Siegfried Östreicher
Siegfried Östreicher (born May 15, 1919 in Munich ; † 2003 ) was a German architect who had a lasting impact , especially in the field of church architecture .
education
Östreicher studied at the Technical University of Munich , including in the 1930s with German Bestelmeyer and Roderich Fick . In 1939 he completed his studies ( Dipl.-Ing. ).
activity
Östreicher began his professional career in the building construction department of Rhein-Main-Donau AG . After 1945 he was a self-employed architect. First in Schnaitsee and after 1948 in Munich . His first assignments were in private homes.
He subsequently established himself as one of the leading church builders after the Second World War . He is known to this day for his collaboration with Emil Steffann , including at the Munich Church of St. Laurentius (1955). His first work in the field of church architecture was the construction of the chapel of Oblatinnengemeinschaft Venio ( Abbey Venio ) in Munich-Nymphenburg (1951/53). Together with Raymund Thoma he designed the choir and altars in the neo-Gothic Paulskirche in Munich.
Siegfried Östreicher died in 2003.
Characteristic features of his works
- open roof trusses,
- Tent roof shape, if possible,
- Well-tried masonry and carpentry techniques: walls left rough, e.g. B. from broken stones or bricks ,
- visible roof structures.
- simple structures, styles and forms,
- graduated light.
Works (selection)
- Chapel in the Venio Benedictine Abbey, Munich-Nymphenburg (1951–1953)
- Church and Parish Center St. Laurentius , Munich (together with Emil Steffann, 1955, now a listed building)
- Renovation of the Church of Leiden Christi , Obermenzing , Munich
- Paulskirche in Munich
- St. Hildegard Church , Munich-Pasing (1962, now a listed building)
- Parish Church of the Holy Communion , Steinebach, Wörthsee (1964)
- St. Konrad Church, Hacklberg (Passau) (1965)
- Parish Church of St. Severin von Noricum in Garching near Munich (1967)
- Catholic parish church Christkönig , Tiefenbach near Passau (1970, now a listed building)
- Country folk college in the Wies near Steingaden
Literature, film
About Siegfried Östreicher
- Anita Natmeßnig: God's real estate - modern church building , Austria 1997, ORF Religion, 45 minutes.
- Herbert Schade: Sacred buildings of our time , Das Bayerland: 70.1968, ISSN 0174-3813.
By or with Siegfried Östreicher
- Siegfried Östreicher, Paul Groh: Catholic parish and university church St. Hildegard Munich-Pasing , Munich / Zurich 1964, Schnell & Steiner Verlag.
- Konrad Gatz, Siegfried Östreicher: Shops. Plant, construction, equipment , Volume 2, Munich 1950, Callwey Verlag.
Web links
- Siegfried Östreicher , Strasse der Moderne.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hugo Schnell : Twentieth Century Church Architecture in Germany. Schnell & Steiner, Munich 1974, p. 81.
- ↑ a b Sabine Klotz: A tent by the lake .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Östreicher, Siegfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2003 |