Reinhold Wirtz (master builder)

Reinhold Wirtz (born March 15, 1842 in Hellenthal ; † May 5, 1898 in Trier ) was a German architect , local district and diocesan master builder for the diocese of Trier .

Life

Reinhold Wirtz received his training at the Dombauhütte Cologne . From 1861 to 1868 he worked in Vinzenz Statz's office. In 1868 Wirtz moved to Trier, where he took over the local construction management for the restoration of the Church of Our Lady . Here he becomes a local official. In 1888 he was appointed master builder for the cathedral.

Reinhold Wirtz was married to Theresia Hubertine Wirtz, née Paffendorf, since 1869, and Julius Wirtz, who later became master builder of the cathedral, came from their marriage .

The architect Carl Rüdell is one of his students .

Buildings and designs

year	image	place	object	state	comment
1870-1871		Rivenich	Catholic parish church: St. Briktius	Rhineland-Palatinate
1870-1871		Ruwer	Catholic parish church: St. Clement	Rhineland-Palatinate	Together with Franz Georg Himpler from Wallerfangen
1873–1876 and thereafter 1874–1882		Yours	Catholic parish church: St. Helena	Rhineland-Palatinate	Together with builder and contractor Joseph Mendgen
1876-1878		Waldbreitbach	Catholic parish church: St. Mary of the Assumption	Rhineland-Palatinate	Erected by the building contractor Johann Pütz from Limperich under the supervision of the district master builder Johann Hermann
1882-1883		Emmersweiler	Catholic parish church: St. Barbara	Rhineland-Palatinate	Demolished around 1965 and replaced by a new building between 1965 and 1967.
1882-1884		Olewig	Catholic branch church: St. Anna	Rhineland-Palatinate	Not received.
1883-1884		Wincheringen	Catholic parish church: St. Peter	Rhineland-Palatinate
1884-1885		Herdorf	Catholic parish church: St. Aloisius	Rhineland-Palatinate
1885-1886		Udelfangen	Catholic branch church: St. Agritius	Rhineland-Palatinate
1886-1892		Nunkirchen	Catholic parish church: Sacred Heart of Jesus	Saarland	Based on plans from 1886, 1892 (detailed construction plan), started in 1894 and completed in 1895 and consecrated in 1896
1886-1887		Veldenz	Protestant church	Rhineland-Palatinate
1886-1889		Riegelsberg	Protestant church	Saarland
1888		Bitburg	Rectory of the Evangelical Community .	Rhineland-Palatinate	Not preserved, completely destroyed in World War II.
1888		Saarburg	Cellar and press house on the Reinart estate	Rhineland-Palatinate
1890-1895		Urchin	Catholic parish church: St. Joseph	Saarland
1893-1894		Trierweiler	Catholic parish church: St. Dionysius	Rhineland-Palatinate
1893-1895		trier	Catholic branch church: Heart of jesus	Rhineland-Palatinate
1895-1896		Storage	Catholic parish church: St. Philip and James	Rhineland-Palatinate
1895-1897		Erdorf	Catholic parish church: St. Laurence	Rhineland-Palatinate
1896-1898		Meckel	Catholic parish church: St. Bartholomew	Rhineland-Palatinate	The preserved old church is now used as a cemetery chapel
1898-1899		Ludweiler	Catholic Chapel: St. Wendalinus	Saarland	Posthumously built according to his plans.
1900		Kyllburg	Protestant church	Rhineland-Palatinate	Posthumously built according to his plans.

literature

• Frank-Oliver Hahn: Reinhold Wirtz . In: Heinz Monz (Ed.): Trier Biographical Lexicon . Scientific publishing house, Trier 2000, ISBN 3-88476-400-4 .
• Hans Caspary (edit.): Handbook of German Art Monuments, Rhineland-Palatinate - Saarland . 2nd revised and expanded edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-422-00382-7 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry on Sankt Brictius (Rivenich) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.
2. ↑ Entry on Sankt Clemens (Trier) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.
3. ↑ Your Chronicle , accessed on July 27, 2013.
4. ↑ Entry on Sankt Helena (Euren) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.
5. ↑ On the history of the Waldbreitbach parish church ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2014 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. , accessed July 27, 2013. 
6. ↑ Entry on Sankt Anna (Olewig) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.
7. ↑ Parish Wichingen St. Peter , accessed on July 27, 2013.
8. ↑ Entry on Sankt Agritius (Udelfangen) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.
9. ↑ Die Nunkircher Kirche ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 27, 2013. 
10. ↑ Entry on Rheinart estate - cellar and wine press house (Saarburg) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.
11. ↑ Entry on Sankt Dionysius (Trierweiler) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.
12. ↑ Entry on Sankt Laurentius (Erdorf) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.
13. ↑ Entry on Sankt Bartholomäus (Meckel) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.

Web links

Commons : Reinhold Wirtz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on Reinhold Wirtz in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database