Reinhard Hofbauer

St. Erich, Hamburg-Rothenburgsort

Maria Queen, Gelnhausen-Meerholz

Reinhard Hofbauer (born August 18, 1907 ; † 1976 ) was a German architect who was best known in the field of Catholic sacred buildings.

Hofbauer first studied philosophy and art history, then architecture in Munich and Braunschweig. From 1932 to 1934 he worked as a freelance painter. After 1945 he had - at times in parallel - architectural offices in Wetzlar and Berlin.

He became known as an architect through the now lost parish church of St. Canisius in Berlin-Charlottenburg , which earned him nationwide attention. He also built idiosyncratic modern church buildings in the Limburg diocese .

Buildings (selection)

1954–1957: Catholic parish church St. Petrus Canisius in Berlin-Charlottenburg (destroyed by fire in 1995)
1958–1959: Catholic branch church St. Judas Thaddäus in Berlin-Tempelhof , Bäumerplan
1961–1963: Catholic branch church St. Erich in Hamburg-Rothenburgsort , Billhorner Röhrendamm
1967–1968: Catholic parish church or monastery church of St. John of Capistran in Berlin-Tempelhof
1952: Herz-Jesu-Kapelle, Wettesingen
1952/53: Parish Church of St. Walburgis, Wetzlar-Niedergirmes
1954: Filialkirche St. Anna, Rodheim-Bieber Krs. Wetzlar
1955: Parish church Mater dolorosa (Sorrowful Mother), Dorlar
1956: Parish church St. Josef, Schwalbach Krs. Wetzlar
1956: Filialkirche St. Georg, Bonbaden Krs. Wetzlar
1957/59: Parish Church of Maria Königin, Meerholz-Hailer Krs Gelnhausen

literature

Karin Berkemann : “Tomorrow's architecture!” Hamburg's post-war churches . Ed .: Monument Protection Office Hamburg. Dölling and Galitz Verlag , Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937904-60-3 . left

Web links

Commons : Reinhard Hofbauer - Collection of images, videos and audio files

www.reinhard-hofbauer.de
Literature by and about Reinhard Hofbauer in the catalog of the German National Library
Flyer for events "Threatened Church Building" on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the architect Reinhard Hofbauer, 2007 (PDF; 1.5 MB)

Individual evidence

↑ Karin Berkemann : “Tomorrow's architecture!” Hamburg's post-war churches . Ed .: Monument Protection Office Hamburg. Dölling and Galitz Verlag , Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937904-60-3 , p. 59 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hofbauer, Reinhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect, sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH	August 18, 1907
DATE OF DEATH	1976

[1] Karin Berkemann : “Tomorrow's architecture!” Hamburg's post-war churches . Ed .: Monument Protection Office Hamburg. Dölling and Galitz Verlag , Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937904-60-3 , p. 59 .