Vincenz Statz

Vincenz Statz, lithograph by Adolf Dauthage , 1882

Master builder Vincenz Statz

Gravestone by Vincenz Statz in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (MA between lit. V and W) .

Vincenz Statz: “And it will be finished!”, Vision of the completed towers of Cologne Cathedral, 1861, watercolor on paper, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud Cologne; Inventory Z 1704

Vincenz Statz or Vinzenz Statz (born April 9, 1819 in Cologne ; † August 21, 1898 ibid) was a German architect . He is considered one of the most important and influential representatives of neo-Gothic in the Rhineland.

Life

Vincenz Statz was born in Cologne on April 9th, 1819 and was a well-known and influential architect of the neo-Gothic . He received his first lessons from a student of Karl Friedrich Schinkel and then entered the Dombauhütte of Cologne Cathedral in 1841 , where he worked as a foreman from 1845. At the same time as Friedrich von Schmidt , who later built the Vienna City Hall , he was called in by the cathedral builder Ernst Friedrich Zwirner to work on the plans. He was so enthusiastic about the beauty of the work on which he was allowed to work that his imagination has only lived in the creations of medieval architecture ever since. This enthusiasm is also expressed in his watercolor vision of the completed towers of Cologne Cathedral , the much-acclaimed original of which is in the graphic collection of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud Cologne . This watercolor comes from the year 1861, when the structural completion of the towers of Cologne Cathedral was far from being thought of for many reasons. So the work of art is captioned with the saying “And he'll be finished!”; a vision and encouragement for Zwirner at the same time.

In Cologne and the Rhineland, then in Holland and Belgium, and finally in France and England, Statz studied Gothic with such devotion that in a short time he was considered one of their best connoisseurs and with his own designs rekindled the general interest in Gothic architecture .

After Statz had started his own work in 1847, he had been working full-time as an architect since 1854. The parish church of St. John the Baptist in Ostrog near Ratibor , which was built between 1855 and 1856, is one of his early works . When he was appointed a master builder in 1861 without the usual academic training and in 1863 a diocesan master builder at the Archdiocese of Cologne , he could already look back on a life's work that included 150 churches and chapels, 47 church reconstruction buildings, 15 pastor's apartments, 8 hospitals and around 200 designs of altars , Pulpits and other major ecclesiastical furnishings. At this point in time, Statz had already begun his most powerful creation, the New Cathedral in Linz (Upper Austria), which is one of the most remarkable architectural monuments of the 19th century in Austria. The Marienkirche in Aachen, the Mauritiuskirche in Cologne and the pilgrimage church in Kevelaer are also worth mentioning as particularly demanding facilities. His sphere of activity extended from Holland to Naples.

His designs for the Votive Church in Vienna , the Berlin Cathedral and the Lille Cathedral also aroused admiration. His versatility is evident in the Liebieg Palace in Kobern-Gondorf , the town hall in Cologne-Ehrenfeld , the St. Hedwig Hospital in Berlin, the courthouse in Eberswalde and large ecclesiastical items such as the altar of the Church of Our Lady in Trier. In addition to his Gothic pattern book , Statz also published other works, including Die Mittelalterliche Bauwerke nach Merian .

Many of his buildings were damaged in the Second World War and then only restored in a simplified manner, some even completely demolished. In others, the furnishings were completely or partially removed because the neo-Gothic was no longer particularly valued. It was not until the 1970s that the architecture of historicism, and with it Statz, was again given greater esteem, so most of its buildings are now listed , many have been or are being restored true to the original.

His son Franz Statz (1848–1930) was also an architect.

Works in Germany

year	image	place	object	state	comment
1857		Eupen	Marienbrunnen with Marian column	Rhine Province
1872		Eupen	St. Joseph	Rhine Province
1876/1877		Eberswalde	Catholic parish church: St. Peter and Paul	Brandenburg
1866		Somborn (open court)	Chapel: Hof Trages chapel	Hesse
1874-1876		Bernshausen	Catholic parish church: St. Peter and Paul	Lower Saxony
1855		Aachen	Catholic parish church: St. Mary	North Rhine-Westphalia	Dating 1855, based on the second draft 1859–1863. After war damage and poor reconstruction, it was finally demolished in 1978 in favor of a new building by the architect Karl-Otto Lüfkens from Krefeld.
1879-1883		Aachen , fire	Catholic parish church: St. Donatus	North Rhine-Westphalia
1880-1883		Aachen , Hahn	Catholic parish church: St. Maria Dolorosa	North Rhine-Westphalia
1863		Aachen , Orsbach	Catholic parish church: St. Peter and Paul	North Rhine-Westphalia
1879/1880		Alfter , Gielsdorf	Catholic parish church: St. Jacobus	North Rhine-Westphalia	Expansion measures
1862/1863		Baesweiler , Setterich	Catholic parish church: St. Andrew	North Rhine-Westphalia	Completely destroyed in 1944
1864-1871		Bergisch Gladbach- Refrath	Catholic parish church: St. Johann Baptist	North Rhine-Westphalia	Expanded in 1963 based on a design by Karl Band
1855		Bedburg	Castle chapel	North Rhine-Westphalia	Ground settlement caused irreparable damage to the castle chapel, so that it was demolished in July 2011.
1875		Bonn , Graurheindorf	Catholic parish church: St. Margareta	North Rhine-Westphalia	Extension
1860-1862		Bonn , Bad Godesberg	Catholic parish church: St. Mary	North Rhine-Westphalia
1869		Bonn , Buschdorf	Aegidius Chapel	North Rhine-Westphalia
1880		Bornheim	Catholic parish church: St. Michael	North Rhine-Westphalia
1867/1868		Bruggen	Dilborn Castle Chapel	North Rhine-Westphalia
1885-1887		Bruehl	Catholic parish church: St. Margareta	North Rhine-Westphalia	Eastern parts of the parish church
1875-1878		Dormagen , Feste Zons	Catholic parish church: St. Martinus	North Rhine-Westphalia
1856		Düren , Gürzenich	Catholic parish church: St. John Evangelist	North Rhine-Westphalia
1854/1855		Volmerswerth	Catholic Parish Church of St. Dionysius	North Rhine-Westphalia
1857-1859		Erkelenz , Holzweiler	Catholic parish church: St. Cosmas and Damian	North Rhine-Westphalia
1855		Essen , Borbeck	Catholic parish church: St. Dionysius	North Rhine-Westphalia
1864/65		Euskirchen , Stotzheim	Catholic parish church: St. Martin	North Rhine-Westphalia
1868-1875		Euskirchen , Weidesheim	Catholic parish church: St. Mary of the Assumption	North Rhine-Westphalia
1877-1879		Engelskirchen	Catholic parish church: St. Peter and Paul	North Rhine-Westphalia
1852		Kerpen , Horrem	Catholic parish church: St. Clement	North Rhine-Westphalia	Expansion measures.
1858-1864		Kevelaer	Pilgrimage church St. Mary	North Rhine-Westphalia
1850-1852		Cologne , trinkets	Catholic parish church: St. Heinrich and Kunigund	North Rhine-Westphalia
1852		Cologne	Baudri House, Mohrenstrasse	North Rhine-Westphalia
1858		Cologne , Altstadt-Nord	Marian column	North Rhine-Westphalia
1851-1853		Cologne	Chapel of St. Joseph	North Rhine-Westphalia	Chapel of the former Carmelite convent (Gereonskloster 14).
1859/1860		Cologne	Diocesan Museum	North Rhine-Westphalia
		Cologne	Weißhauskapelle Schloss Weißhaus	North Rhine-Westphalia
1863-1866		Cologne , Kalk	Catholic parish church: St. Mary	North Rhine-Westphalia
1863-1867		Cologne , Rodenkirchen	Catholic parish church: St. Maternus	North Rhine-Westphalia
1863		Cologne , Bayenthal	Catholic parish church on the corner of Goltsteinstrasse and Bonifazstrasse	North Rhine-Westphalia	Demolished around 1904 in favor of a new building on Mathiaskirchplatz.
1864-1866		Hönnersum	Catholic parish church: St. Bernward	Lower Saxony
1870		Cologne	House Statz, St. Apern-Strasse	North Rhine-Westphalia
1872		Cologne , Ehrenfeld	Catholic parish church: St. Joseph	North Rhine-Westphalia
1854-1860		Krefeld	Catholic parish church: Dear women	North Rhine-Westphalia
1852-1854		Krefeld , Hohenbudberg	Catholic parish church: St. Matthias	North Rhine-Westphalia
1857-1859		Lippetal , Lippborg	Catholic parish church: St. Cornelius and Cyprianus	North Rhine-Westphalia	Tower from around 1875
1867		Marienheide , Gimborn	Catholic parish church: St. Johann Baptist	North Rhine-Westphalia
1857-1860		Mechernich , Kommern	Catholic parish church: St. Severin	North Rhine-Westphalia
1852-1854		Mönchengladbach	Mariahilf Hospital	North Rhine-Westphalia
1854-1856		Mönchengladbach , Hardt	Catholic parish church: St. Nicholas	North Rhine-Westphalia
1851-1853		Mönchengladbach , Hehn	Catholic parish church: St. Mary Visitation	North Rhine-Westphalia	Extension (octagon with choir and 2 flanking towers) from 1890, based on plans by Julius Busch .
1853-1856		Mönchengladbach , Rheydt	Catholic parish church: St. Mary	North Rhine-Westphalia
1867-1869		Mönchengladbach , Venn	Catholic parish church: St. Nicholas	North Rhine-Westphalia
1853-1876		Nettetal , Hinsbeck	Krickenbeck Castle	North Rhine-Westphalia	remodeling
1863-1867		Nettetal , Hinsbeck	Catholic parish church: St. Peter	North Rhine-Westphalia
1860/1861		Nettetal , Leuth	Catholic parish church: St. Lambertus	North Rhine-Westphalia	remodeling
1862-1864		Neuss , Grefrath	Catholic parish church: St. Stephen	North Rhine-Westphalia
1862/1863		Opladen	Catholic parish church of St. Remigius	North Rhine-Westphalia
1869		Schwelm	Evangelical Martfeld crypt chapel	North Rhine-Westphalia	In honor of Baroness Friederike von Elverfeldt
1852-1853		Vettweiß , Kelz	Catholic branch church: St. Michael	North Rhine-Westphalia	The church tower was built in 1889 according to plans by the architect Richard Odenthal.
1869-1877		Vettweiß , Sievernich	Catholic branch church: St. Johann Baptist	North Rhine-Westphalia
1855		Viersen , Dulken	Marian column	North Rhine-Westphalia
1855-1858		Viersen , Süchteln	Catholic parish church: St. Clemens (view of the tower)	North Rhine-Westphalia
1848-1859		Waldfeucht , Braunsrath	Catholic parish church: St. Clement	North Rhine-Westphalia
1850-1870		Weeze	Castle knowledge	North Rhine-Westphalia	expansion
1876-1878		Weeze	Castle chapel	North Rhine-Westphalia	New building
1869-1883		Wuppertal , Barmen	Catholic parish church: St. Anthony	North Rhine-Westphalia	Reconstruction and expansion of the parish church. The church was badly damaged in World War II and demolished in 1968.
1867-1871		Asbach	Catholic parish church: St. Laurence	Rhineland-Palatinate
1861/1862		Asbach , Niedermühlen	Catholic pilgrimage and rectorate church: To the painful Mother of God	Rhineland-Palatinate
1869		Bernkastel-Kues	Catholic parish church: St. Agatha	Rhineland-Palatinate
1879-1881		Betzdorf	Catholic Parish Church of St. Ignatius	Rhineland-Palatinate
1858/1859		Binningen (Eifel)	Catholic Remigius Chapel	Rhineland-Palatinate
1867-1871		Ettringen (Eifel)	Catholic parish church of St. Maximin and Anna	Rhineland-Palatinate
1859-1861		Kobern-Gondorf	Liebieg Castle	Rhineland-Palatinate	modification
1851/1852		Koblenz	Church of Our Lady	Rhineland-Palatinate	Interior design
1854		Koblenz	Peter Friedhofen Chapel	Rhineland-Palatinate
1862-1866		Koblenz	St. Mauritius	Rhineland-Palatinate
1857		Kottenheim	Catholic parish church: St. Nicholas	Rhineland-Palatinate	The church tower from 1772 was raised in 1904 according to plans by Caspar Clemens Pickel .
1868/1869		Kretz	Chapel: At the birth of Mary	Rhineland-Palatinate
1859-1862		Country core	Catholic parish church: St. Servatius	Rhineland-Palatinate
1852-1857		Mendig-Niedermendig	Catholic parish church: St. Cyriac	Rhineland-Palatinate	extension
1861/1862		Mudersbach	Catholic parish church: St. Mary of the Assumption	Rhineland-Palatinate
1855		Münstermaifeld	Weckbeck tombs	Rhineland-Palatinate	Location: municipal cemetery
		Münstermaifeld	Pulpit of the collegiate church of St. Martin and St. Severus	Rhineland-Palatinate
		Münstermaifeld	Stone cross Collegiate Church of St. Martin and St. Severus	Rhineland-Palatinate	Location: east side on the outside of the choir
1860-1862		Neustadt an der Weinstrasse	Catholic parish church: St. Mary	Rhineland-Palatinate
1852		Nod	High altar attachment Catholic parish church: St. Arnulf	Rhineland-Palatinate
1859/1860		Plaidt	Catholic parish church: St. Willibrord	Rhineland-Palatinate
1888		Prosterath 150 inhabitants	Catholic branch church of St. Anthony of Padua	Rhineland-Palatinate	Plan from the Statz office before the takeover by Franz Statz
1865/1866		Remagen-Oberwinter	Catholic parish church: St. Laurence	Rhineland-Palatinate
1852-1856		Rheinbrohl	Catholic parish church: St. Suitbert	Rhineland-Palatinate
1856-1859		Seelscheid	Catholic parish church: St. George	North Rhine-Westphalia
1854-1858		Sinzig	Sinzig Castle	Rhineland-Palatinate
1871-1876		Sinzig	Villa, in the Zehnthof.	Rhineland-Palatinate
1862-1865		Stromberg	Catholic parish church: St. James	Rhineland-Palatinate
1862-1865		Tellig	Catholic parish church: St. Cornelius and Cyprianus	Rhineland-Palatinate
1856-1859		Vallendar	hospital St. Joseph	Rhineland-Palatinate
1869/1870		Windhagen	Catholic parish church: St. Bartholomew	Rhineland-Palatinate
1883 to 1885		Saarlouis	Catholic parish church: St. Ludwig (Saarlouis)	Saarland	Market facade with tower
1854-1858		Dessau	Catholic Provost Church of St. Peter & Paul	Saxony-Anhalt
1855-1858		Dornbusch (Viersen)	Mary Help of Christians	North Rhine-Westphalia
1851-1853		Cologne Bocklemünd	St. John at the Latin Gates	North Rhine-Westphalia	In 1850 the planning contract was finally awarded to Vinzenz Statz, who planned a church in the neo-Gothic style. The foundation stone was laid in 1851 and the church was consecrated in 1853.
1885-1887		Cologne-Ehrenfeld	St. Francis Hospital	North Rhine-Westphalia

Works in France

• St. Privat la Montagne - War memorial 1870 for the fallen members of the Guards Grenadier Regiment No. 4
  The memorial has been preserved.

Works in Austria

• Linz on the Danube: Mary's Conception Cathedral ( New Cathedral , 1862–1935); Structure including equipment:

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  overall view

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  inner space

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  Detail of the altar canopy

Honors

• His hometown Cologne named a street in the suburb of Cologne-Braunsfeld , not far from the Rheinenergiestadion, after Vincenz Statz .
• On January 26, 2001, at the instigation of Johannes Maubach, the KGS-Lindenbornstrasse school in Cologne was named after Vincenz Statz.

literature

• Parish Council Neuss-Grefrath (Ed.): Festschrift for the 125th anniversary of the St. Stephanus Church in Neuss-Grefrath - history and stories about the church tower. Neuss 1989.
• Manfred Böckling: St. Cyriakus in Mendig. Editor: Karl-Peter Wiemer. - Cologne: Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz 2007 (= Rheinische Kunststätten, issue 500).
• Wolfram Hagspiel : The “St. Claren Quarter” - its structural and urban development up to the present. In: Am Römerturm. Two millennia of a Cologne district. Cologne 2006.
• Rolf-Bernd Hechler: Comments on the neo-Gothic and on some Krefeld buildings from this time. (= The Heimat-Zeitschrift für Niederrheinische Kultur- und Heimatpflege, 50th year). Krefeld 1979, p. 99 ff.
• Baldur Hermans : Memory of Vincenz Statz - the cemetery cross on Hülsmannstrasse . In: Das Münster am Hellweg , vol. 40 (1987), pp. 55–59.
• Christian Kratz: The New Cathedral in Linz. In: Oberösterr. Homeland papers. 48, Linz 1994. pp. 3-17.
• Christian Kratz: Vincenz Statz and neo-Gothic in Germany. In: Contributions to the city of Schwelm and its surroundings. 47, 1998, pp. 117-131.
• Christian Kratz: St. Donatus in Aachen fire. Aachen 2000.
• Michael J. Lewis: The Politics of the German Gothic Revival: August Reichensperger (1808–1895). New York 1993.
• Heinrich Mann, Willy Weyres: Handbook on Rhenish architecture of the 19th century. Cologne 1968.
• Franz Ronig: The 19th century church building in the Diocese of Trier. In: 19th Century Art in the Rhineland, Vol. 1: Architecture. Düsseldorf 1980, pp. 195-268.
• Dieter Schewe: The Zehnthof in Sinzig in the 19th century: A Rhenish dream from Hohenzollern's royal castles or publisher. o. year.
• Dieter Schewe: History of Sinzig and its royal palaces - pivots of the Romans, Carolingians, Staufer between Upper and Lower Rhine 40 to 1227, Sinzig 2004. ISBN 3-9809438-0-1 .
• Hans Vogts : Vincenz Statz (1819–1898). Life picture and life's work of a Cologne builder. Mönchengladbach 1960.
• Willy Weyres : Catholic churches in the old Archdiocese of Cologne and in the Rhenish part of the Diocese of Münster. In: 19th Century Art in the Rhineland, Vol. 1: Architecture. Düsseldorf 1980, pp. 75-193.
• Willy Weyres: Vincenz Statz (1819–1898). In: Rheinische Lebensbilder. 6, Cologne 1975, pp. 97-120.
• N / A: Vincenz Statz †. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 18, 1898, No. 35 (from August 27, 1898) , p. 415 f.
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Statz, Vincenz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 37th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1878, p. 245 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Vincenz Statz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 6 design sheets for the Berlin Cathedral in the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Berlin
2. ^ Hiltrud Kier : List of monuments Cologne old town and Deutz . Ed .: State Conservator Rhineland . tape 12.1 . Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1979, ISBN 3-7927-0455-2 , p. 64 .
3. ^ Claudius Engelhardt: The parish church in Kottenheim: A tour through the church and its history. BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2014, ISBN 978-3-7322-9829-7