Manfred Osthaus

Manfred-Ernst Osthaus (born December 30, 1933 in Rotenburg (Wümme) ; † January 24, 2012 in Bremen ) was a German architect , urban planner and State Councilor ( SPD ) in Bremen.

biography

Osthaus was a grandson of the patron and art collector Karl Ernst Osthaus . He passed his Abitur examination in Bremen and then studied architecture at the Technical University of Berlin . He obtained his diploma in 1961 and his second state examination in 1964 in the field of urban planning from the Senator for Building in Berlin. He then received a grant to work in England. From 1965 to 1969 he was head of the planning office for the city of Hameln . The renovation of the old town was a major focus of work.

In 1970 he moved to the administration of the newly founded city of Norderstedt near Hamburg as town planning officer, where he worked until 1976. Osthaus then worked as a freelance urban planner for three years; Among other things, in 1977 he prepared a pilot study for the Bremen Building Senator on the urban development of Horn-Lehe West , the so-called and subsequently much controversial “Osthaus” or “ Hollerland Study ”.

In 1979 Osthaus was appointed to the town planning council in Hagen . He remained in this position until 1989. During these ten years he worked towards the renovation of the Hohenhof , the home of Karl Ernst Osthaus in the garden city of Hohenhagen , which Henry van de Velde designed as a total work of art , and was made accessible to the public again in 1984.

1989 Osthaus was appointed by the Bremen Senate to the State Council at the Building Senator . He was the representative of Senator Konrad Kunick (SPD) and from 1991 of Senator Eva-Maria Lemke (SPD). He held this office until 1993.

Osthaus was married to Veronica Laudan (née Reitz) for the first time. In his second marriage he was married to Hilde Osthaus-Fehrmann († 1997). The two sons Matthias Osthaus and Christof Osthaus come from the first marriage

voluntary work

Osthaus was involved in refugee aid and peace work. From 1997 to 2008 he was chairman of the Bremen Foundation for Arms Conversion and Peace Research and chairman of the Bremen Peace Forum .

He was active in cultural institutions such as the Henry van de Velde Society (board member) and the Folkwang Museum in Essen , which was founded by his grandfather Karl Ernst Osthaus . From 1979 until his death he was a member of the board of trustees of the Folkwang Museum, where he represented the Osthaus heirs.

Publications (selection)

• Defense of democratic, social and ecological principles in the face of advancing globalization. In: Gustav Heinemann Initiative , Ulrich Finckh (ed.): For freedom and social justice. Radius-Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-87173-134-X , pp. 36-45.
• Hohenhagen - a step on the way to the new city? In: Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Birgit Schulte (ed.): Henry van de Velde in Hagen. Neuer Folkwang Verlag, Hagen 1992, ISBN 3-926242-11-6 , pp. 205-209.
• Departure into the modern age - Henry van de Velde and his contemporaries . P. 7–22 In: Birgit Schulte (Ed.) ... Fighting for the new style .... "Henry van de Velde's contribution to the start into modernity , Neuer Folkwang Verlag, Hagen 2003.
• The renovation of the Hohenhof. In: Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Birgit Schulte (ed.): Henry van de Velde in Hagen. Neuer Folkwang Verlag, Hagen 1992, ISBN 3-926242-11-6 , pp. 214-220 (with: Sabine Teubner).
• with Susanne Schunter-Kleemann : Fifty Years "Henry van de Velde Society . pp. 145–154. In: Hagen Jahrbuch 2010 , Ardenku Verlag, Hagen 2010.
• Report on a pilot study on the urban development of Horn-Lehe West –Bremen–. Ed .: Senator for the Building Industry, Bremen 1977.

Web links

• Short biography of Manfred Osthaus

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Weser-Kurier of January 28, 2012, p. 28