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
	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.