new building (not realized until 1873–1877 according to plans by Alexander Behnes ) | |
1850 | Old Town Hall | Haselünne | neo-Romanesque forms on the upper floor | |
1850 | St. Martinus | Lahn | Hall church, expanded in 1980 | |
1850-1851 | St. Michael | Stavern - Great Stavern | single-nave, late classicistic | |
1851 | Vehmeyersches Haus (Hasestrasse 25) | Haselünne | Patrician house | |
1852-1854 | St. Cosmas and Damian | Barßel | Post-classicist stepped hall (without a new tower), renovated in 1947 after being destroyed in the war | |
1852-1854 | St. Martinus | Haren (Ems) | Demolished in 1908, tower preserved | |
1853-1854 | St. Vincent | Meppen- Groß Fullen | demolished after 1959 | |
1853-1856 | St. Vitus | Bakum - Vestrup | Extension of the church built in 1772 | |
1853-1858 | St. Anthony | Lähden - Vinnen | single-aisle | |
1855 | St. George | Twist flush | Torn down in 1964, tower preserved | |
1855-1856 | St. Jodocus | Borger | neo-Gothic forms | |
1857 | St. Vitus | Lünne | New tower construction | |
1863 | St. Mary offering in the temple | Haren (Ems) - Tinnen | Expanded in 1932 by Theo Burlage | |
1863-1864 | St. Vincent Hospital | Haselünne | expanded several times, received as a core structure | |
1864-1869 | St. Sixtus | Werlte | neo-Romanesque reconstruction, completed posthumously by Johann Bernhard Hensen | |
1865-1866 | St. Vincent de Paul | Twist - sea of levers | neo-Gothic hall church, completed posthumously by Johann Bernhard Hensen |
literature
- Andreas Eiynck : Guide through the Catholic parish church St. Bonifatius, Lingen-Ems. (= Weick Art Guide , No. 32.019.97) Passau 1998.
- Roswitha Poppe: The Haselünner architect Josef Niehaus. In: Osnabrücker Mitteilungen , Volume 68 (1959), pages 272-308.
- Thomas Niemann: The library of the district high school St. Ursula. In: Kreisgymnasium St. Ursula Haselünne. Festschrift for the 150th anniversary. Haselünne, 2004. pp. 62-64.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Niehaus, Josef |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Niehaus, Alexander Josef (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and builder |
DATE OF BIRTH | baptized April 25, 1802 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Haselünne |
DATE OF DEATH | 1864 |
Place of death | Haselünne |