Peter Weyrauch

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Peter Weyrauch (1990)
Weyrauch at Work (1982)

Peter Weyrauch (born February 2, 1923 in Bensheim ; † September 20, 2019 in Darmstadt ) was a German architect .

Life

Peter Weyrauch was born in 1923 as the son of master electrician Ludwig Weyrauch (born January 28, 1884 in Würzberg ; † July 2, 1953 in Bensheim) and Ida Auguste Margarethe Rähmer (born August 27, 1892 in Leipzig- Eutritzsch ; † November 18, 1961 in Heppenheim ) born. His parents had moved from Darmstadt to Bensheim in 1915 . He grew up in Bensheim with his siblings Wilhelm , Ludwig and Marianne. Here he attended elementary school from 1929 to 1937, which was followed by an apprenticeship as a carpenter with a journeyman's examination from 1938 to 1941. In the 1930s he took violin and viola lessons and then played in chamber orchestras (1937–1948 and from 1984). After the Reich Labor Service (1941–1942) he was in the military (1942–1944) and in American captivity (1944–1946).

From 1946 to 1948 Weyrauch worked as a carpenter journeyman in Aschaffenburg and Lorsch , in order to then study historical interior design (1948–1953). He financed his studies as a furniture restorer at the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt (1948–1951) and in shop fitting (1951–1953). After four years of work in an architectural office in Kassel (1954–1958), he studied building construction with a state examination (1957–1960), while working part-time in historical church construction. After a short nationwide activity in church construction, he worked from 1961 to 1988 as an architect, building and monument conservator at the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau . From 1988 Weyrauch worked as a freelance architect. In 1990 he received his doctorate in engineering from the Technical University of Darmstadt with a thesis on the sculptor Ludwig Habich . His extensive publication activities include overview works on church building and monument conservation in the Lauterbach district (1974) and the churches of the old district of Gießen (1979). Peter Weyrauch was married to Gertraud Bangert and lived in Darmstadt. The marriage had three children.

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Wendelin Chapel in Butzbach
Gravestone in Darmstadt

While in the 1960s and 1970s numerous churches were demolished or completely modernized, Weyrauch, as a civil engineer and church architect, campaigned for the preservation and consistent reconstructions. Thanks to his commitment, some half-timbered churches were preserved and returned to their original state, such as the Evangelical Church in Klein-Eichen and the Evangelical Church in Reinhardshain . Under his direction the chapel was moved from Lollar to the Hessenpark . Some of his reconstructive measures were rated as “purifying”, for example with regard to the renovation and reconstruction of the Wendelinskapelle (Butzbach) (1982–1987).

Weyrauch was also able to assert himself with creative concepts, such as in 1968 with the interior renovation of the Evangelical City Church in Grünberg , where he had the floor raised and community rooms built in the base area of ​​the church. In the Evangelical Church of Kleinlinden , the expansion of the choir and the addition of a sacristy with an adjoining room can be traced back to Weyrauch in 1966.

Weyrauch also campaigned for the old church furnishings . He discovered the old altar cross of the Evangelical Church in Hattenrod in the attic of the town hall there. In the Evangelical Church of Ettingshausen he had pictures by the church painter Daniel Hisgen rescued, which were already lying on the rubble in front of the church.

Fonts (selection)

  • The baptismal font in Alsbach. In: Yearbook of the Hessian Church History Association. ISSN  0341-9126 . Volume 61, 2010, pp. 315-322.
  • Metrological examination on small objects. In: Florian Huber, Rolf CA Rottländer (ed.): Ordo et Mensura. Volume VII. Scripta-Mercaturae-Verlag, St. Katharinen 2002, ISBN 3-89590-125-3 , pp. 238-254.
  • The Breuberg landscape plan from 1615. In: Archives for Hessian history and antiquity. Volume 58, 2000, ISSN  0066-636X , pp. 113-136.
  • Two Breuberger Sacramentaries. In: Yearbook of the Hessian Church History Association. Volume 47, 1996, ISSN  0341-9126 , pp. 7-17.
  • Renaissance in Kranichstein. Johann von Restorff's house in Cranigstein. In: Archive for Hessian History and Archeology. NF Vol. 53, 1995, pp. 243-264.
  • To Lützelbach Castle. In: The Odenwald. Journal of the Breuberg Association . 41/2, 1994, pp. 72-76.
  • To the sculptures in the south wall of the transept of the Laubach Church. In: Laubacher Hefte 9. Laubach Local History Working Group, Laubach 1992, pp. 93–95.
  • The sculptor Ludwig Habich (1872–1949) (= sources and research on Hessian history. Volume 77). Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 1990, ISBN 3-88443-166-8 .
  • Peter Weyrauch, Werner Meyrahn and others: Wendelinskapelle and Hospital St. Wendel. History Association, Butzbach 1988.
  • Förderkreis Alte Kirchen eV, Marburg (ed.), Irmgard Bott et al. (Arrangement): Half-timbered churches in Hessen . 4th edition. Langewiesche, Königstein im Taunus 1987, ISBN 3-7845-2442-7 .
  • The branch church in Climbach. In: Erwin Keil (Red.): 750 years of Climbach. Chronicle of a small village. [no location] 1987, pp. 26-31.
  • The Wendelinskapelle in Butzbach. In: Hessian homeland. ISSN  0178-3173 , Volume NF 37, No. 2/3, 1987, pp. 57-61.
  • On the recent building history of Upper Hesse churches. In: Yearbook of the Hessian Church History Association. Volume 37, 1986, ISSN  0341-9126 , pp. 229-238.
  • An Alsfeld font. In: Hessian homeland. Journal for art, culture and monument preservation. 1985, ISSN  0178-3173 , pp. 72-77.
  • An old bell in the church in Runzhausen. In: Hessian homeland. Journal for art, culture and monument preservation. 1985, ISSN  0178-3173 , pp. 171-174.
  • Thoughts on historical paintwork. In: Hessian homeland. Journal for art, culture and monument preservation. 1985, ISSN  0178-3173 , pp. 82-83.
  • 200 years of Nieder-Moos Church. Evangelical rectory, Nieder-Moos 1985.
  • The former Marienkirche in Lauterbach. A contribution to building history. In: Hessian homeland. Journal for art, culture and monument preservation. 1983, ISSN  0178-3173 , pp. 23-27.
  • On the building history of the Schlitz church since 812. In: Archives for Hessian history and antiquity. Neue Episode 39, 1981, ISSN  0066-636X , pp. 61-139.
  • The crucificus of Hartershausen. In: Christine Fischer (ed.): The parish church Hartershausen. Hartershausen, Evangische Kirchengemeinde, 1981, pp. 44–47.
  • Reconstruction of the Lollar Chapel in Hessenpark. In: Hessenpark. 1981, No. 2, pp. 22-23.
  • The churches of the old district of Giessen. Mittelhessische Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Giessen 1979.
  • Churches in the Hessenpark. In: Hessenpark. 1978, No. 1, pp. 22-26.
  • The spiritual supply of Arnsburg after 1803 and its paradise as a Protestant church. In: Willy Zschietzschmann (Ed.): 800 years of Arnsburg monastery. 1174-1974. Volkmann, Lich 1974, pp. 105-122.
  • Church building and monument maintenance in the Lauterbach district. Hohhausmuseum, Lauterbach (Hessen) 1974.
  • A late medieval vestry cabinet in Eudorf. In: Hessian homeland. Journal for art, culture and monument preservation. 1974, ISSN  0178-3173 , pp. 25-28.
  • The church of Eichelsdorf and its pulpit. In: Büdinger history sheets. Volume 8, 1974/1975, pp. 156-162.
  • The facade security at the Liebfrauenkirche in Schotten. In: Büdinger history sheets. Volume 8, 1974/1975, pp. 147-155.
  • A relic find in Einartshausen. In: Sonderdr. from: Find reports from Hessen. Volume 5/6, 1965/1966, pp. 102-108.
  • The Protestant parish church of Wolfershausen. Building history investigation. In: Hessian homeland. Journal for art, culture and monument preservation. ISSN  0178-3173 . NF Volume 13, 1963, No. 6, pp. 19-27; Vol. 14, 1964, Issue 1/2, pp. 18-24.

Web links

Commons : Peter Weyrauch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Weyrauch obituary , accessed on February 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Wilhelm Weyrauch: The early Bensheim. Lectures and essays on the history of the city's development. Edited by Thomas Weyrauch. VVB Laufersweiler, Gießen 2004, p. 58 f.
  3. ^ The sculptor Ludwig Habich (1872–1949). 1990, p. 198.
  4. ^ The sculptor Ludwig Habich (1872–1949). 1990.
  5. ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Former. Hospital chapel St. Wendelin In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen
  6. ↑ Heinz P. Probst: The architectural and art monuments in the large community Grünberg. Booklet 1. Churches (= series of publications by the Verkehrsverein 1896 Grünberg eV Local History Series , Vol. 2). Heinz Probst, Grünberg-Queckborn 2001, pp. 25–28, here: p. 28.
  7. ↑ Pierre Bouvain: The altarpiece of the church Rimbacher. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Weyrauch, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Bensheim
DATE OF DEATH 20th September 2019
Place of death Darmstadt