Eduard Krüger (architect)

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Eduard Krüger (born July 25, 1901 in Kleinwildbad; † June 27, 1967 in Schwäbisch Hall ) was a German architect, building historian and town planner.

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Eduard Krüger was born in the Black Forest in 1901. He had an older brother who was killed in the First World War. Since his father died before he was born , the mother , who came from Schwäbisch Hall , raised the children on her own and worked a. a. as a seamstress . Krüger studied architecture in Stuttgart from 1920 to 1926 . His teachers included Paul Bonatz , Heinz Wetzel and Paul Schmitthenner . From 1925/26 to Bonatz's architecture office, he passed his diploma examination in 1926. In the following year he had his own architecture office in Stuttgart and received his doctorate in 1928 on the building history of the collegiate church in Herrenberg . In 1937 he married Lilo Rath, who came from Wildbad . The marriage resulted in son Rainer, who later became a high school teacher. Between 1938 and 1947 Krüger acted at the TH Stuttgart as deputy of Paul Bonatz, of whose master class he was one. Like him, he represented a more conservative building attitude. Many of his buildings were characterized by homeland security architecture . With the construction of the Kreissparkasse in Wangen in 1937, for example, Krüger oriented himself on local models such as the Mohren-Post inn from 1540, whose stepped gable he repeated. As a building historian, he dealt intensively with the structural conditions in the area, as his 1953 construction of the Kreissparkasse in Rottenburg am Neckar shows. The building, which has not been classified as a historical monument and fits seamlessly into the image of the historic market square, is now threatened with demolition.

In 1946 Krüger moved to Schwäbisch Hall because his apartment and office in Stuttgart had been destroyed. From 1948 to 1951 he worked as a city planner in Schwäbisch Hall. In the 1960s he directed the renovation of the former Benedictine monastery Großcomburg . In addition to his work as an architect, he carried out numerous archaeological excavations.

Eduard Krüger died on July 27, 1967, probably as a result of a stroke at the age of 65. In the Schwäbisch Hall district of Hagenbach, a panorama path today commemorates the architect.

Buildings (selection)

Former Kreissparkasse in Wangen im Allgäu
Hafenmarkt 1 Schwäbisch Hall

literature

Publications by Eduard Krüger

  • 1929: The Herrenberg collegiate church. Stuttgart
  • 1953: Schwäbisch Hall. With Großkomburg, Kleinkomburg, Steinbach and Limpurg. A walk through history and art. Schwäbisch Hall
  • 1953: The town hall in Schwäbisch Hall and its influence on the design of the market square. Schwäbisch Hall
  • 1957: Rothenburg ob der Tauber by Paul Swiridoff (photos). Text and captions by Eduard Krüger. Schwäbisch Hall
  • 1958: The art of the tomb in old Schwäbisch Hall. Schwäbisch Hall
  • 1966: The town fortifications of Schwäbisch Hall. Schwäbisch Hall
  • 1968: A stroll through Schwäbisch Hall. 4th edition Schwäbisch Hall

Literature about Eduard Krüger

  • Wilhelm Hommel: Obituary for Dr. Eduard Kruger. In: 1st annual issue 1970 of the Alt Hall association. Schwäbisch Hall 1970, pp. 1-39
  • Stefanie Plarre: The Kochhofsiedlung. The counter model to the Weißenhofsiedlung. Paul Schmitthenner's settlement project in Stuttgart from 1927 to 1933. Stuttgart 2001, 2nd edition 2003

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Verena Bufler: Panoramic view for pensioners. In: Südwest Presse Online from March 10, 2014, accessed on December 14, 2019
  2. ↑ saai | Southwest German archive for architecture and civil engineering
  3. ↑ according to schwarzwald-informationen.de, accessed on December 15, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Kruger, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Small game pool
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 1967
Place of death Schwäbisch Hall