Werner Bornheim called Schilling

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Werner Bornheim called Schilling (born February 6, 1915 in Cologne ; died October 29, 1992 in Wiesbaden ) was an art historian and preservationist . From its establishment in 1946 to 1980 he headed the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and the administration of the state palaces of Rhineland-Palatinate and their predecessor institutions as state curator .

Life

origin

Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling was a descendant of the 17th century in the right bank Langel sedentary family. His grandfather Mathias (1852–1899), together with his four siblings, sold the inherited land in Langel in 1888 and finally settled in Nippes north of Cologne's old town. Mathias Bornheim called Schilling's marriage to Anna Maria Lob (1857–1931), the Duisburg-born daughter of the local director of the municipal gas and water works, Mathias Lob, gave birth to their son Richard (born 1885 in Cologne). After studying at the universities in Paris (Sorbonne), Zurich and Cologne, he graduated there in 1915. From Richard's marriage to Victoria Speckhan (born 1889 Köln-Nippes), the daughter of Franz Josef Speckhan and Katharina von Bornheim called Schilling, the son Werner emerged.

Career

After attending the municipal high school in Bedburg , Werner von Bornheim gen. Schilling studied art history from 1934 at the universities of Cologne , Bonn , Munich and finally Berlin . He was scientifically shaped in particular by Wilhelm Pinder , Gerhart Rodenwaldt and Nicolai Hartmann .

“In all the speeches you could tell from the generation in which he had grown up: It was the time of those who had studied with Wilhelm Pinder, for whom Pinder had opened their eyes to the beautiful and loosened their tongues at its price and interpretation. "

- Franz Ronig in his memory of Bornheim von Schilling's last great speech in honor of Paul Clemen , which was already marked by the deadly disease

On September 17, 1940 he was in Berlin with the work to develop the interior representation in the Dutch painting to Jan van Eyck to Dr. phil. PhD . Subsequently, during the Second World War , he found employment as a volunteer at the "Rheinisches Museum" (House of the Rhenish Homeland) in Cologne-Deutz and the Wallraf-Richartz Museum (1942) in Cologne. While Cologne suffered continuously from the heavy air raids and increasingly fell to rubble, but also threatened to sink into chaos, Bornheim called Schilling was concerned with protective measures. His prudence in connection with the preservation and protection of threatened cultural assets found the first opportunity for practical testing during the relocation of the Cologne museum holdings to Langenau.

After the liberation of Cologne, he stood briefly as curator and advisor for monument preservation and museums as a personal advisor to the re-appointed Lord Mayor Konrad Adenauer, with whom he had been in contact since 1944, before he could use the experience gained in this way in his future places of employment . In 1945 he changed to the post of government curator of the Koblenz administrative district in Koblenz and then in 1946 to that of the provincial curator for Rhineland and Hesse-Nassau. When the state office for the preservation of monuments of the newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate was formed, he was appointed the first state curator. He stayed in this position until he left in 1980. During this period the office had grown to around 100 employees.

Werner Bornheim called Schilling published extensively on the art history of the Rhineland, its artists, but also cultural monuments in particular. His three-volume work Rheinische Höhenburgen , published in 1964, deserves special mention . According to Ronig, his very personal essay, published in 1981, Rheinische Denkmalpflege - Rheinland-Pfalz 1945 to 1980 represents "something like the spiritual testament" of him.

“Anyone who has experienced or understands his work in the Moselle canalization, his commitment to the renovation of the Petersberg Hotel, his decisions in the preservation and design of the cathedrals, churches, palaces and - countless - castles in Rhineland-Palatinate, will recognize the scope and depth of his performance. "

- Norbert Heinen in an obituary

Honorary positions

Outside of his work as a state curator, Werner Bornheim took on numerous other functions and tasks. These include: his participation in the "Association of State Monument Preservators in the Federal Republic of Germany", to which he has belonged since it was founded in 1948. In 1958 he became the representative of the chairman and from 1963 to 1975 he was the chairman himself. Furthermore, the presidency of the German National Committee of ICOMOS , which was proposed when it was established in 1964, as well as membership of the Executive Council in Paris and the German Commission for UNESCO . In 1975, in this function, he hosted the 4th ICOMOS General Assembly in Rothenburg . Werner Bornheim gen. Von Schilling was an active member of numerous other domestic and foreign commissions. For example, he was head of the section on the preservation of monuments in the German Heritage Association and a corresponding member of the Compagnie des Architects en Chef des Monuments Historique de la France.

Various organizations have awarded him honorary degrees. Bornheim called Schilling was an honorary citizen of the city of New Orleans and an honorary member of the German Castle Association and the Institut Grand Ducal de Luxembourg . In addition, he was chairman of the Rhenish Association for the Preservation of Monuments and Landscape Protection in Cologne from 1981 to 1990 and was then made its honorary chairman.

He also held an honorary professorship at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon by the highest German authorities in 1980 and the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class in 1985.

family

Werner Bornheim called Schilling, who spoke English, French and Italian in addition to his mother tongue, had been married to the doctor Godula Frosch since 1955. Their marriage resulted in a daughter and a son.

“Werner Bornheim was a fascinating personality in his own way: his specialist knowledge, his sparkling spirit, his friendly (sometimes biting) humor, his sensual nature, his cheerfulness and his Catholic religion all combined to form a unit. Before each of these characteristic words one should actually add the word "Rhenish"; only then do you have Werner Bornheim! "

- Franz Ronig in an obituary

Fonts (selection)

  • Rhenish hilltop castles. Edited by the Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Heimatschutz (= yearbook 1961–1963), Society for Book Printing, Neuss 1964, 3 volumes.
  • Rheinische Denkmalpflege - Rhineland-Palatinate 1945 to 1980. In: Preserving and shaping. 75 years of the Rhenish Association for Monument Preservation and Landscape Protection. Ed. Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz (= Yearbook 1981), Society for Book Printing, Neuss 1981, ISBN 3-88094-373-7 , pp. 57–164.

Web links

  • Private website with extensive reproduction of the history of the family (v.) Bornheim 1107–1940, edited by Werner Bornheim called Schilling from 1931 and self-published in 1940 .

literature

  • Bornheim called Schilling, Werner. In: Werner Schuder (Ed.): Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 1976. 12th Edition, Volume I, A – M and Register, de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1976, ISBN 3-11-004470-6 , pp. 315
  • Bornheim called Schilling, Werner. In: Who is who? The German Who's Who . XXVII. Edition 1988/1989, Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1988, ISBN 3-7950-2008-5 , p. 141.
  • Preservation of monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Festschrift for Werner Bornheim called Schilling. Edited by the State Office for Monument Preservation, Mainz 1980, incl. Brief vita (p. 9 f.) And bibliography up to and including 1979 (p. 11–22) ISSN  0341-9967
  • Veit Geißler: Professor Dr. Werner Bornheim called Schilling 1915–1992. In: Preservation of monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Annual reports 1989–1991. Year 44–46, published by the State Office for Monument Preservation Rhineland-Palatinate, Wernersche Verlagsanstalt, Worms 1994, pp. 353–356. ISSN  0341-9967
  • Norbert Heinen : Werner Bornheim called Schilling in memory. In: Rheinische Heimatpflege . Volume 30, No. 1, 1993, pp. 52-53.
  • Franz Ronig : Encounter with Werner Bornheim called Schilling. In: Rheinische Heimatpflege. Volume 30, No. 1, 1993, pp. 53-54.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Andreas Bornheim: Mill and Kehrenhof. XVII. The branch on the mill and Kehrenhof with its sidelines based on Werner Bornheim called Schilling: History of the family (v.) Bornheim 1107-1940. Self-published, Cologne 1940.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Monument preservation in Rhineland-Palatinate Festschrift for Werner Bornheim called Schilling. Ed. State Office for Monument Preservation, Mainz 1980, p. 9.
  3. ^ A b Franz Ronig : Meeting Werner Bornheim called Schilling. In: Rheinische Heimatpflege, 30th year 1993, 1/93, p. 53.
  4. ↑ Bornheim called Schilling, Werner. In: Werner Schuder (Ed.): Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 1976. 12th Edition, Volume I, A – M and Register, de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1976, ISBN 3-11-004470-6 , pp. 315
  5. ^ Veit Geißler: Professor Dr. Werner Bornheim called Schilling 1915–1992. P. 353.
  6. ↑ a b Monument Preservation in Rhineland-Palatinate. Festschrift for Werner Bornheim called Schilling. Ed. State Office for Monument Preservation, Mainz 1980, p. 10.
  7. ↑ Review by Heinrich Niester.
  8. ^ Franz Ronig: Encounter with Werner Bornheim called Schilling. In: Rheinische Heimatpflege, 30th year 1993, 1/93, p. 54.
  9. ↑ a b Norbert Heinen: Werner Bornheim called Schilling in memory. In: Rheinische Heimatpflege, 30th year 1993, 1/93, p. 52 f.
  10. ^ Veit Geißler: Professor Dr. Werner Bornheim called Schilling 1915–1992. P. 354.
  11. ↑ a b Bornheim called Schilling, Werner. In: Who is who? The German Who's Who . XXVII. Edition 1988/1989, Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1988, ISBN 3-7950-2008-5 , p. 141.
  12. ^ Veit Geißler: Professor Dr. Werner Bornheim called Schilling 1915–1992. P. 355.
personal data
SURNAME Bornheim called Schilling, Werner
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bornheim called Schilling, Werner Franz Josef Wilhelm Detlev (full name); Bornheim called Schilling, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and monument conservator, state curator of Rhineland-Palatinate
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1992
Place of death Wiesbaden