Philipp Olkus

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Philipp Olkus ( June 1, 1891 - January 24, 1982 ) was a German architect . He designed several churches.

Life

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Olkus came from Igersheim in the northeast of what is now Baden-Württemberg.

Olkus participated as a soldier in both world wars. During the First World War, he was a reserve lieutenant in the Württemberg Landsturm Infantry Regiment No. 13. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Frederick , the Iron Cross 1st Class and, on April 13, 1917, the Knight's Cross of the Royal Württemberg Military Merit Order. In 1939 he was reactivated and appointed commander of the 5th construction replacement battalion (in Schwäbisch Gmünd). He returned from American captivity in 1946 . He was temporarily based in Stuttgart-Feuerbach, in Fellbach , and later in Schwäbisch Gmünd .

Buildings and designs

Tower of the Church of the Precious Blood in Weikersheim

In 1923 the foundation stone of the Church of St. Johannes in Fellbach, which Olkus had designed, was laid. The building was only considered an emergency church, but should not offer space for less than 400 believers. It was consecrated by Joannes Baptista Sproll in autumn 1923 . On March 2, 1944, the church was badly damaged in an air raid. From 1948 it was rebuilt. The hall church was extended and received two aisles. In addition, the choir and the transverse tower were only built in the post-war period. In 1958, the St. Franziskus parish center followed, which, like the redesign of St. John's Church, had been planned by Philipp Olkus.

In 1926 his competition design for a new building for the district hospital in Waiblingen , which he had created together with Karl Haug from Fellbach, was purchased.

In the early 1950s, Olkus designed the St. Antonius Church in Waiblingen .

The church of St. Andreas in Weinstadt -Endersbach dates from 1954 . Originally, “the church interior was characterized by balanced proportions and careful lighting”, it made a “solemn impression despite all the frugality”.

In 1958/1959 the church of St. Kilian in Markelsheim was built according to Olkus' plans.

The self- supporting roof of the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Rommelshausen , which was built in 1959, aroused suspicion among those commissioned with the construction and was intensified by them on their own initiative.

The Maria Königin church in the Schwäbisch Gmünder district of Rehnenhof-Wetzgau dates from 1960 . This church was the 200th new building in the Diocese of Rottenburg after the Second World War.

In 1961/1962 the Catholic Church of the Precious Blood in Weikersheim was built according to plans by Olkus.

The Catholic parish church To Our Lady in Eningen , Olkus designed together with the Reutlingen architect Bernhard Kolditz. It was inaugurated in 1963.

In addition to sacred buildings, Olkus also planned secular buildings. A two-story house was built for Jakob Stern in 1929 on the property at Esslinger Strasse 2 in Fellbach.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data based on a picture of the tombstone on the Leonhard Cemetery in Schwäbisch Gmünd (Ostalbkreis)
  2. ↑ a b Hans Ankersdorfer: In search of home and bread. Building blocks for a story of the St. Antonius community in Waiblingen. epubli, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86931-076-3 , p. 52.
  3. ↑ Lieutenant General Otto von Moser: Die Württemberger in the world wars . Chr.Belser AG, Stuttgart 1926.
  4. ^ History of the Catholic community in Fellbach at www.katholiken-fellbach.de
  5. ↑ a b The Catholic parish church of St. Kilian . Homepage of the Catholic parish of St. Kilian in Markelsheim, November 22, 2012. Memento from the Internet Archive of February 15, 2013
  6. ^ History of the Catholic community in Fellbach at www.katholiken-fellbach.de
  7. ↑ St. Johannes in Fellbach on ng.kirchkunst.de
  8. ^ Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 60, 1926, No. 91 (from November 13, 1926) ( online as PDF), p. 744.
  9. ↑ Opening brightness ( memento of the original dated February 6, 2015 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. on www.world-architects.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.world-architects.com
  10. ↑ An extra sack of cement for stable masonry. ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2015 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. In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten of June 5, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de
  11. ↑ The Church of St. Mary Queen in Wetzgau-Rehnenhof turns 50, the Catholic parish 40 years old. In: Remszeitung from September 29, 2010
  12. ↑ Klaus T. Mende: When the old church was too small. In: Fränkische Nachrichten of January 2, 2012
  13. ↑ Explanations on the interior renovation of the church To our lady in Eningen
  14. ↑ Rals Beckmann, Joseph Breiten et al .: Jews in Fellbach and Waiblingen. Fellbach 1989, ISBN 978-3-98059-840-8 , p. 103.
personal data
SURNAME Olkus, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect BDA
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1891
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1982