Emil Leo

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Emil Leo (born March 14, 1894 in Brno , † April 15, 1974 in Aalen ) was a German architect and lecturer at the German Technical University in Brno .

Life

After attending German schools in Brno, Emil Leo studied architecture at the German Technical University in Brno. In 1921 he graduated with honors and received his doctorate there. He was a research assistant, later an honorary lecturer, and from 1930 to 1945 professor and full professor at the chair for building design, interior design, urban planning and settlement and design in Brno.

Together with his colleagues Heinrich Fanta , Emil Tranquillini and Vinzenz Baier, he was one of the younger generation of architects at the German Technical University in Brno. Leo worked as a town planner from 1938 to 1945 in an advisory capacity for the cities of Iglau, Friedberg, Prerau and Olomouc as well as Brno.

At the end of the Second World War he was expelled from Brno and in 1945 became city director in Aalen. He taught at the TH Stuttgart / University of Stuttgart .

Projects (selection)

  • Numerous urban planning such as planning procedures, settlement areas, etc.
  • City Hall in Brno
  • Cenotaph of the city of Brno
  • German house in Iglau
  • Dormitory for university students in Brno
  • German Theater in Brno - redesign of the representative rooms
  • Sanatorium Dr. Neugebauer in Bad Graefenberg
  • Factory settlement in Liskowetz near Mährisch Ostrau
  • Workers 'and civil servants' settlement in Falkenau
  • Reconstruction and redesign of the city theater and the Redoutenhalle in Olomouc
  • Reconstruction of the city theater in Iglau
  • War memorial in Mödritz
  • Reconstruction and construction of the town hall in Iglau
  • New building of the house of culture in Brno with the city museum
  • City gallery and city halls, new building of the city library in Brno
  • Reconstruction of the city theater in Jägerdorf
  • Elementary school in Müglitz
  • Primary school in God's blessing

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Entry about Emil Leo on suedmaehren.at , accessed on July 5, 2012
  2. ↑ "German cultural life in Brno" ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , The old German Brno - a city as a legacy, accessed on April 27, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bruenn.org
  3. ↑ inventory EA 3/150: Ministry of Culture: personnel files , State Archive of Baden-Wuerttemberg, accessed July 5, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Leo, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1974
Place of death Bask