Theodor Ross

St. Katharina, Alt-Huerth

Theodor Roß (born August 23, 1864 in Cologne ; † September 6, 1930 ibid) was an architect who mainly built churches in the Cologne area around the turn of the century . He had been working as a private architect since the 1890s and had specialized in sacred buildings, but from 1913 switched to the residential construction division, working for the Cologne Erbbauverein, among others.

Life

Theodor Roß was the son of the architect Peter Roß and his wife Katharina (née Kruchen). On September 6, 1890, he married Gertrud Schmitz, who was a daughter of the Cologne cathedral master craftsman and later Strasbourg cathedral master builder Franz Schmitz . From this marriage there were six children, two sons and four daughters. Theodor Roß died on September 6, 1930 after a brief, serious illness and was buried in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne . His grave remains as an honor grave. At the time of his death was Theodor Ross member of the Church Council of the Cologne community St. Gereon . His estate was in the historical archive of the city of Cologne .

Work (selection)

year	image	place	object	state	comment
1888-1891		Immerath	Catholic parish church: St. Lambertus	North Rhine-Westphalia	Assumption of construction management after the death of the architect Erasmus Schüller on January 20, 1890. On October 13, 2013, the parish church was profaned and completely demolished on January 8 and 9, 2018, as it had to give way to the Garzweiler opencast mine . As a replacement, a small chapel was built according to plans by Johannes Klomp at the Immerath (new) resettlement site in 2013/14.
1890-1891		Berrenrath	Catholic parish church: St. Wendelinus	North Rhine-Westphalia	The church was demolished in 1958 because it had to give way to lignite mining in Hürth and the entire village of Berrenrath. In the resettlement place of the same name, a new parish church was built between 1956 and 1957 according to plans by Fritz Schaller .
1890-1892		Heisterbacherrott	Catholic branch church: St. Jude Thaddaeus	North Rhine-Westphalia	Construction management based on a design by Franz Schmitz
1892		Herkenrath	Catholic parish church: St. Antonius Abbas	North Rhine-Westphalia	Extension to include transept and choir, demolished in 1962
1892-1893		Buderich	Catholic parish church: St. Mauritius	North Rhine-Westphalia
1893		Geyen	Catholic parish church: St. Cornelius	North Rhine-Westphalia
1893		Niederembt	Catholic parish church: St. Martinus	North Rhine-Westphalia	Extension of the south aisle and construction of a new choir.
1894		Büsdorf	Catholic parish church: St. Laurence	North Rhine-Westphalia
1894-1895		Alt-Huerth	Catholic parish church: St. Catherine	North Rhine-Westphalia
1894-1895		Morken-Harff	Catholic parish church: St. Martinus	North Rhine-Westphalia	The church was demolished in 1974 because it had to give way to the Garzweiler opencast mine .
1894-1896		Eschweiler over field	Catholic branch church: St. Heribert	North Rhine-Westphalia
1895		Raderberg	Sacred Heart Monastery	North Rhine-Westphalia
1895-1898		Reusrath	Catholic parish church: St. Barbara	North Rhine-Westphalia
1895-1909		Cologne	Catholic parish church: Heart of jesus	North Rhine-Westphalia	Construction management based on a design by Friedrich von Schmidt .
1898-1900		Hennef	Catholic parish church: St. Simon and Jude	North Rhine-Westphalia
1899		Cologne-Neuehrenfeld	Catholic parish church: St. Peter	North Rhine-Westphalia
1898-1901		Merzenich	Catholic parish church: St. Laurence	North Rhine-Westphalia
1900		Niederembt	Catholic parish church: St. Martinus	North Rhine-Westphalia	New bell tower
1899-1902		Arnoldsweiler	Catholic parish church: Great St. Arnold	North Rhine-Westphalia
1902-1904		Broich willows	Catholic parish church: St. Lucia	North Rhine-Westphalia
1902-1904		Geistingen	Monastery and church the Redemptorists - monastery	North Rhine-Westphalia
1904		Stomping	Catholic parish church: New St. Martinus	North Rhine-Westphalia
1903-1905		Niederau	Catholic parish church: St. Cyriac	North Rhine-Westphalia
1905-1907		Bergrath	Catholic parish church: St. Anthony	North Rhine-Westphalia
1907		Dünstekoven	Catholic Chapel: St. Catherine	North Rhine-Westphalia
1907-1912		Giesenkirchen	Catholic parish church: St. Gereon	North Rhine-Westphalia	1907–1909 construction of the nave, 1911–1912 construction of the bell tower
1911		Niederdollendorf	Catholic parish church: St. Michael	North Rhine-Westphalia
1930		Elsen	Catholic parish church: St. Stephen	North Rhine-Westphalia	Reconstruction after fire damage, together with his brother Paul.
?		Sieglar	Catholic branch church: St. John at the Latin Gates	North Rhine-Westphalia

literature

• Sybille Fraquelli: In the shadow of the cathedral. Neo-Gothic architecture in Cologne from 1815 to 1914. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20162-3 .

Web links

Commons : Theodor Roß  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Estate of Theodor Roß in the Historical Archive of the City of Cologne (Best. 1081 Roß, Theodor - 1869-1919)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Ross (Roß), Theodor. Rhein-Erft collection of death notes, accessed on March 29, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Sybille Fraquelli: Architecture of the Gothic Revival in Cologne 1815-1914, "Architects directory and Biographies" (CD-ROM)
3. ↑ 100 years of the Church of St. Katharina in Hürth, ed. from the parish council, p. 9
4. ↑ List of graves