Wilhelm Kathol (architect)

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Wilhelm Kathol (born December 5, 1878 in Berlar , † January 11, 1951 in Meschede ) was a German architect and construction clerk who worked as a district master builder in Meschede.

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Wilhelm Kathol was born in Berlar as the son of the landowner Franz Kathol. After attending primary school in Berlar, he attended the Rector's School in Ramsbeck until 1893 . This was followed by activities in the construction industry in Grevenbroich , Hüsten and Gelsenkirchen . In 1898 he passed the final exam at the building trade school in Höxter . He then worked as an architect and site manager in Cologne and Witten . From 1904 Kathol attended the Dr. Cordgia in Hanover . In 1905 he passed the final exam at the secondary school in Lippstadt as an external student and then studied architecture at the Technical University of Hanover . He passed his main diploma examination in 1908 at the Technical University of Darmstadt . After working as a teacher at the building trade school in Zerbst and as an architect in Cologne, he became head of the newly founded district building authority in Meschede in 1910. He initially held the title of district builder and was later promoted to district building officer (before 1930) .

His most important buildings are the district building in Meschede and the advanced school in Fredeburg . Its architecture shows clear, harmonious forms and is often characterized as simple and beautiful .

The architectural influence of Kathol went beyond the state buildings. Characteristic of the rectory buildings around 1910/1914 is the dignified basic attitude with the reduction of the baroque quotations to proportion, axiality and roof shape (full hipped roof ). This architectural language was formulated to a large extent in the Sauerland by Wilhelm Kathol.

In 1933 the district building authority was closed on the following grounds: “It can no longer be justified that the district building authority is competing with private architects.” Wilhelm Kathol was retired on June 30, 1933 at the age of 55.

Buildings (incomplete)

  • 1913–1914: School building in Niederberndorf
  • 1913–1923: Extension of the district building in Meschede, Steinstrasse (today Meschede District Court , a listed building since 1986)
  • 1915: School building in Nichtinghausen
  • 1915: School building in Gleidorf
  • 1924–1925: School building in Westernbödefeld
  • 1925: School building in Brabecke
  • 1925: School building in Bödefeld
  • 1928: Advanced school in Fredeburg 1928 (today's music education center South Westphalia )
  • 1930: School building in Nuttlar
  • 1931: School building in Reiste
  • 1931: School building in Oedingen
  • Office building in Serkenrode
  • Office building in Bestwig
  • Sisters' house in Velmede
  • Boarding school in Fredeburg
  • Extension of the Schützenzelt in Fredeburg
  • Housing developments with 27 apartments in Velmede
  • Residential buildings on St.-Georg-Strasse in Fredeburg
  • Gierse residential building in Bödefeld, Schützenstrasse 10
  • House Kropf in Meschede, Hardtstraße 9
  • Ransenberg residential building in Meschede

  • Kreishaus Meschede, today Meschede District Court

  • Advanced school in Fredeburg, today the Bad Fredeburg Academy

  • School building in Bödefeld, current state of construction

  • School building in Westernbödefeld, today a residential building

  • School building in Brabecke, today a residential building

  • Meschede, residential building Hardtstr. 9, current state of construction

  • Bödefeld, residential building Schützenstr. 10, current state of construction

literature

  • o. V .: Our Sauerland artists. In: Sauerländer Heimwacht , 12th year 1930, issue 6/7, p. 202f. (Article on Wilhelm Kathol) (online, pdf with approx. 3.53 MB)
  • Dieter Wiethoff: District architect Wilhelm Kathol. His work in the Meschede district . In: Yearbook Hochsauerlandkreis 1993 . ISBN 3-923448-98-8 , pp. 22-25 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas Spohn: Parsonage in Northwest Germany. ISBN 978-3-89325-717-1 , p. 58.
  2. ^ Meschede district court by Stephan Teutenberg
  3. ^ Hubert Gierse: State girls' advanced classes for Fredeburg i. W. - Founding of the institute in 1925 and the early end of 1937 . In: Der Schwammklöpper - Fredeburger Heimatblätter January 2000 . S. 46-61 .
personal data
SURNAME Kathol, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and construction officer
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlar
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1951
Place of death Meschede