Michael Kurz
Michael Kurz (born June 4, 1876 in Ausernzell near Deggendorf ; † February 8, 1957 in Göggingen ) was a German architect . He is known as the builder of numerous Catholic churches in southern Germany and is one of the outstanding church builders of the 20th century.
Career
Kurz was the son of an innkeeper and mill owner. He received his training at the construction department of the vocational training school and the municipal trade school in Munich from 1895 to 1902. During this time he was a draftsman in the construction offices of Heinrich von Schmidt and Georg von Hauberrisser (1896/1897) and as a technician with Hans Schurr (1897–1901) employed.
From 1902 he worked as a freelance architect. In 1907 he moved to Göggingen near Augsburg (today Augsburg-Göggingen), where he founded his own architectural office. In 1925, Kurz was appointed professor. His studio was located at the Künstlerhof in Pfaffengäßchen in Augsburg, it was destroyed in 1944. After the Second World War, he rebuilt churches that had been destroyed in Augsburg and Salzburg . He also designed altars.
Buildings
- Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Untermitterdorf 1900–1912
- House chapel of the Carmelite convent Vilsbiburg 1904
- Middle wing of the main building of the Ecksberg Foundation, district of Mühldorf am Inn , 1905
- Reconstruction of the parish church Maria Himmelfahrt in Grafenau 1905–1907
- Schweiklberg Abbey 1905–1946
- Parish church of St. John the Baptist in Kirchberg vorm Wald, Tiefenbach parish : new building of the nave, 1906
- Parish Church of St. Katharina in Sondersfeld (Upper Palatinate) 1906–1908
- Catholic parish church St. Laurentius in Künzing : redesign and extension of the choir in 1907/08
- Herz-Jesu-Kirche Augsburg-Pfersee 1907–1910
- South wing of St. Ottilien Monastery in 1911
- Longhouse St. Martin in Stiefenhofen (district of Lindau) 1911/1912
- St. Mauritius in Rieden an der Kötz 1913/1914
- St. Emmeram in Wittesheim : high altar 1913–1915
- St. Georg in Beutelsbach : side aisles and tower 1914
- Our lady in Ringelai near Passau 1919/1920
- Type houses and restaurants in the Augsburg garden city of Spickel , together with Gottfried Bösch , 1919–1926
- Extension of St. Nikolaus in Wiedergeltingen (Krs. Unterallgäu) 1921
- Nave of the parish church of St. John the Baptist in Ludwag , district of Scheßlitz , 1923
- Reconstruction of St. Jakobus major in Gersthofen 1924/25
- St. Anton in Augsburg 1924–1927
- Expansion of St. Peter and Paul in Augsburg-Oberhausen in 1925
- Expansion of St. Georg and Michael in Göggingen in 1925
- St. Maximilian in Haidmühle (Bavarian Forest) 1926–1929
- St. Johann Baptist in Lichtenau , 1927
- Mary Help of Christians in Klingenbrunn 1927
- St. Josef in Passau 1927/28
- St. Heinrich Bamberg 1927–1929
- Extension of St. Oswald , Leitershofen (district of Augsburg) 1928
- St. Josef in Memmingen with Thomas Wechs 1927–1929
- St. Anton in Pirmasens 1927–1931
- St. Josef in Augsburg-Oberhausen redesigned and expanded, with Hans Döllgast , 1928–1930
- Conception of the Buchenau small housing estate in Augsburg-Oberhausen on behalf of the housing cooperative, with Paul Gerne , Albert Kirchmayer and Eduard Rottmann , 1929/30
- St. Hartmann in Thannberg 1930/31
- St. Sebastian in Eining , 1930/32
- St. Justina in Bad Wörishofen (extended) 1932/33
- St. Maria-Hilfe der Christians in Starnberg, 1933
- St. Kunigund in Nuremberg 1934/1935
- St. Sixtus in Günzburg- Reisensburg , extension (1934/35)
- St. Konrad in Augsburg-Bärenkeller 1937/38
- Court chapel in Mehrenstetten , Haldenwang municipality, 1938
- Stair tower near St. Stephan in Mindelheim 1939
- Maria Immaculata in Zusmarshausen , long house, 1939–1944
- Reconstruction of the monastery and church of St. Ursula in Augsburg in 1947
- Reconstruction of St. Josef in Augsburg-Oberhausen in 1948
- Reconstruction of St. Peter and Paul in Augsburg-Oberhausen in 1948
- Reconstruction of the Catholic Holy Cross Church in Augsburg 1948–1954
- Most Holy Trinity in Augsburg-Kriegshaber 1950
- St. Elisabeth in Augsburg-Lechhausen , 1951/52
- Episcopal boys' seminar St. Magnus in Kempten 1951–1953
- Assumption of the Virgin in Mering Sankt Afra settlement 1952–1954
- Extension of St. Stephan in Bühl am Alpsee (Immenstadt) 1953
- New construction of the St. Ulrich study seminar with Thomas Wechs in Dillingen on the Danube 1956–1959
The parish church of Untermitterdorf
The Schweiklberg Abbey
The Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Augsburg
The parish church of Haidmühle
The parish church of Klingenbrunn
The parish church of Thannberg
St. Josef in Memmingen
St. Josef in Passau
literature
- Georg Lill (preface): Michael Kurz. (= New Work Art ) FE Hübsch, Berlin / Leipzig / Vienna 1929.
- Norbert Lieb: In short, Michael. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 336 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Ulrike Laible: Building for the Church. The architect Michael Kurz 1876–1957. (= Writings of the Architekturmuseum Schwaben , Volume 5.) Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-496-01281-1 . (At the same time dissertation, Faculty 7, Department of Building History and Urban History of the Technical University of Berlin, 2002.)
Web links
- Short biography
- List of some buildings by Michael Kurz ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Archabbey of Beuron .: Heritage and mission . Erzabtei Beuron, 2004, p. 183 ( limited preview in Google book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | In short, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German builder and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ausernzell |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1957 |
| Place of death | Augsburg-Göggingen |