Richard the Devil
Richard Teufel (born July 8, 1897 in Coburg ; † November 3, 1958 there ) was a German architect and art historian .
Life
Teufel was born in 1897 as the son of the road foreman Johann Teufel. After graduating from high school in 1916, he first studied one semester at the Ducal Building Trade School in Coburg, then nine semesters at the Technical University of Munich . The diploma was followed by a doctorate at the TH Munich in 1922 with the topic "The Pilgrimage Church of Fourteen Holy".
After stints in Bayreuth and Hof, he worked as a freelance architect in Coburg from 1923 and designed various buildings in the Coburg region , in Lichtenfels , Bamberg , Hildburghausen and Römhild .
From 1932 Teufel taught on a temporary basis and from 1946 as a permanent lecturer at the Coburg State Building School. He was the author of several works on the architectural monuments of the Coburg region, the Vierzehnheiligen basilica , the Banz monastery and the Weißenstein castle . From 1948 on, Teufel worked on a voluntary basis for the Coburg State Foundation , among other things as executive chairman. In this function he succeeded in reorganizing the financial situation of the foundation. Together with the collection manager, he made the collections at Veste Coburg usable again.
Honors
- 1955: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Helmut Wolter: Space - Time - Coburg Volume 1: Coburg architects and builders 1820–1920 . Dr. Peter Morsbach Verlag, Regensburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-937527-38-3 , p. 133
Web links
- Literature by and about Richard Teufel in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Yearbook of the Coburg State Foundation 1958, p. 255
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hell, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd November 1958 |
| Place of death | Coburg |