Erwin Schleich
Born(1925-04-20)20 April 1925
Died13 August 1992(1992-08-13) (aged 67)
Munich, Germany
Alma materTechnical University of Munich
Occupations
  • Architect
  • architectural conservator
  • architectural historian

Erwin Schleich (20 April 1925 – 13 August 1992) was a German architect, architectural conservator, and architectural historian known for his post-war reconstruction of buildings and monuments in Munich.

Biography

Erwin Schleich was born in Munich. He graduated from the Wilhelmsgymnasium in 1943, and from 1947 to 1951, he studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich.[1] In 1957, he received his doctorate on the subject The Peterskirche in Munich, its building history and its relationship to the city in the Middle Ages, presented on the basis of the results of the excavations.[2]

Schleich later worked as a freelance architect and was responsible for the restoration and reconstruction of numerous monuments in Munich. In 1973, he was appointed to the Landesdenkmalrat, or State Monument Council. The Bavarian State Historic Preservation Law of 1973, which boosted cultural heritage preservation in the state, emerged from a suggestion by Schleich.[3]

In contrast with the growing trend towards modernism in post-war Germany, historical preservationists like Schleich kept the spirit of traditionalism alive when rebuilding Munich after the war. For example, in the case of Klosterkirche St. Anna im Lehel in 1968, Schleich reconstructed Johann Michael Fischer's original 18th century Rococo façade, instead of August von Voit's 19th century neo-Romanesque façade, which had been destroyed in the war. In the case of Heilig-Geist-Kirche in 1970, Schleich replaced the simple white interiors of the church's 1950s renovation with recreations of its original frescoes and Rococo ornementation.[3]

From 1974 to 1991, Schleich was a member of the board of directors of the Bavarian Association for Home Care.[1] He died in Munich on 13 August 1992.[4]

Selected projects

Tower at Altes Rathaus in Munich

References

  1. 1 2 "Erwin-Schleich-Straße". Landeshauptstadt München: Rathaus (in German).
  2. Schleich, Erwin (1957). Die Peterskirche in München, ihre Baugeschichte und ihre Beziehungen zur Stadt im Mittelalter, dargestellt auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen (PhD). Technische Universität München.
  3. 1 2 Rosenfeld, Gavriel D. (2000). Munich and Memory: Architecture, Monuments, and the Legacy of the Third Reich. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520219106.
  4. "Schleich, Erwin". Deutsche Biographie (in German).
  5. "Stadtpfarrkirche St. Peter, Wiederaufbau". mediaTUM (in German). Universitätsbibliothek Technische Universität München.
  6. "Ruffiniblock". mediaTUM (in German). Universitätsbibliothek Technische Universität München.
  7. "St. Ludwig". mediaTUM (in German). Universitätsbibliothek Technische Universität München.
  8. "Preysingpalais, Wiederaufbau". mediaTUM (in German). Universitätsbibliothek Technische Universität München.
  9. "Damenstiftskirche St. Anna, Wiederaufbau". mediaTUM (in German). Universitätsbibliothek Technische Universität München.
  10. "Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Wiederaufbau". mediaTUM (in German). Universitätsbibliothek Technische Universität München.
  11. "Kath.- Ukrainisches Zentrum". mediaTUM (in German). Universitätsbibliothek Technische Universität München.
  12. "Klosterkirche St. Anna". mediaTUM (in German). Universitätsbibliothek Technische Universität München.
  13. "Die Klosterkirche St. Anna im Lehel". Erzbistum München und Freising (in German).
  14. "Hl. Geist Kirche". mediaTUM (in German). Universitätsbibliothek Technische Universität München.
  15. "Altes Rathaus, Wiederaufbau Turm". mediaTum (in German). Universitätsbibliothek Technische Universität München.
  16. "Bayerischer Hof, Umbau Palais Montgelas". mediaTUM (in German). Universitätsbibliothek Technische Universität München.
  17. "Schloss Possenhofen, Umbau". mediaTUM (in German). Universitätsbibliothek Technische Universität München.
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