Arno Anke
Arno Anke (born July 30, 1879 in Chemnitz ; † August 18, 1968 in Mannheim ) was a German architect and was one of the protagonists of the garden city movement in Germany.
He settled in Mannheim around 1906 together with Hermann Esch as a freelance architect. In addition to the Mannheim garden city , garden cities also emerged outside the Rhine-Neckar region according to plans by Esch and Anke. B. from 1910 the garden city of Quasnitz near Leipzig . Furthermore, various residential buildings in Mannheim and the Protestant church in Maikammer (1913–1914) belong to the joint work of the two architects.
Anke was a member of the German Werkbund (DWB) .
A street in the Käfertal district of Mannheim is named after him.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d MARCHIVUM: street names, Arno-Anke-Weg. Retrieved August 27, 2018 .
- ^ History of the Garden City ( Memento from January 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Peter Guth, Bernd Sikora : Art Nouveau & Werkkunst. Architecture around 1900 in Leipzig. Edition Leipzig, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-361-00590-6 , p. 108.
- ↑ Entry “Arno Anke” in: “archthek”, Historisches Architektenregister , section Aman – Arft , accessed on January 13, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anke, Arno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th August 1968 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |