Klausener (family)

Klausener (Flemish: Cluysenaar, Cluysenaer ) is the name of a native to Flirsch in the district of Landeck in Tyrol ( Austria ), originating mostly strict Catholic family, of which some members in the 18th century after Burtscheid at Aachen and in the neighboring Duchy of Limburg emigrated are where they settled as builders , contractors , architects and painters . In addition, several members of the family provided the mayor of the town of Burtscheid, which was independent until 1897, and some others were politically active and in important positions far beyond the regional borders.

The beginnings: Franz and Paul Klausener

The history and importance of the Klausener family began when the brothers Paul (Flirsch - 1754 Mechelen) and Franz Klausener (1709 in Flirsch - 1770 Burtscheid) left Tyrol. It is not known whether they both emigrated at the same time or whether Franz, who according to the data must have been the much younger brother, may have complied or whether he was training with Paul, who had taken on several large orders from 1729, while moving at the same time. has completed. Her father was Basileus Klausener (born June 12, 1667), son of Paulus Klausener and the guardian Ursula, married on Tuesday, January 10, 1696, to the tailor Agnes. Through their further family structure and choice of location, Franz later became the progenitor of an entrepreneurial family in Burtscheid that has been successful to this day and his brother Paul became the progenitor of a well-known family of architects and artists in the neighboring Duchy of Limburg and later in Belgium .

Paul Klausener was responsible for Ferdinand von Plettenberg's building projects, the churches in Eys and Wittem, as a building contractor from 1729 . In 1733 he was mentioned as a building inspector for Neuburg Castle in Limburg . He was held in high esteem as a lay judge in Limburg. Paul Klausener applied for an attestation d'honorabilité from Flirsch for his construction contracts . In the Klausener family tree he is referred to as Architecte et Juge de Wittem-Mechelen (Hollande) .

Together with his brother Franz Klausener, he was first mentioned around 1750 as a master mason and carpenter from Tyrol in the building files of St. Johann (Aachen-Burtscheid) . Since the design and execution of the parish church of St. Michael (Aachen-Burtscheid), which was under construction by Johann Joseph Couven at the same time, had become too expensive for the parish, the execution of the design with partially simplified changes was also made to the brothers Paul and Franz Klausener transfer. In particular, they were responsible for the wooden dome construction . The construction of the church was completed in 1751.

Burtscheider line

Franz Klausener and his wife Helena Kugl, whom he married in Burtscheid in 1738, founded the Klausener Line, which was to play an important role in house building there for almost two hundred years. Many buildings, some of which still exist today, can be traced back to their work and some of them have been placed under monument protection.

Of Franz Klausener's five children, four girls and one boy, his son Franciscus Adolphus Klausener (Franz Adolf; 1739–1789) became the first architect. He and his wife Maria Christina Kühl had ten children, the most famous of whom and their descendants are listed here:

• Franciscus Wilhelmus Klausener (Franz Wilhelm; 1765–1798), architect and married to Anna-Agathe Bircken
  • Peter Klausener, sen. (1806–1877), master builder and married to Marie-Luise Startz (1813–1877) from the Aachen-Burtscheider family of needle and cloth manufacturers.
    • Peter Klausener , jun. (1844–1904), administrative officer and member of the management team of the Rhine Province and its affiliated state insurance company for the Rhine Province .
      • Erich Klausener (1885–1934), civil servant and resistance fighter
      • Bruno Klausener (1887 – after 1957), administrative lawyer and district administrator
• Johannes-Theodor Klausener (1777-1824), married to Maria-Catharina Bieckers (Beckers)
  • Franz Joseph Andreas Klausener (1815–1888), Doyen de Herve
  • Friedrich Klausener, alias: Gaspard (Caspar) Friedrich Klausener (1818–1880), building contractor and married to Wilhelmine Kremers. After his ancestors Paul and Franz, he was Burtscheid's next major building contractor. In old age he handed over his company to his cousin Bernhard Klausener. Friederich's wife Wilhelmine Kremers was a partner in the “Manufactur- und Modewaaren” business, Geschwister Kremer , which was located at Großkölnstrasse 30 in Aachen in 1858, 1868 and 1877. The company had been supplier to the court of Queen Augusta of Prussia since 1868 at the latest . Partners in the company were Dr. Roderburg and Mrs. Wilhelmine Klausener.
    • Alfons Klausener (1853–1921), Burtscheider mayor and member of the Prussian House of Representatives . Also authorized signatory in the maternal company, Geschwister Kremer
    • Eugen (Maria) Klausener (1855–1944), cloth merchant. In 1910 he was also the owner of the maternal company Geschwister Kremer .
      For Eduard Philipp Arnold's book Das Altaachener Wohnhaus , Eugen Klausener made his private “Couven Collection” about Johann Joseph Couven and his son Jakob Couven available to the author . This included, among other things, a pagoda plan by Father Couven, which was the only known result of the chinoiserie fashion in Aachen.
  • Johann Peter Wilhelm Klausener (1823–1872), Mayor of Burtscheid and married to Maria Barbara Hubertine Walburga Weidenfeld
• Petrus Klausener (1782–1850), OCSO, Cistercian of the strict observance and 1st abbot of Oelenberg Abbey ,
• Aloys Klausener, architect and married to Maria Francoise Gertrude Meisenberg. He became known as the builder of the St. Gertrudiskerk in Wijlre near Gulpen-Wittem .
  • Bernhard (Bernward) Klausener (* 1811), building contractor. Together with master bricklayer Carl Rhoen, he was given the construction company of his cousin Friedrich Klausener in 1852, which from then on traded under the name B. Klausener & Rhoen and was responsible for numerous projects in Burtscheid. In addition, Bernhard was the second deputy mayor and councilor in Burtscheid. He was also one of the founding members of the Burtscheider Citizens' Association , which he also chaired from 1876 to 1881.

tomb

Klausen burial site 1914.

The grave monument of the Friedrich Klausener family is located in the Burtscheid hot mountain cemetery . The design includes a 3 m high stele crowned with a cross and a bronze body. The stele is on a square two-tiered base. It is adorned with aedicules and pinnacles . At the rear, the entrance to the crypt is through an iron door.

Bernhard Klausener's grave was also in the hot mountain cemetery, on the main path. The tombstone was made of bluestone and the names of the deceased could be read on the side.

Klausenerstrasse

The Burtscheider Klausenerstraße was named after the Klausener family on July 22, 1898 according to a resolution of the city council and the decision was made public on August 22, 1898. The short (approx. 200 m), narrow Klausenerstraße branches off from Neustraße and leads along the Burtscheider rehabilitation clinic Schwertbad into Benediktinerstraße.

The Dutch / Belgian line - Cluysenaar

Paul (us) Klausener, brother of Franz Klausener, was born in Flirsch on an unknown date and died on April 18, 1754 in Mechelen, Holland . In addition to his joint work with his brother in Burtscheid, he worked primarily as a builder in the Duchy of Limburg. On August 5, 1730, he married Maria Priem from Driemen in Mechelen-Wittem, 22 km from Aachen. The family name was now linguistically adapted in the following generations: Klausener became Clousener, then Kluisenaar and finally Cluysenaar / Cluysenaer. Of Paul's ten children

• Johannes-Petrus (June 6, 1742 Mechelen-Wittem - June 28, 1822 Gossches) architect in the Netherlands. He married Johanna Diesener and they had a son, among other things
  • Johannes Klausener (August 20, 1796 in Kampen - September 30, 1834 in St.Gilles / Brussels ). He was now called Kluysenaar and became a bridge builder. He married Garidenia Gerritsen and was among other things the father of the architect who mainly worked in Belgium
    • Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar (1811-1880). As an architect, he was probably the most important representative of the Klausener / Cluysenaar family and the artistic talent continued in his descendants:
      • Adèle Clotilde Cluysenaar (1834–1901) ∞ Gustave Saintenoy , architect
      • Jean André Alfred Cluysenaar (1837-1902), was just like his son
        • André Edmond Alfred (1872–1939) was a highly regarded portrait and history painter in Belgium. His son
          • John Edmond Cluysenaar (1899–1986) began his career as a sculptor and was later also successful as a painter. In 1924 he won the Prix ​​de Rome and in 1925 the Prix ​​Godecharle . Before the outbreak of the Second World War he moved to England and Scotland, but returned to Belgium after the war. His daughter
            • Anne Cluysenaar (1936-2014) studied at Trinity College in Dublin and stayed in the United Kingdom . She lived as a poet and lyricist in Wales and was murdered by her stepson on November 1, 2014.

Great personalities

Erich Klausener

• Alfons Klausener (1853–1921), member of the Prussian House of Representatives and Mayor of Burtscheid
• Bruno Klausener (1887– after 1956), District Administrator
• Erich Klausener (1885–1934), civil servant and resistance fighter
• Peter Klausener (1844–1904), administrative officer of the Rhine Province
• Petrus Klausener (1782–1850), Cistercian of the strict observance, 1st abbot of Oelenburg Abbey
• Alfred Cluysenaar (1837–1902), portrait and history painter
• André Cluysenaar (1872–1939), portrait and history painter
• Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar (1811–1880), architect in Belgium
• John Cluysenaar (1899–1986), sculptor and painter

literature

• Klausener, Erich (1885–1934) a. Klausener family tree. Aa 741. The family tree was created on Monday, March 30, 1981; Burtscheid Society for Past and Present V.
• Eduard Philipp Arnold : The old Aachen residential building. Aachen History Association, Aachen 1930.
• Bruno Lerho : Old Aachen residential buildings. Their history, facilities and residents. Helios, Aachen 1998.
• Fanny Cluysenaar: Les Cluysenaar, une famille d'artistes . Weissenbruch, Brussels 1928.

Web links

Commons : Klausener  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information about the Dutch Klauseners on page 17, (ndl.)  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 8.3 MB)  
2. ↑ The art monuments of the Rhine Province. ed. v. Paul Clemen. Vol. 10, I: "City of Aachen - The Minster of Aachen" edit. v. Karl Faymonville . Düsseldorf, 1916. (Faymonville I.). P. 518.
3. ^ Anke Kappler: Johann Joseph Couven (1701–1763) architectural designs for the city, the nobility and the church. Landschaftsverband Rheinland Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft Worms, 2009, p. 44; s. a. Genealogy table Klausener by Adriane Lüttger, StAA W + St 92.
4. ↑ Nikolaus Startz, father-in-law of master builder Peter Klausener, has owned the brewery for Goldnen Verken in Aachen since 1816 . The Klausener heirs sold this house in 1891. Arnold, p. 252, note 2.
5. ↑ Aachen address book for the years concerned.
6. ^ Aachen contributions for architectural history and local art on behalf of the scientific committee of the Aachen history association, edited by archive director Albert Huyskens . Booklet 2; The Altaachen house of Professor E. Ph. Arnold, teacher of the State Building Trade School Aachen, architect BDA Aachener Geschichtsverein, Aachen 1930, p. III, 244.
7. ↑ St. Gertrudiskerk Wijlre  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Stadtarchiv Aachen , street files 79/9, volume 14, p. 148, address book Aachen 1939
9. ↑ see item 330
10. ↑ Short Biography Anne Cuysenaar
11. ^ Announcement of death and obituary Anne Cluysenaar (Engl.)