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Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling

November 01, 2023

Werner Franz Josef Wilhelm Detlev Bornheim gen. Schilling (6 February 1915 – 29 October 1992) was a German art historian and historic preservationist. From its establishment in 1946 until 1980, he headed the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate and the administration of the state palaces of Rhineland-Palatinate or their predecessor institutions as Landeskonservator [de].

Life edit

Origin edit

Born in Cologne, Bornheim (given name) Schilling was a descendant of a family that had been settled in Langel [de] on the right bank of the Rhine since the 17th century. 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. From Bornheim's marriage to Anna Maria Lob (1857-1931), the Duisburg-born daughter of Mathias Lob, director of the municipal gas and waterworks there, produced, among others, their son Richard (born in Cologne in 1885). After studying at the universities of Paris (Sorbonne), Zurich and Cologne, he graduated as a social civil servant in 1915. Richard's marriage to Victoria Speckhan (born 1889 in Cologne-Nippes), the daughter of Franz Josef Speckhan and Katharina von Bornheim gen. Schilling produced their son Werner.[1]

Career edit

After attending the Rheinische Ritterakademie [de][1] in Bedburg studied art history Schilling from 1934 onwards at the universities of Köln, Bonn, München and finally Berlin. In particular, he was scientifically influenced by Wilhelm Pinder, Gerhart Rodenwaldt and Nicolai Hartmann.[2]

In all his speeches, one noticed the generation in which he had grown up: it was the time of those who had studied with Wilhelm Pinder, to whom Pinder had opened the eyes to beauty and loosened the tongue to its price and interpretation.

— Franz Ronig in his remembrance of Bornheim von Schilling's last great speech in honour of Paul Clemen[3] already marked by fatal illness.

On 17 September 1940, he was awarded a Dr. phil. in Berlin with the thesis Zur Entwicklung der Innenraumdarstellung in der Niederländischen Malerei bis Jan van Eyck. promoviert. Subsequently, during the Second World War, he found work as a volunteer[1] at the Rheinisches Museum (Haus der Rheinischen Heimat) in Cologne-Deutz and the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud (1942[4]) in Cologne employment. While Cologne continued to suffer from the heavy air raids and increasingly fell into rubble and ashes, but also threatened to sink into chaos, Bornheim gen. Schilling was busy with protective measures. His prudence in connection with the preservation and protection of threatened cultural assets found its first opportunity for practical proof in the removal of Cologne's museum holdings to Langenau.[2]

After the liberation of Cologne, he then briefly assisted the reappointed Lord Mayor Konrad Adenauer, with whom he had been in contact since 1944, as custodian and advisor for the preservation of monuments and museums, before he was able to use the experience he had gained in this way usefully in his upcoming places of service. [2] Afterwards, in 1945, he first changed to the position of government conservator of the Regierungsbezirk Koblenz and subsequently, in 1946, to that of provincial conservator for Rhineland and Hesse-Nassau.[5] When the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of the newly founded federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate was formed, he was then appointed the first State Conservator. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1980.[2] During this period, the office had grown to about 100 employees.[6]

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.[7] According to Ronig, his very personal essay Rheinische Denkmalpflege - Rheinland-Pfalz 1945 bis 1980, published in 1981, represents "something like the intellectual testament" of him.[8]

Whoever has experienced, for example, his commitment to the canalisation of the Moselle, his involvement in the conversion of the Petersberg Hotel, his decisions in the preservation and design of the cathedrals, churches, castles and - countless - fortresses in Rhineland-Palatinate, or comprehends them today, will recognise the extent and depth of his achievements. Norbert Heinen [de] in an obituary.[9]

Honorary posts edit

Outside of his work as a state conservator, Bornheim took on numerous other functions and tasks. Among them are: his involvement in the "Association of State Monument Conservators in the Federal Republic of Germany", to which he belonged since its foundation in 1948. In 1958, he became deputy chairman and from 1963 to 1975 he held this position himself.[10] Furthermore, the presidency of the Deutsches Nationalkomitee von ICOMOS [de], which was offered at its establishment in 1964, as well as membership of the Executive Council in Paris and the German Commission for UNESCO. In 1975, he hosted the 4th General Assembly of International Council on Monuments and Sites in this capacity in Rothenburg. Schilling actively maintained memberships in numerous other domestic and foreign commissions. For example, in the Bund Heimat und Umwelt in Deutschland [de] Head of the Expert Group on Monument Preservation and corresponding member of the Compagnie des Architects en Chef des Monuments Historique de la France.[2]

Various organisations awarded him honorary titles. Schilling was an honorary citizen of the city of New Orleans and an honorary member of the German Castles Association as well as the Grand Ducal Institute.[11] In addition, he was chairman of the Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz [de] in Cologne from 1981 to 1990 and was then appointed its honorary chairman.[9]

He also held an honorary professorship at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Mainz.[6] Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon in 1980 and the Federal Cross of Merit 1st class in 1985.[12]

Family edit

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 produced a daughter and a son.[11]

Werner Bornheim was a fascinating personality in his own way: his expertise, his sparkling spirit, his friendly (sometimes biting) humour, his sensual nature, his cheerfulness and his Catholic religion combined in him to form a unity. One should actually add the word "Rhenish" in front of each of these characterising words; only then does one have Werner Bornheim![3]

Bornheim died in Wiesbaden at the age of 77.

Publications edit

  • Rheinische Höhenburgen. Publisher Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz [de] (Jahrbuch 1961–1963), Gesellschaft für Buchdruckerei, Neuss 1964, 3 volumes.
  • Rheinische Denkmalpflege – Rheinland-Pfalz 1945 bis 1980. In Erhalten und gestalten. 75 Jahre Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz. Publisher Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz (Jahrbuch 1981), Gesellschaft für Buchdruckerei, Neuss 1981, ISBN 3-88094-373-7, pp. 57–164.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Andreas Bornheim: Mühle und Kehrenhof. XVII. Der Ast auf der Mühle und Kehrenhof mit seinen Seitenlinien auf Grundlage von Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling: Geschichte der Familie (v.) Bornheim 1107–1940. Self-published, Cologne 1940.
  2. ^ a b c d e Denkmalpflege in Rheinland-Pfalz. Festschrift for Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling. Publisher Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, Mainz 1980, p. 9.
  3. ^ a b Franz Ronig: Begegnung mit Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling. In Rheinische Heimatpflege, 30th Jahrgang 1993, 1/93, p. 53.
  4. ^ Bornheim gen. Schilling, Werner. In Werner Schuder (ed.): Kürschner's German Scholarly Calendar 1976. 12th edition, volume I, A-M and index, de Gruyter, Berlin/ New York 1976, ISBN 3-11-004470-6, p. 315
  5. ^ Veit Geißler: Professor Dr. Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling 1915-1992. p. 353.
  6. ^ a b Denkmalpflege in Rheinland-Pfalz. Festschrift for Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling. Publisher Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, Mainz 1980, p. 10.
  7. ^ Review by Heinrich Niester.
  8. ^ Franz Ronig: Begegnung mit Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling. In Rheinische Heimatpflege, 30th Jahrgang 1993, 1/93, p. 54.
  9. ^ a b Norbert Heinen: Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling zum Gedenken. In Rheinische Heimatpflege, 30th Jahrgang 1993, 1/93, p. 52 f.
  10. ^ Veit Geißler: Professor Dr. Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling 1915-1992. p. 354.
  11. ^ a b Bornheim gen. Schilling, Werner. In Wer ist wer? [de] Das deutsche Who's Who. XXVIIth edition 1988/1989, Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1988, ISBN 3-7950-2008-5, p. 141.
  12. ^ Veit Geißler: Professor Dr.Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling 1915–1992. p. 355.

Further reading edit

  • Bornheim gen. Schilling, Werner. In Werner Schuder (ed.): Kürschners deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender 1976. 12th edition, I vol., A–M und Register, de Gruyter, Berlin/ New York 1976, ISBN 3-11-004470-6, p. 315.
  • Bornheim gen. Schilling, Werner. In Wer ist wer? Das deutsche Who's Who. XXVIIth edition 1988/1989, Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1988, ISBN 3-7950-2008-5, p. 141.
  • Denkmalpflege in Rheinland-Pfalz. Festschrift für Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling. Edited by Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, Mainz 1980, incl. Kurzvita (p. 9f.) und Bibliographie bis einschl. 1979 (pp. 11–22) ISSN 0341-9967
  • Veit Geißler: Professor Dr.Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling 1915–1992. In Denkmalpflege in Rheinland-Pfalz. Jahresberichte 1989–1991. Jahrgang 44–46, Publisher Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Rheinland-Pfalz, Wernersche Verlagsanstalt, Worms 1994, pp. 353–356. ISSN 0341-9967
  • Norbert Heinen [de]: Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling zum Gedenken. In Rheinische Heimatpflege. 30th Jahrgang, Nr 1, 1993, pp. 52–53.
  • Franz Ronig: Begegnung mit Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling. In Rheinische Heimatpflege. 30th Jahrgang, Nr.1, 1993, pp. 53–54.

External links edit

  • Private Webseite with extensive reproduction of the works edited from 1931 onwards by Werner Bornheim and published by himself in 1940. Geschichte der Familie (v.) Bornheim 1107–1940.
  • Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling, in: Verzeichnis der Professorinnen und Professoren der Universität Mainz

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werner, bornheim, schilling, werner, franz, josef, wilhelm, detlev, bornheim, schilling, february, 1915, october, 1992, german, historian, historic, preservationist, from, establishment, 1946, until, 1980, headed, general, directorate, cultural, heritage, rhin. Werner Franz Josef Wilhelm Detlev Bornheim gen Schilling 6 February 1915 29 October 1992 was a German art historian and historic preservationist From its establishment in 1946 until 1980 he headed the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland Palatinate and the administration of the state palaces of Rhineland Palatinate or their predecessor institutions as Landeskonservator de Contents 1 Life 1 1 Origin 1 2 Career 1 3 Honorary posts 1 4 Family 2 Publications 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksLife editOrigin edit Born in Cologne Bornheim given name Schilling was a descendant of a family that had been settled in Langel de on the right bank of the Rhine since the 17th century 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 From Bornheim s marriage to Anna Maria Lob 1857 1931 the Duisburg born daughter of Mathias Lob director of the municipal gas and waterworks there produced among others their son Richard born in Cologne in 1885 After studying at the universities of Paris Sorbonne Zurich and Cologne he graduated as a social civil servant in 1915 Richard s marriage to Victoria Speckhan born 1889 in Cologne Nippes the daughter of Franz Josef Speckhan and Katharina von Bornheim gen Schilling produced their son Werner 1 Career edit After attending the Rheinische Ritterakademie de 1 in Bedburg studied art history Schilling from 1934 onwards at the universities of Koln Bonn Munchen and finally Berlin In particular he was scientifically influenced by Wilhelm Pinder Gerhart Rodenwaldt and Nicolai Hartmann 2 In all his speeches one noticed the generation in which he had grown up it was the time of those who had studied with Wilhelm Pinder to whom Pinder had opened the eyes to beauty and loosened the tongue to its price and interpretation Franz Ronig in his remembrance of Bornheim von Schilling s last great speech in honour of Paul Clemen 3 already marked by fatal illness On 17 September 1940 he was awarded a Dr phil in Berlin with the thesis Zur Entwicklung der Innenraumdarstellung in der Niederlandischen Malerei bis Jan van Eyck promoviert Subsequently during the Second World War he found work as a volunteer 1 at the Rheinisches Museum Haus der Rheinischen Heimat in Cologne Deutz and the Wallraf Richartz Museum amp Fondation Corboud 1942 4 in Cologne employment While Cologne continued to suffer from the heavy air raids and increasingly fell into rubble and ashes but also threatened to sink into chaos Bornheim gen Schilling was busy with protective measures His prudence in connection with the preservation and protection of threatened cultural assets found its first opportunity for practical proof in the removal of Cologne s museum holdings to Langenau 2 After the liberation of Cologne he then briefly assisted the reappointed Lord Mayor Konrad Adenauer with whom he had been in contact since 1944 as custodian and advisor for the preservation of monuments and museums before he was able to use the experience he had gained in this way usefully in his upcoming places of service 2 Afterwards in 1945 he first changed to the position of government conservator of the Regierungsbezirk Koblenz and subsequently in 1946 to that of provincial conservator for Rhineland and Hesse Nassau 5 When the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of the newly founded federal state of Rhineland Palatinate was formed he was then appointed the first State Conservator He remained in this position until his retirement in 1980 2 During this period the office had grown to about 100 employees 6 Schilling published extensively on the art history of the Rhineland its artists but also cultural monuments in particular His three volume work Rheinische Hohenburgen published in 1964 deserves special mention 7 According to Ronig his very personal essay Rheinische Denkmalpflege Rheinland Pfalz 1945 bis 1980 published in 1981 represents something like the intellectual testament of him 8 Whoever has experienced for example his commitment to the canalisation of the Moselle his involvement in the conversion of the Petersberg Hotel his decisions in the preservation and design of the cathedrals churches castles and countless fortresses in Rhineland Palatinate or comprehends them today will recognise the extent and depth of his achievements Norbert Heinen de in an obituary 9 Honorary posts edit Outside of his work as a state conservator Bornheim took on numerous other functions and tasks Among them are his involvement in the Association of State Monument Conservators in the Federal Republic of Germany to which he belonged since its foundation in 1948 In 1958 he became deputy chairman and from 1963 to 1975 he held this position himself 10 Furthermore the presidency of the Deutsches Nationalkomitee von ICOMOS de which was offered at its establishment in 1964 as well as membership of the Executive Council in Paris and the German Commission for UNESCO In 1975 he hosted the 4th General Assembly of International Council on Monuments and Sites in this capacity in Rothenburg Schilling actively maintained memberships in numerous other domestic and foreign commissions For example in the Bund Heimat und Umwelt in Deutschland de Head of the Expert Group on Monument Preservation and corresponding member of the Compagnie des Architects en Chef des Monuments Historique de la France 2 Various organisations awarded him honorary titles Schilling was an honorary citizen of the city of New Orleans and an honorary member of the German Castles Association as well as the Grand Ducal Institute 11 In addition he was chairman of the Rheinischer Verein fur Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz de in Cologne from 1981 to 1990 and was then appointed its honorary chairman 9 He also held an honorary professorship at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Mainz 6 Werner Bornheim gen Schilling was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon in 1980 and the Federal Cross of Merit 1st class in 1985 12 Family edit 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 produced a daughter and a son 11 Werner Bornheim was a fascinating personality in his own way his expertise his sparkling spirit his friendly sometimes biting humour his sensual nature his cheerfulness and his Catholic religion combined in him to form a unity One should actually add the word Rhenish in front of each of these characterising words only then does one have Werner Bornheim 3 Bornheim died in Wiesbaden at the age of 77 Publications editRheinische Hohenburgen Publisher Rheinischer Verein fur Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz de Jahrbuch 1961 1963 Gesellschaft fur Buchdruckerei Neuss 1964 3 volumes Rheinische Denkmalpflege Rheinland Pfalz 1945 bis 1980 In Erhalten und gestalten 75 Jahre Rheinischer Verein fur Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz Publisher Rheinischer Verein fur Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz Jahrbuch 1981 Gesellschaft fur Buchdruckerei Neuss 1981 ISBN 3 88094 373 7 pp 57 164 References edit a b c Andreas Bornheim Muhle und Kehrenhof XVII Der Ast auf der Muhle und Kehrenhof mit seinen Seitenlinien auf Grundlage von Werner Bornheim gen Schilling Geschichte der Familie v Bornheim 1107 1940 Self published Cologne 1940 a b c d e Denkmalpflege in Rheinland Pfalz Festschrift for Werner Bornheim gen Schilling Publisher Landesamt fur Denkmalpflege Mainz 1980 p 9 a b Franz Ronig Begegnung mit Werner Bornheim gen Schilling In Rheinische Heimatpflege 30th Jahrgang 1993 1 93 p 53 Bornheim gen Schilling Werner In Werner Schuder ed Kurschner s German Scholarly Calendar 1976 12th edition volume I A M and index de Gruyter Berlin New York 1976 ISBN 3 11 004470 6 p 315 Veit Geissler Professor Dr Werner Bornheim gen Schilling 1915 1992 p 353 a b Denkmalpflege in Rheinland Pfalz Festschrift for Werner Bornheim gen Schilling Publisher Landesamt fur Denkmalpflege Mainz 1980 p 10 Review by Heinrich Niester Franz Ronig Begegnung mit Werner Bornheim gen Schilling In Rheinische Heimatpflege 30th Jahrgang 1993 1 93 p 54 a b Norbert Heinen Werner Bornheim gen Schilling zum Gedenken In Rheinische Heimatpflege 30th Jahrgang 1993 1 93 p 52 f Veit Geissler Professor Dr Werner Bornheim gen Schilling 1915 1992 p 354 a b Bornheim gen Schilling Werner In Wer ist wer de Das deutsche Who s Who XXVIIth edition 1988 1989 Schmidt Romhild Lubeck 1988 ISBN 3 7950 2008 5 p 141 Veit Geissler Professor Dr Werner Bornheim gen Schilling 1915 1992 p 355 Further reading editBornheim gen Schilling Werner In Werner Schuder ed Kurschners deutscher Gelehrten Kalender 1976 12th edition I vol A M und Register de Gruyter Berlin New York 1976 ISBN 3 11 004470 6 p 315 Bornheim gen Schilling Werner In Wer ist wer Das deutsche Who s Who XXVIIth edition 1988 1989 Schmidt Romhild Lubeck 1988 ISBN 3 7950 2008 5 p 141 Denkmalpflege in Rheinland Pfalz Festschrift fur Werner Bornheim gen Schilling Edited by Landesamt fur Denkmalpflege Mainz 1980 incl Kurzvita p 9f und Bibliographie bis einschl 1979 pp 11 22 ISSN 0341 9967 Veit Geissler Professor Dr Werner Bornheim gen Schilling 1915 1992 In Denkmalpflege in Rheinland Pfalz Jahresberichte 1989 1991 Jahrgang 44 46 Publisher Landesamt fur Denkmalpflege Rheinland Pfalz Wernersche Verlagsanstalt Worms 1994 pp 353 356 ISSN 0341 9967 Norbert Heinen de Werner Bornheim gen Schilling zum Gedenken In Rheinische Heimatpflege 30th Jahrgang Nr 1 1993 pp 52 53 Franz Ronig Begegnung mit Werner Bornheim gen Schilling In Rheinische Heimatpflege 30th Jahrgang Nr 1 1993 pp 53 54 External links editPrivate Webseite with extensive reproduction of the works edited from 1931 onwards by Werner Bornheim and published by himself in 1940 Geschichte der Familie v Bornheim 1107 1940 Werner Bornheim gen Schilling in Verzeichnis der Professorinnen und Professoren der Universitat Mainz Portals nbsp Architecture nbsp Art nbsp Germany Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Werner Bornheim gen Schilling amp oldid 1169517666, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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