Wilhelm Sagebiel

Wilhelm Sagebiel (born December 9, 1855 in Latferde near Hameln , † March 24, 1940 in Braunschweig ) was a German sculptor .

Life

He was the son of the master turner Wilhelm Sagebiel and his wife, b. Foliage from Bodenwerder . He attended the community school in Bodenwerder and learned wood turning from 1869 to 1872 from his father and grandfather. After completing his apprenticeship, he worked in various branches of the woodworking trade from 1873 to 1877. After years of apprenticeship and traveling, he settled in Braunschweig as a foreman in 1883, married in 1886 and started a family.

He had seven children. His son Karl (1891–1943) was also a sculptor and designed the Raabe monument in Eschershausen. His son Ernst (1892-1970) was an architect and created, among other things, the Reich Aviation Ministry in Berlin (now the Federal Ministry of Finance) and the Tempelhof airport building in Berlin. His son Georg (1897–1946) was also an architect and head of the design office at Luftkreiskommando III. Wilhelm Sagebiel died honored in Braunschweig on March 24, 1940.

Sagebiel initially worked in Bremen , Hanover , Stuttgart and Munich before opening a sculpture workshop in Braunschweig in 1883. He was active nationwide and created z. B. Works for the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin and for the Erfurt Cathedral . Wilhelm Sagebiel kept a list of his works between 1879 and 1915. He then created primarily liturgical furnishings such as pulpit and altar for around 90 churches , but also patronage stalls and organ cases . Its main material is oak wood , also combined with sandstone , marble and limestone . Sagebiel worked closely with some well-known architects and builders , such as Hans Pfeifer, Bernhard Kühn , August Menken , Max Spitta and Franz Heinrich Schwechten . His masterly sculptural work, his figurative representations and his ornamental work were praised. He was able to produce his works very well in the given style. Wilhelm Sagebiel carried out his work according to submitted, but also according to his own designs. In recognition of his achievements, the regent of Braunschweig, Prince Albrecht , appointed him ducal court sculptor in 1895.

Works (selection)

Rood screen in the Braunschweig Brothers Church

City of Braunschweig

His main work in Braunschweig is the neo-Gothic oak rood screen, which was created over several years and which was installed in the Brothers Church in 1904 .
In 1883 and 1886, respectively, he created statues and cases for the rood art clock from the Brothers Church exhibited in the Municipal Museum .
For the monastery church in Riddagshausen he added parts of the baptismal cover and the pulpit.
His work for the Brunswick Cathedral and the St. Andrew's Church , a pulpit in neo-renaissance style, have not been preserved.

Outside Braunschweig

For the Luther Church in Bad Harzburg , Sagebiel made the baptismal font, the pulpit, the altar and the relief above the main portal, which shows the namesake of the church: Luther preaching to the people .

For the Bismarck Tower in Bodenwerder, he created a Bismarck medallion made of white sandstone above the entrance .

For the St. Antonius Church in Hasselfelde , the altar and pulpit were made in a neo-Gothic style .

The altarpiece in the Luther Church in Holzminden was made by Sagebiel. It depicts the replacement of the Old Testament sacrificial cult with Christ's death on the cross .

He made the altar and the pulpit for the Luther Church in Soltau .

Berlin and the surrounding area

The works of art by Wilhelm Sagebiel are still preserved in 9 of the original 13 churches: Immanuelkirche , Stephanuskirche , Friedenskirche Berlin-Grünau , Dorfkirche Gröben , Martin-Luther-Kirche in Fürstenwalde-Süd , Gnadenkirche , Simeonskirche , St.-Johannes-Basilika and Kirche am South star . The Evangelical Peace Church in Berlin-Grünau has an altarpiece with a crucifix carved from oak by Sagebiel .

literature

Norman-Mathias Pingel: Sagebiel, Wilhelm. in: Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (Hrsg.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Supplementary volume. Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1996, ISBN 3-926701-30-7 , p. 114 .
Ursula Steinike: On the trail of Wilhelm Sagebiel in Berlin and the surrounding area - a forgotten sculptor from Braunschweig. in: Braunschweigischer Kalender 2010. Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig, ISSN 0343-0316 , pp. 85ff.

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Sagebiel - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Ursula Steinike: Court sculptor Wilhelm Sagebiel and his work. PDF , accessed April 17, 2014.

Footnotes

↑ Hans Pfeifer was a secret building officer in the ducal building administration in Braunschweig.
↑ Liebfrauenkapelle Bodenwerder-Linse: Altar, box for song numbers.
^ Immanuelkirche Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg: pulpit, altar cross and organ case.
↑ St.-Johannes-Basilika Berlin-Neukölln: Organ case, confessionals and furniture in the imperial box.
↑ Gnadenkirche Berlin-Mitte: Altar cross, 12 apostles on the crown of lights.
^ Gröben village church (Ludwigsfelde): altarpiece and patronage stalls, St. Simeon Church Berlin-Kreuzberg: altar with rich figurative representations.
↑ About the restored renaissance rood screen in the Brothers Church. ( Memento of September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 18, 2014.
↑ Hans Pfeifer: The Riddagshausen monastery near Braunschweig. Published by Julius Zwissler, Wolfenbüttel 1896, pp. 35ff., 59. PDF , accessed on April 19, 2014.
^ History of the Luther Church Bad Harzburg. , accessed May 7, 2014.
↑ The Bismarck Tower in Bodenwerder. , accessed April 18, 2014.
^ History of the Luther Church in Holzminden. ( Memento of April 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 18, 2014.
^ The Luther Church in Soltau. ( Memento of April 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 18, 2014.
^ Stephanuskirche Berlin-Gesundbrunnen: Pulpit.
^ Martin Luther Church Fürstenwalde-Süd: Altar, pulpit and baptismal font.
^ Church at the Südstern Berlin-Kreuzberg: Altar, Christ figure.
↑ Ursula Steinike: The altar of the Friedenskirche Grünau. PDF , accessed April 17, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Sagebiel, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 9, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH	Latferde near Hameln
DATE OF DEATH	March 24, 1940
Place of death	Braunschweig

[1] Hans Pfeifer was a secret building officer in the ducal building administration in Braunschweig.

[2] Liebfrauenkapelle Bodenwerder-Linse: Altar, box for song numbers.

[3] Immanuelkirche Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg: pulpit, altar cross and organ case.

[4] St.-Johannes-Basilika Berlin-Neukölln: Organ case, confessionals and furniture in the imperial box.

[5] Gnadenkirche Berlin-Mitte: Altar cross, 12 apostles on the crown of lights.

[6] Gröben village church (Ludwigsfelde): altarpiece and patronage stalls, St. Simeon Church Berlin-Kreuzberg: altar with rich figurative representations.

[7] About the restored renaissance rood screen in the Brothers Church. ( Memento of September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 18, 2014.

[8] Hans Pfeifer: The Riddagshausen monastery near Braunschweig. Published by Julius Zwissler, Wolfenbüttel 1896, pp. 35ff., 59. PDF , accessed on April 19, 2014.

[9] History of the Luther Church Bad Harzburg. , accessed May 7, 2014.

[10] The Bismarck Tower in Bodenwerder. , accessed April 18, 2014.

[11] History of the Luther Church in Holzminden. ( Memento of April 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 18, 2014.

[12] The Luther Church in Soltau. ( Memento of April 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 18, 2014.

[13] Stephanuskirche Berlin-Gesundbrunnen: Pulpit.

[14] Martin Luther Church Fürstenwalde-Süd: Altar, pulpit and baptismal font.

[15] Church at the Südstern Berlin-Kreuzberg: Altar, Christ figure.

[16] Ursula Steinike: The altar of the Friedenskirche Grünau. PDF , accessed April 17, 2014.