Paul Georg Hopmann

St. Adelheid in Cologne-Neubrück

Paul Georg Hopmann (born July 8, 1930 in Cologne ; † December 8, 2006 ) was a German architect in the area of the Cologne School .

Life and works

Gravesite of the Hopmann family

Hopmann studied at the TH Graz and the TH Karlsruhe . From 1960 he worked as an architect in Cologne . From 1963 to 1967 as an employee of Emil Steffann , he worked in his construction studio a. a. the competitions of the community centers Hl.Kreuz in Bad Godesberg (1963), St.Winfried in Bonn (1963) and participated in the construction of the church Maria vom Frieden in Dormagen (1963).

He built next to numerous houses a. a. the churches of St. Adelheid in Cologne-Neubrück (1968), St. Theresia in Düsseldorf-Garath (1971), St. Elisabeth in Cologne-Pesch (1980), the St. Bonifatius kindergarten in Cologne-Nippes . He also expanded and rebuilt the Haus Altenberg educational facility (1976). Two of his designs were awarded the Cologne Architecture Prize , one with the BDA Prize Düsseldorf.

Hopmann died in 2006 at the age of 76. His grave is in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (hall 64a).

Web links

Cologne architect Hopmann dead , Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , December 14, 2006

Individual evidence

↑ NRW architecture database
↑ Cologne architect Hopmann dead , Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , December 14, 2006
↑ Manfred Sundermann: Wood and stone will teach you ... School of unbiased building: Emil Steffann, employee, student . In: Conrad Lienhardt, Kunstreferat Linz (Hrsg.): Emil Steffann (1899 - 1968) work, theory, effect . Church building series, No. 2 . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 1999, ISBN 3-7954-1227-7 , pp. 82-83 .
↑ Tino Grisi: "Can we still build churches" "Possiamo anchora costruire chiese?" Emil Steffann and his studio . In: Albert Gerhards u. a. (Ed.): Image - Space - Celebration: Studies on Church and Art . tape 15 . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7954-2872-3 , pp. 98-127 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hopmann, Paul Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hopmann, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect in Cologne
DATE OF BIRTH	July 8, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	December 8, 2006

[1] NRW architecture database

[2] Cologne architect Hopmann dead , Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , December 14, 2006

[3] Manfred Sundermann: Wood and stone will teach you ... School of unbiased building: Emil Steffann, employee, student . In: Conrad Lienhardt, Kunstreferat Linz (Hrsg.): Emil Steffann (1899 - 1968) work, theory, effect . Church building series, No. 2 . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 1999, ISBN 3-7954-1227-7 , pp. 82-83 .

[4] Tino Grisi: "Can we still build churches" "Possiamo anchora costruire chiese?" Emil Steffann and his studio . In: Albert Gerhards u. a. (Ed.): Image - Space - Celebration: Studies on Church and Art . tape 15 . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7954-2872-3 , pp. 98-127 .