Theodor Veil

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Theodor Veil (born June 24, 1879 in Mercara , South India; † October 25, 1965 in Ulm ) was a German architect and university professor .

Life

Theodor Veil was born as the son of a Christian missionary in Mercara , southern India , but grew up in southern Germany. He studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich with Professors Friedrich von Thiersch , Carl Hocheder and Gabriel von Seidl . In 1903 he completed his studies with a diploma examination.

House Schwerthof in Cologne designed by Theodor Veil and Jacob Koerfer (1921/1922)

First Veil dealt with the then prevailing Art Nouveau and its ornamentation . It was also important to overcome the historicism that prevailed at the universities at the time . He first worked for the municipal building authorities in Munich , then in Peter Behrens' office in Düsseldorf , most recently as assistant to his former teacher Karl Hocheder at the Technical University of Munich. In 1909 at the latest, he went into business for himself, initially in partnership with the architect Gerhard Herms . By 1913 at the latest, Veil was a member of the Deutscher Werkbund (DWB) - which stood for a reform architecture that was emancipating itself from Art Nouveau , and one of which Veil's designs can also be counted during this phase. Even interior architectural details (lamps, handles, chairs, cabinets) always found his attention and his design will so that his designs to the claim of a Gesamtkunstwerk justice were. The piano manufacturer Neupert, for example, commissioned Veil to design grand pianos. He maintained a lively professional exchange with his Munich colleague Prof. Theodor Fischer , who in Ulm 1907–1910 - not far from Veil's Chapel - had built the Protestant garrison church (today the Protestant Pauluskirche ).

In 1919 he was appointed as the successor of Prof. Karl Henrici to his chair for urban planning and civil architecture at the RWTH Aachen University. There Veil passed on his art and his thinking to numerous students and conveyed important impulses for both the design of furniture and urban planning . Interesting elements from ancient Indian culture also found their way into Veil's sacred architectural style and here and there led to a form of cultural encounter; such tendencies fit well with expressionist architecture of the 1920s. In his function as a university lecturer, he also worked on various new buildings at RWTH Aachen University.

One of Theodor Veil's most important students between 1921 and 1927 was Walter Schwagenscheidt , who both worked in his private studio and was his assistant at RWTH Aachen University. Schwagenscheidt's conception of the spatial city was significantly developed during this time.

In 1937 Veil joined the NSDAP and was then responsible, among other things, for the construction of various HJ homes in the Eifel. In 1944 he became the district commissioner for the design of German military cemeteries. In the same year Theodor Veil retired in Aachen and returned to Ulm. His appreciation by the National Socialists can also be seen from the fact that in August 1944 Hitler added him to the God-gifted list of the most important architects.

In the post-war period, Veil was appointed to the architectural advisory board in Ulm, where he died in 1965.

Buildings and designs (selection)

Transverse main tower of the Martin Luther Church in Ulm (1928)
Town hall in Übach-Palenberg
  • 1906–1907: Catholic Apostolic Chapel in Ulm, Friedensstrasse 11 (first sacred building Veils, including pews and other furnishings)
  • 1909: -9999Competition design for the town hall in Herne (purchase, not executed) (with Gerhard Herms)
  • 1910–1911: House in Munich-Herzogpark, Pienzenauerstraße 38 (with Gerhard Herms)
  • 1912: -9999Competition design for the Protestant St. Andrew's Church in Dresden-Johannstadt (purchase, not executed) (with Gerhard Herms)
  • before 1913: –9Town Hall (conversion and expansion of the former district office) in Rudolstadt (with Gerhard Herms)
  • before 1915: –9House on Lake Starnberg (with Gerhard Herms)
  • before 1915: –9House for Dr. Schneider in Munich-Solln (with Gerhard Herms)
  • 1920–1921: Redesign of Bürgeln Castle in Markgräflerland
  • 1921: -9999" Schwerthof " office and commercial building in Cologne (project-related collaboration with Jacob Koerfer )
  • 1923: -9999Design for a commercial building at the main train station in Aachen (not executed)
  • 1923–1924: Managing director residence of the waterworks of the district of Aachen in Brand near Aachen
  • 1924: -9999Truck garage of the coal wholesaler Hubert once ( congress garage ) in Aachen, Kongressstrasse 23 (with Otto Nauhardt )
  • 1925–1929: Electrotechnical-Physics Institute (called “Rogowski Institute”) at RWTH Aachen University, Schinkelstrasse
  • 1926–1928: Protestant "Martin Luther Church" (also "Weststadt Church") in Ulm
  • 1930: -9999Competition design for the Pedagogical Academy in Essen (not executed)
  • 1935–1936: HJ homes in Lammersdorf , Mützenich , Schleiden , Steckenborn and Zweifall
  • 1937–1938: Town hall in Übach-Palenberg
  • before 1943: New bridge in Heimbach
  • Town hall in Limbach (Saxony)
  • Youth hostel in Hellenthal

literature

  • Theodor Veil: The Protestant Weststadtkirche zu Ulm aD In: Festschrift for the inauguration of the Martin Luther Church. Ulm, 1928.
  • Hans Günter Müller and Gottfried M. Dinkelaker: 50 years of the Martin Luther Church in Ulm. Chronicle - reports - pictures. Ulm, 1978.
  • Hubert Krins: The Martin Luther Church in Ulm. Lecture on the 60th anniversary of the inauguration on May 8, 1988. Ulm, 1988.
  • Alexander Wetzig and Max Stemshorn: Architectural Guide Ulm / Neu-Ulm. Ulm, 2003. ISBN 3-8030-0631-7
  • Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802-2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 442 f .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 629.
  2. ↑ a b c Der Baumeister 4/1943, Callwey, Munich
personal data
SURNAME Veil, Theodore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Mercara , South India
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1965
Place of death Ulm