Konrad Albert Koch

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Konrad Albert Koch ( Conrad Albert Koch ; born March 14, 1869 in Neuhaus (zu Schörzingen ); † April 22, 1945 in the Riedhof auxiliary hospital near Grimmelfingen ) was a German painter , restorer, historian, castle painter and castle researcher.

Origin and life

Konrad Albert Koch's parents' house, the Neuhaus restaurant in Schörzingen

Konrad Albert Koch was the second of ten children of the innkeeper couple at the "Neuhaus" near Schörzingen at the foot of the Oberhohenberg. Michael and Afra Koch born. Black Forests . The inn is located outside the village in a remote location, probably on the old country road, also known as "Schweizerstraße". The “Neuhaus” inn was rebuilt in 1786 under a mansard hipped roof as a successor to the earlier inn and inn “Zum wilden Mann”. Today the restaurant is owned by a great niece of Koch, Gisela Koch. Koch's father had a brother, German, who was mayor of Schörzingen.

The family name "Koch" was and is widespread in Schörzingen: As early as 1699, a Hans Koch was named as the village bailiff of Schörzingen, and the Schörzinger day laborers' request from 1796 to distribute the commons lists six different "cooks". He received his technical training from a decorative painter. He then attended the art course at the Stuttgart School of Applied Arts in 1889/90 , where he earned a "Golden Medal" in a competition.

On October 5, 1897, Koch married Wilhelmine Germann in Ulm, born on April 6, 1865 in Schramberg , daughter of the Ulm professor Anton Germann and Theresia Kapp. On March 6, 1899, the couple's only child, their daughter Anna Maria, was born in Stuttgart. Between 1902 and 1904 the family moved from Stuttgart to Ulm. The Ulm address books from 1904 and 1906 name him as “Koch, Konrad, drafter” at Hahnengasse 4. Before 1910, Koch must have moved to Söflingen ; the address books from 1910 to 1925 list "Koch, Konrad, Kunstmaler, Bei den Quellen 21" as homeowners. In September 1926 he moved to Illertissen and in 1926 to Burlafingen. In 1929 he bought the house at Ochsengasse 44 in Söflingen. On May 8, 1939, Koch sold his house to the Conrad family for financial reasons and from then on lived in a room in Söflingen in Schlösslesgasse 12. In 1944, the apartment became uninhabitable after a bomb attack. He sold the undamaged works. He died after a brief illness on April 22, 1945 in the Riedhof auxiliary hospital near Grimmelfingen . His wife Wilhelmine had already died on March 17, 1921. The only child Anna Maria Koch married the printer Karl August Raab in Heidelberg on May 12, 1919 (Protestant marriage); A son named Konrad Eberhard Raab had previously been born to the couple in Bamberg on February 25th.

Profession and volunteering

Koch worked as a church painter and restorer. In addition, he received orders from the Württemberg monuments preservation, as part of the inventory of monuments, to carry out excavations at castles and to create floor plans for them. For the inventory work "The art and antiquity monuments in the Kingdom of Württemberg", edited by Eduard von Paulus and Eugen Gradmann , and the corresponding volumes for Hohenzollern, he also created other floor plans, such as former monasteries and medieval town complexes.

Membership in the German Castle Association

The DBV time was still called "Union for Conservation German Castles" and chef was from 1909 to the end of 1922 its member. According to the index card, he rejoined the association in June 1924. How long his second membership lasted is unclear, in the membership directory from 1929 his name is no longer listed. During his membership, Koch published 32 essays in what was then the organ of the association "Der Burgwart" ".

As a painter, Koch decorated several churches in Württemberg, such as the baroque church of his home town Schörzingen from 1906 to 1912, which has large ceiling paintings and his cloister. Koch also restored the wall paintings in the St. Gallus Chapel in Mühlheim an der Donau .

In 1932, Koch painted the entrance area and the guest room of his parents' inn "zum Neuhaus" with reconstructions of the surrounding castles. Both the inn and these murals are now a listed building. A total of around 700 drawings of castles and castle reconstructions by his hand are said to have been preserved in scattered places. In 1906 he founded the local group “Schörzingen” of the “ Swabian Alb Association ” together with the school inspector Pastor Nägele . Inspired by him, the members of the local group Schörzingen exposed the Oberhohenberg castle above the village from 1908 to 1913 . After a detailed examination and documentation of the foundation walls, the excavation area was filled in again. This was Koch's first excavation project.

Koch's early signature with CAK

He mostly signed his pictures with "KA Koch", sometimes also "CA Koch".

Signature around 1903

Castle excavations by and with Konrad Albert Koch

  • 1910: Aistaig Castle (Bogeneck)
  • 1910: Hohenschelklingen Castle
  • 1910-11: Schenkenburg
  • 1911: Wasserburg near Tuttlingen
  • 1911: Rotenzimmern castle ruins
  • 1913: Castle ruins at Spitzenberg, Hunnenburg and Oberhohenberg
  • 1914: Kocherburg ruins
  • 1916 Hossingen Teacher Bach von Hossingen and his students uncover the foundation walls of the castle. Konrad Albert Koch documents the excavation work.
  • 1922, May 18th: Helfenstein castle ruins
  • 1924, November: Müneck Castle
  • 1924-25: Eselsberg castle site
  • 1924-25: Ehrenstein castle ruins near Ulm
  • 1925, autumn: Wartstein ruins
  • 1925, September: Straubenhardter Burgen; Castle excavation in Schwann and Waldenburg, Wildenstein near Horgen an der Eschach
  • 1926, summer: excavation on the ruins of Furtheim
  • 1926: Schenkenburg near Epfendorf
  • 1927, summer: Alten-Tierberg
  • 1927, autumn: Brielburg (= Altsteusslingen Castle)
  • 1929, April 15th: Ringingen
  • 1930, spring: Stöffelburg near Gönningen
  • 1931, summer: Wildentierberg near Lautlingen
  • Year: Hohenkarpfen
  • Year: Neubulach

Appreciation and criticism

Koch's passion consisted in researching castles: his site plans and sections published between 1905 and 1927 in the “ Blätter des Schwäbischen Albverein ” or in the magazine “Aus dem Schwarzwald” of the Württemberg Black Forest Association are often the only documentation of many castles in the region today on his own excavations, which he carried out himself in cooperation with the local chapters of the above-mentioned associations and coordinated with the state curator Eugen Gradmann . There are a total of 28 excavations ( including Oberhohenberg Castle ). He documented the excavations with the (measuring) technical means of his time and created reconstruction drawings that are still used today. His reconstructions of castles were already controversial during his lifetime, as Koch sometimes used imaginative proportions. His approach to reconstruction, for example with regard to the wall heights of Hossingen Castle in Meßstetten , could be checked after a high-precision measurement with data transfer to a 3D CAD program by castle researcher Häring in 2008 using engineering methods with calibrated measuring devices. In Hossingen the laws of structural engineering were applied and the former heights were determined from the found foundation widths. The comparison of the drawing in the Albverein sheets from 1916 with the reconstruction from 2008 hanging on the castle ruins shows deviations in the terrain profile that can be explained with the measurement technology customary in 1916. All other details in Hossingen come from preserved castles from the presumed construction period and were freely chosen. The Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office described his reconstruction of Waldau Castle in 2003 as a “very constructive reconstruction of the structural structure”. About his reconstruction drawing of Altentierberg Castle , which Koch also examined on site, it was said in 1989: "Koch's reconstruction of the castle in the Albverein sheets shows, like all his depictions of the castle, a complex that is far too grand". A similar judgment was made about his reconstruction of Granegg Castle . His work has not yet been processed and would only have documentary value, as it no longer meets modern requirements. “However, the modern castle researcher cannot ignore the work of Konrad Albert Koch.” A television film is being planned.

Photos by Konrad Albert Koch

Portrait photos of Konrad Albert Koch can be found in Stadt Schömberg (1985: 35), Schwäbischer Albverein, Ortsgruppe Schörzingen (2006: 17) (see under "Literature") and on the "Memorial plaque for Konrad Albert Koch at his birthplace in Neuhaus" ( see under "Weblinks").

Works

Publications

Koch published more than 60 articles in regional magazines and newspapers such as the Blätter (n) des Schwäbischer Albverein , Aus dem Schwarzwald. Sheets of the Württemberg Black Forest Association , the Der Burgwart , the Ulmer historical sheets (n) , the Ulmische sheets (n) , the Hohenzollerische Heimat , Heydekopf etc. Abbreviations: Jg. = Vintage; Bd. = Band; S. = side; Col = column; No. = number; OA = Oberamt; Kr. = Circle; in the sheets (s) of the Swabian Alb Association from year 48 (1936) page numbers, previously columns.

  • Leaves of the Swabian Alb Association . Stuttgart and Tübingen: Swabian Alb Association. 1.1889-51.1939; 1 = 55.1949-15 = 69.1963.1; 69.1963,2-. All editions are available online at [3] .
  • From the Black Forest: Blätter d. Württemberg Black Forest Association . Stuttgart: Bonz heirs [in comm.]. 1.1893, July / 1894, June - 3.1895 / 96; 4.1896, July-Dec; 5.1897 - 41.1933.
  • Der Burgwart: Bulletin of the German Castle Association eV for the protection of historical fortifications, castles and residential buildings . Marksburg ob Braubach: Association. 1.1899 / 1900-43.1942; 1955, May-1956, Dec .; 52.1957.1 (June).
  • Ulm historical sheets . Ulm: Süddeutsche Verlags-Anstalt. 1.1924 / 25.1 (Sept. 26) - 16 (Dec. 5); 2.1926-3.1927; so that shows are discontinued.
  • Ulmische Blätter for local history, art and monument preservation . Ulm: Ebner. 1.1924 / 25-3.1927; so that shows are discontinued.
  • The ruins of Pfannenstiel and Kallenberg. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 15 (1903), col. 351-354.
  • Klingenstein castle ruins. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 17 (1905), col. 415-418.
  • The Arnegg castle ruins in the Oberamt Blaubeuren. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 18 (1906), col. 175-182.
  • The Honberg castle ruins near Tuttlingen. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 18 (1906), col. 331-333.
  • The Arnegg castle ruins in the Oberamt Blaubeuren. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 18 (1906), col. 377-380.
  • Castle ruin Katzenstein Oberamt Neresheim. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 19 (1907), col. 35-36.
  • The Arnegg castle ruins in the Oberamt Blaubeuren. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 19 (1907), col. 176-177.
  • The castles Horn, Leinzell, Lindach near Schwäbisch Gmünd. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 19 (1907), col. 177-182.
  • Addendum to some castles in the Oberamt Blaubeuren. Leaves of the Swabian Alb Association Vol. 19 (1907), Col. 175-178 (concerns Klingenstein and Arnegg).
  • Neidegg castle ruins. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 19 (1907), col. 178.
  • Lichtenfels castle ruins. From the Black Forest: sheets of the Württemberg Black Forest Association Vol. 15 (1907), pp. 32–33.
  • The Fruneck castle ruins. From the Black Forest: Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association Vol. 15 (1907), p. 143.
  • Three ruins above the lower Beeratal. Leaves of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 20 (1908), col. 43-46.
  • Sterneck. From the Black Forest: Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 18 (1910), p. 227.
  • Swabian castles. 1. Lupfen, 2. Astaig Castle, 3. Dietfurt in the Danube Valley, 4. Wasser-, Hohen- and Niederalfingen. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 22 (1910), col. 23-29 and 43-56, 94.
  • City and Castle Mühlheim a. D. From sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, Vol. 22 (1910), Col. 67-73.
  • Nippenburg. From sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, Vol. 22 (1910), Col. 152-153.
  • Black Forest castles. From the Black Forest: Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association Vol. 18 (1910), pp. 221–277. (applies to Schenkenzell, Hausach, Alt-Wolfach, Wolfach City Palace, Walkenstein and Sterneck)
  • Hofen castle ruins near Cannstatt. From sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, Vol. 23 (1911), Col. 87.
  • Ruins of Wasserburg and Luginsfeld near Tuttlingen. From sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, Vol. 23 (1911), Col. 175-178.
  • Obernberg Castle. From the Black Forest: Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association Vol. 19 (1911), pp. 81–82.
  • Waseneck Castle above Altoberndorf. Leaves of the Swabian Alb Association Vol. 23 (1911) No. 10, Col. 336-340. (Part of the essay by Franz Xaver Singer, Altes und Neues von Oberndorf. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, Vol. 23 (1911) No. 10, Sp. 329–340.)
  • Schenkenburg ruins near Epfendorf. Leaves of the Swabian Alb Association Vol. 23 (1911), Col. 339-342.
  • Urnburg near Weitingen OA Horb and “Stauffenberg” castle near Eutingen. From the Black Forest: Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association Vol. 19 (1911), pp. 236–237.
  • Neuneck Castle. From the Black Forest: Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association Vol. 20 (1912), pp. 185–187.
  • (together with Julius Biberstein) Rotenzimmern Castle. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association Vol. 24 (1912), Col. 199-202.
  • Irslingen Castle on the Schischem, OA Oberndorf. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 25 (1913), col. 43-47.
  • Lichteneck Castle. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 25 (1913), col. 77-78.
  • Spitzberg Castle near Kuchen. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 25 (1913), col. 373-375.
  • Lichtenfels castle ruins. From the Black Forest: Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 21 (1913), pp. 185–187.
  • Hohenberg Castle. Leaves of the Swabian Alb Association 26 (1914), Col. 279-283.
  • Sontheim Castle. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 27 (1915), col. 63-64.
  • Hohenwittlingen and Baldeck. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 27 (1915), col. 91-92.
  • Hoheneybach Castle. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 27 (1915), col. 120-121.
  • Oberhohenberg. From the Black Forest: Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 23 (1915), pp. 97-101.
  • Reussenstein castle ruins. Der Burgwart Vol. 16 (1915), pp. 77–79.
  • Staufeneck Castle near Göppingen in Württemberg. Der Burgwart 16 (1915), pp. 51–53.
  • (together with Kurt Kirschner) The Leimburg near Auendorf, Kr. Göppingen. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 28 (1916), col. 9-14.
  • Castle ruins above the Burtel near Hossingen. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 28 (1916), col. 47-49.
  • Hohenkarpfen Castle. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 28 (1916), col. 61-64 (with broken stove tiles).
  • Reichenstein castle ruins. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 28 (1916), col. 106-107 (with broken stove tiles).
  • Reußenstein castle ruins. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 28 (1916), col. 137-140.
  • Rechtenstein, location and castle description. History by Kurt Weiß. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 28 (1916), col. 157-162.
  • Urach, city fortifications. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 28 (1916), col. 221-224.
  • South German castles. 1. Ruin Klingenstein OA Blaubeuren. Der Burgwart 17 (1916), pp. 151–153.
  • South German castles. 3. Arnegg ruins in Blaubeuren. Der Burgwart 17 (1916), pp. 156–158.
  • The Sirgenstein - a knight's castle. Local history about Schelklingen. Newspaper unknown from 1917.
  • The development of the medieval city fortifications of Ulm. Der Burgwart 18 (1917), pp. 18-19, 34-38.
  • First Dürer fortification of the city of Ulm. Der Burgwart 19 (1918), pp. 62–65.
  • Scharfenberg ruins near Donzdorf, Kr. Göppingen. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 29 (1917), col. 3-6.
  • Schelklingen with the former city fortifications and the former castle. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 29 (1917), col. 51-56.
  • The former lower castle in Eybach. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 29 (1917), col. 113-114.
  • City fortifications Urach. Leaves of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 29 (1917), col. 132-134.
  • Hohenurach castle and fortress. Leaves of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 29 (1917), col. 132-134.
  • The former castle in Obertalfingen. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 29 (1917), col. 177.
  • Hohenrechberg. Old pictures and description of the castle. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 30 (1918), col. 27-30.
  • Ramsberg Castle near Donzdorf. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 30 (1918), col. 129-130.
  • Origining Monastery near Schelklingen. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association, vol. 30 (1918), col. 95-96.
  • The former city fortifications of the city of Stuttgart. From the Black Forest: Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association Vol. 26 (1918), pp. 9–12.
  • Description of the former town fortifications of Oberndorf. From the Black Forest: Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 27 (1919), pp. 12-13.
  • The Schauenburg. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 27 (1919), pp. 57–59.
  • Oberrothenstein in the OA Rottweil. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 28 (1920), pp. 53–54.
  • Helfenstein Castle. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association Vol. 35 (1923), Col. 1-6.
  • Structural development in Ulm during the 14th century. Ulmische Blätter 1 (1924-25), p. 61.
  • Church in teaching Ulmische Blätter 1 (1924-25), p. 67.
  • City and Castle Weissenhorn. Based on a magnificent manuscript by Hans Jakob Fugger in the Munich State Library. Ulmische Blätter 1 (1924-25), p. 78.
  • The former city fortifications of Langenau. Ulmische Blätter 1 (1924-25), pp. 85-86.
  • Waldeck castle ruins near Teinach. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 33 (1925), pp. 35–38.
  • Wildenstein Castle on the Eschach. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 33 (1925), pp. 185–186.
  • Ehrenstein Castle near Ulm. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 37 (1925), col. 7-8.
  • Helfenstein Castle. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 37 (1925), col. 8.
  • Eselsberg Castle near Ensingen, district of Vaihingen. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 37 (1925), col. 69-71.
  • The old Lichtenstein and Greifenstein. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 37 (1925), col. 87-89.
  • Wartstein castle ruins in Lautertal. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 38 (1926), columns 9-10.
  • Helfenstein Castle above Geislingen an der Steige. Ulmische Blätter 2 (1926), pp. 5-7.
  • The former castle in Obertalfingen. Ulmische Blätter 2 (1926), pp. 44-45.
  • The German House in Ulm. Ulmische Blätter 2 (1926), p. 51.
  • Helfenstein Castle. About the excavations in 1922. Der Burgwart 27 (1926), pp. 51–53.
  • Castle history contributions to the OA Göppingen. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 43 (1931), col. 191-195.
  • Albeck (Kr. Ulm) as it was. Ulmische Blätter 3 (1926), pp. 68-70.
  • Dietenheim in the old days. Ulmer historical sheets 2 (1926), No. 4, pp. 3–5.
  • Something about the former fortifications of the town and castle Zavelstein with plans and views. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 34 (1926), pp. 8-10.
  • The Straubenhardt castles, 1. The Straubenhardt castle near Dennach. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 34 (1926), pp. 33–34.
  • The Straubenhardt castles, 2. The former castle in Schwann. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association Vol. 34 (1926), pp. 34–35.
  • The Straubenhardt castles, 3. The Waldenburg near Neuenbürg. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 34 (1926), pp. 35–36.
  • Neuenbürg. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 34 (1926), pp. 146–147.
  • Justingen Castle. Leaves of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 39 (1927), col. 5-8.
  • Reußenstein castle ruins. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 39 (1927), col. 311-314.
  • Wartstein castle ruins. Der Burgwart 28 (1927), p. 67 u. 100.
  • The former Klingenstein Castle in the Blautal. Ulmische Blätter 3 (1927), pp. 86-87.
  • Calw. The once fortified city of Calw. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 35 (1927), pp. 129–132.
  • Excavations at Waldau Castle. Der Burgwart 29 (1928), p. 47.
  • Altentierberg Castle near Lautlingen. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 40 (1928), col. 167–168.
  • Erpfingen, district of Reutlingen. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 40 (1928), col. 304.
  • Bad Liebenzell, district of Calw. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 36 (1928), pp. 34–36.
  • A few things about the former Cistercian monastery in Königsbronn. Heydekopf vol. 3 (1928/30), pp. 97-99.
  • The Stromburg. Heydekopf vol. 3 (1928/30), pp. 117-118.
  • Former moated castle Aufhausen. Heydekopf vol. 3 (1928/30), pp. 139–140.
  • Herwartstein near Königsbronn. Heydekopf vol. 3 (1928/30), pp. 158–159.
  • Waldau Castle near Wetzgau (Gmünd). Leaves of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 41 (1929), col. 133-134.
  • From the Ehinger Alb. 1. Altenberg near Obermarchtal. 2. The Brielburg. Leaves of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 41 (1929), col. 168-171.
  • Lossburg. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 37 (1929), pp. 70–72.
  • The Stöffelburg and Gönningen. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 43 (1931), col. 97-100.
  • Granegg Castle just below the Kalten Feld. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 43 (1931), col. 241-242.
  • The Rudmersbach Castle (Cr. Calw) in Pfinzgau. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 39 (1931), pp. 21–22.
  • Castle ruins and town of Hoheneck, Ludwigsburg. From the Black Forest: sheets of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 39 (1931), pp. 50–51.
  • Gechingen Castle near Calw. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 39 (1931), pp. 129–130.
  • Castles and churches in Mühlhausen aN From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association Vol. 40 (1932), pp. 18-20.
  • The former city fortifications of Sulz. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 40 (1932), pp. 69–70.
  • What the Albeck Castle near Sulz aN looked like. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 40 (1932), pp. 72–73.
  • Wildentierberg Castle. Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association vol. 44 (1932), col. 16-17.
  • Schilteck ruins, district of Rottweil. From the Black Forest. Leaves of the Württemberg Black Forest Association, Vol. 41 (1933), pp. 149–150.
  • The Teck. Our home vol. 15 (1936), pp. 130-132.
  • Ringinger excavation reports of the castle researcher 1929. Hohenzollerische Heimat vol. 17 (1967), pp. 44–45.

Castle drawings

Koch made around 700 castle drawings for the inventory volumes of the Württemberg monument preservation , on postcards, and as individual representations, which have been published in various places or have not yet been published. Previously known drawings, insofar as they did not appear as part of his essays, are listed below:

  • Blaubeuren in the 17th century - Blaubeuren in modern times, postcard around 1900, signed "K AKoch". Series "KA Koch's Historical Views".
  • Oberhohenberg Castle. Postcard from 1930. Printed in Stadt Schömberg 1985: 39.
  • Hohenschelklingen Castle, floor plan, signed, around 1900. In: Eduard von Paulus and Eugen Gradmann (ed.): The art and antiquity monuments in the Kingdom of Württemberg . Inventory. Danube district. Bd. 1. Oberämter Biberach, Blaubeuren, Ehingen, Geislingen. Eßlingen aN: Paul Neff Verlag (Max Schreiber) 1914, p. 434 (whole volume) and P. 113 (OA Blaubeuren).
  • Hohenschelklingen Castle, reconstruction, view from the west, signed. In: Liederkranz Schelklingen, ed. (1927), festival book for the 2nd song festival of the Danube Bussengau in Schelklingen on May 16, 1926 and for the 100th anniversary of the Liederkranz Schelklingen 1826–1926. Ulm: Süddeutsche Verlagsanstalt, p. 15.
  • Hohenschelklingen Castle, reconstruction, view from the west, signed. In: Heinrich Günter, History of the City of Schelklingen until 1806. Stuttgart and Berlin: W. Kohlhammer, 1939, after p. 16.
  • Hohenzollern Castle, Habsburg Castle and Hohenberg Castle, postcard from 1915.
  • Neusteusslingen Castle and Palace, floor plan, before 1897, signed. In: Eduard von Paulus and Eugen Gradmann (ed.): The art and ancient monuments in the Kingdom of Württemberg . Inventory. Danube district. Bd. 1. Oberämter Biberach, Blaubeuren, Ehingen, Geislingen. Eßlingen aN: Paul Neff Verlag (Max Schreiber), 1914, p. 521 (whole volume) and P. 65 (OA Ehingen).
  • Schelklingen in earlier times - Schelklingen in modern times, reconstruction of castle and town, from the west, unsigned. Postcard from around 1900. Belongs to the series "KA Koch's historical views".
  • Tannenfels Castle , wall painting Wirtshaus Nusplingen , signed
  • Origining Monastery, construction survey and floor plan, before 1908, signed. In: Eduard von Paulus and Eugen Gradmann (ed.): The art and ancient monuments in the Kingdom of Württemberg . Inventory. Danube district. Bd. 1. Oberämter Biberach, Blaubeuren, Ehingen, Geislingen. Eßlingen aN: Paul Neff Verlag (Max Schreiber) 1914, p. 435 (whole volume) and P. 115 (OA Blaubeuren).
  • Wehrstein Castle.
Information board of the monument office at the Kocherburg

Paintings and restorations

  • 1906-1912: painting of the large ceiling painting and the Way of the Cross in the baroque parish church of Schörzingen.
  • 1926: Restoration of the high altar picture in the St. Leonhard Chapel in Söflingen.
  • In 1906, with the support of Pastor Heinrich Dörr and the sacristan, Koch exposed the frescoes in the Gallus Church in Mühlheim an der Donau . They were also restored and the entire interior of the church renovated.
  • In 1921 work began on the painting of St. George's Church in Aixheim by A. Blepp under the direction of Koch. On the right-hand side above the sacristy, Koch painted the purification of souls in the purification site.

Obituaries

  • KE: In memory of the castle researcher KA Koch. In: Blätter des Schwäbischen Albverein vol. 57 (1951), p. 78.
  • Anonymous: In memory of the castle researcher A. Koch . In: Rottweiler Heimatblätter: Land und Menschen - Yesterday and today from Black Forest, Baar and Alb , ed. from the Rottweiler Geschichts- und Altertumsverein eV Rottweil: Association (supplement to Schwarzwälder Volksfreund) vol. 19 (1952), No. 6, p. 4 (without page numbers).

Museum revisions based on the work of Konrad Albert Koch

literature

  • Schwäbischer Albverein, local group Schörzingen (publisher) (2006), Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of the Schwäbischer Albverein, local group Schörzingen: on September 16 and 17, 2006 . Schömberg: Schwäbischer Albverein, local group Schörzingen. 72 pp.
  • Seifritz, Dieter (2001), church leader of the Catholic parish church St. Gallus Schörzingen . Schömberg.
  • City of Schömberg (Ed.) (1985), Schörzingen: a village at the foot of the Oberhohenberg . Sigmaringen: Jan Thorbecke Verlag.
  • Zollernalbkreis (ed.); together with Adolf Smitmans and Andreas Zekorn (2002), Insights - The Art Collection of the Zollernalb District: District Office Zollernalb District October 24 - November 26, 2002 . Balingen: District Office Zollernalbkreis. (P. 113 short biography and literature).
  • Peter Wagner: The castle researcher Konrad Albert Koch , Verlag des Schwäbischen Albverein, Stuttgart, 2016, ISBN 978-3-920801-93-3 .
  • Schwäbischer Albverein (Ed.), Konrad Albert Koch (illustrated book), Verlag des Schwäbischer Albverein, Stuttgart 2017.

Web links

Commons : Konrad Albert Koch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schömberg 1985: 54.
  2. ↑ Schömberg 1985: 52.
  3. ↑ Cf. on this the treatise by Eugen Gradmann in BldSAV 1908 No. 8.
  4. ↑ Schwäbischer Albverein, local group Schörzingen 2006: 16-18.
  5. ↑ Konrad Albert Koch: Castle ruins above the Burtel near Hossingen OA. Balingen . Albvereinsblätter 28. Ed .: Schwäbischer Albverein Stuttgart. 1916, p. 28/3 .
  6. ↑ Casimir Bumiller: Nobility and castles on the Upper Neckar . In: Bernhard Rüth, Dorothee Ade and Cajetan Schaub (eds.): Aristocratic seats between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb . Belser, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-7630-2687-6 . , P. 26.
  7. ↑ Konrad Albert Koch: Albvereinsblätter 28 castle ruins above the Burtel near Hossingen OA. Balingen 1916 . Ed .: Schwäbischer Albverein Stuttgart. S. 28/3 .
  8. ^ Richard Strobel: The art monuments of the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Volume IV: Churches and secular buildings outside the old town. Districts , Deutscher Kunstverlag and Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg, Munich and Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-06381-1 , p. 333.
  9. ↑ Christoph Bizer and Rolf Götz: Forgotten Burgen der Schwäbische Alb , DRW-Verlag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, 1989, ISBN 3-87181-244-7 , p. 75.
  10. ↑ Florian Henning Set: Mysterious Christental: History and legend about the Granegg castle ruins and Reiterles chapel , Messelstein-Verlag GmbH, Donzdorf, 1994, ISBN 3-928418-10-6 , p. 73.
  11. ↑ Casimir Bumiller: Nobility and castles on the Upper Neckar . In: Bernhard Rüth, Dorothee Ade and Cajetan Schaub (eds.): Aristocratic seats between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb . Belser, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-7630-2687-6 . , P. 26.
  12. ↑ Castle painter
  13. ↑ City of Schömberg 1985: 57.
  14. ↑ Octagon tower: [1] . In: Black Forest Messenger .
  15. ↑ Walter Koch: [2] . In: Schwarzwälder Bote from September 14, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Koch, Konrad Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koch, Conrad Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and castle researcher
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuhaus (to Schörzingen )
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1945
Place of death Grimmelfingen