Josef Mockenhaupt

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Josef Mockenhaupt born May 10, 1877

Josef Mockenhaupt (born May 10, 1877 - May 30, 1943 ) was a German architect and writer.

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Mockenhaupt set up shop in Boppard in 1902 as an independent architect . In 1910 he was appointed head of the trade school in Büdingen in Upper Hesse . After eleven years, he resigned from civil service at his own request. His path led him to Schlangenbad , Mayen , Luxemburg , Wittlich and Zemmer . His wife fell ill during the First World War . Doctors recommended climate change. Joseph Mockenhaupt moved to Argentina in the Mendoza area for a year . During his stay in Argentina, where he had also bought land, he lost most of his fortune.

As an architect, he built buildings in Boppard on the Rhine, in Simmern, in Wetzlar, in Mayen, the listed parish church in Schuld (Ahr) and a large number of private and country houses in Boppard, Simmern and Bad Homburg.

As a writer, he published in part under the pseudonym Johannes Laurenburger. A trilogy of the world in the making , Abbot Rode the reformer of Trier , the Lord Archbishop . In this last work he dealt with the life and work of Norbert von Xanten , who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg .

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Individual evidence

  1. a b c online data center. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  2. a b boppard online: The Carmelite building is being renovated and modernized for € 7.8 million. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  3. see catalog of the German National Library
  4. ^ Parish church of St. Martin Rittersdorf. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
  5. From the story of Zettingen. In: Zettingen. April 7, 2016, accessed on February 3, 2020 (German).