Michael Berens

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Michael Berens (* 1946 in Trier ) is a German art historian and monument conservator . From 1982 to 2011 he was head of the district monument maintenance of the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm .

Life

Berens grew up in the well-known, listed inn "Zur Glocke" in Trier, which was owned by his family until 2011. He first studied theology , then art history and was the founder of the Trier regional association of the Rhenish Association for Monument Preservation and Landscape Protection .

During his tenure as district monument curator from 1982 to 2011, he was largely responsible for the preservation of valuable farmhouses - for example in Waxweiler or Dudeldorf as well as for monuments of national importance such as Malberg Castle and the industrial- historical facilities of the Weilerbacher Hütte in Bollendorf . For the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate , he contributed to the monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany for the Bitburg-Prüm district.

After Berens retired in 2011, he was a. a. as a tour guide on study trips of the adult education center of the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm e. V. active.

Publications and essays

  • (Ed.): Florilegium artis. Contributions to art history and monument preservation ; Festschrift for Wolfgang Götz on the occasion of his 60th birthday on February 12, 1983. Verlag Die Mitte, Saarbrücken 1984
  • The Catholic parish church of St Katharina in Wallerfangen, a building by the architect Himpler. Notes on the history of construction and furnishings; in: Florilegium artis. Contributions to art history and monument preservation ; Festschrift for Wolfgang Götz on the occasion of his 60th birthday on February 12, 1983. Saarbrücken 1984, pp.? - ?.
  • From the work of the state preservation of monuments in the Bitburg-Prüm district. In: Heimatkalender 1986. Landkreis Bitburg-Prüm. District administration Bitburg-Prüm, Bitburg 1985, ISSN 2193-7508, p.? -?
  • Zweckverband Feriengebiet Bitburger Land (Ed.): The churches and chapels of the Bitburger Land: a guide to the sacred buildings of Bitburg city and country; 1992 (Author)
  • with Bernd Altmann, Hans Caspary, State Office for Monument Preservation Rhineland-Palatinate : Bitburg-Prüm District: City and Verbandsgemeinde Bitburg, Verbandsgemeinde Irrel ( monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ) Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1997. ISBN 978-3-88462-132-5 (contributor)
  • Jörg Gamer († 1993), Rhenish Association for Monument Preservation and Landscape Protection: Malberg Castle in the Kyllburger Waldeifel (= Rheinische Kunststätten Heft 79), Neuss 2000. (Revised and supplemented)
  • with Marie Luise Niewodniczanska: Weilerbach Castle. Schloss Weilerbach Society, Bitburg 2001
  • Monasteries, monasteries and holy places in: Rudolf Müller: The Eifel. Travel reading book Weyand-Verlag, Trier 2008, ISBN 978-3-935281-63-8 , pp.? - ?.
  • Castles and palaces in: Rudolf Müller: The Eifel. Travel reading book Weyand-Verlag, Trier 2008, ISBN 978-3-935281-63-8 , pp.? - ?.
  • Annemarie Zander, the grande dame of Trier's city and family history, turns 100 with Jürgen Merten, in: Neues Trierisches Jahrbuch 53, 2013, pp. 263–267.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Eva-Maria Reuther: Eifel monument conservator Michael Berens adopted. ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release bitburg-pruem.de, November 30, 2011, accessed on February 8, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bitburg-pruem.de
  2. ↑ Roland Morgen: The last hour strikes for the bell Trierischer Volksfreund , January 6, 2011, accessed on January 8, 2016
  3. ↑ Education program 2012/2013 of the adult education center of the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm e. V.
personal data
SURNAME Berens, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and monument conservator
DATE OF BIRTH 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH trier