Wolfgang Dieter Brönner (born 17 November 1940) is a German art historian and historic preservationist. From 1991 to 2005, he was the Landeskonservator of the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate in Mainz.

Life

Born in Berlin, Brönner studied law at the universities of Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, the University of Lausanne and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn from 1961, before staying in Bonn in 1965 to study Art History and Classical Archaeology. In 1971, he passed the zweite juristische Staatsexamen. In the same year he was awarded a degree in art history by Heinrich Lützeler with a thesis on "French architectural theory of the 17th century"[1] to the Dr. phil.[2]

After graduating, he first moved to the administration[3] of the Technische Universität Dortmund and then entered the service of the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Bremen as a scientific officer in 1973. From there, he joined the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Bremen as a scientific officer in 1980.[2] Its director at the time, Udo Mainzer, entrusted Brönner with basic research on 19th and 20th century architecture after his arrival and 20th century,[4] for which a new department within the inventory was established[3] and thus initiated the creation of the standard work on villa architecture in Germany: Die bürgerliche Villa in Deutschland 1830 - 1900. [4] From 1986 Brönner headed the inventory department.[3]

One year after his habilitation in art history at the University of Bonn,[2] Brönner resigned as senior conservator at the Rhineland Office for the Preservation of Monuments on 15 September 1991[5] and succeeded Magnus Backes as state conservator of Rhineland-Palatinate. A task he performed until his retirement on 29 November 2005.[1]

In addition to his official duties, Brönner has acted as editorial director of the biannual journal Die Denkmalpflege since 1993. In 1999, he also received an appointment as associate professor at the University of Mainz.[2] He had already held repeated teaching posts at the University of Bremen, University of Cologne, Bonn and Mainz since 1974.[1]

In addition to other memberships in scientific advisory boards, including those for Speyer Cathedral and Mainz Cathedral[2] Brönner was also involved in the preparations for the inclusion of the Rhine Gorge in the List of World Heritage Sites in Germany in 2002 via the State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments and Rhineland-Palatinate.[1]

Publications

  • Blondel – Perrault. Zur Architekturtheorie des 17th Jahrhunderts in Frankreich. Dissertation, Philosophische Fakultät, Universität Bonn 1971.
  • Die bürgerliche Villa in Deutschland 1830 – 1890. Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Rheinlandes. (Beiträge zu den Bau- und Kunstdenkmälern im Rheinland, vol.29), Patmos-Schwann, Düsseldorf 1987, ISBN 3-491-29029-5 (2nd slightly revised. ed., Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1994, ISBN 3-491-29029-5
  • Die Villa Cahn in Bonn-Plittersdorf. Ein "Deutsches Haus" am Rhein. Geschichte – Architektur – Ausstattung – Kunstsammlung. (Beiträge zu den Bau- und Kunstdenkmälern im Rheinland, vol.31), J.P. Bachem Verlag, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7616-1001-7.
  • Bürgerliche Villen in Potsdam.[6] Photographs: Jürgen Strauss, J Strauss Verlag, Potsdam 2000, ISBN 3-929748-13-4.
  • [https://www.worldcat.org/title/burgerliche-villen-in-potsdam/oclc/231870484&referer=brief_results<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/231870484 Wernersche Verlagsanstalt, Worms 2009, ISBN 978-3-88462-286-5.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rheinische Heimatpflege. 43th Jahrgang, Nr. 2, 2006, p. 157 ISSN 0342-1805.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Wolfgang Brönner at the Department of Art History of the University in Mainz.
  3. 1 2 3 Denkmalpflege im Rheinland. Publisher Landschaftsverband Rheinland, Rheinisches Amt für Denkmalpflege, 8th Jahrgang, 3rd Vierteljahr 1991, Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1991, p. 144.
  4. 1 2 Die bürgerliche Villa in Deutschland 1830 - 1900. Wernersche Verlagsanstalt, Worms 2009, ISBN 978-3-88462-286-5, p. 8.
  5. ↑ Udo Mainzer (ed.), Angelika Schyma (editor): Festschrift zum hundertjährigen Bestehen des Rheinischen Amtes für Denkmalpflege. (Jahrbuch der rheinischen Denkmalpflege. vol.36) Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1993, ISBN 3-7666-9872-9, p. 599.
  6. ↑ Bürgerliche Villen in Potsdam. on Worldcat

Further reading

  • Roland Härtel: Verabschiedung von Herrn Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Brönner am 29 November 2005 in Mainz, in Baudenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz 2005, Jahrgang 60, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2007, ISBN 978-3-8053-3716-8, p. X–XII.
  • Tobias Möllmer (ed .): Stil und Charakter. Beiträge zu Denkmalpflege und Architekturgeschichte des 19th Jahrhunderts. Festschrift on the 75th birthday of Wolfgang Brönner. Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, Berlin / Basel 2015, ISBN 978-3-0356-0451-1.
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