Ernst Supan

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Ernst Supan (born February 2, 1884 in Czernowitz ; † June 23, 1966 in Detmold ) was a German architect and town planner .

Life

Ernst Supan was the second of four children of the geographer Alexander Supan and von Adelheid geb. Rectorzik. He attended high school in Gotha . After graduating from school in 1903, he did his military service and finally studied architecture from 1905 . He studied in Karlsruhe , Dresden and Braunschweig , where he passed his first state examination as a qualified engineer . After completing his legal clerkship , Supan passed his second state examination in 1913 as a government architect.

Supan marries Anna Wilhelmina Agnes Minna S. born in 1911. Grosse (1885-1970). The marriage resulted in a son and a daughter.

Supan was the beginning of the First World War for military service confiscated. After a few months he became a lieutenant in the reserve. In 1914 he was wounded, also in 1917 as a first lieutenant in the reserve. He was awarded the Knight's Cross II. Class with Swords of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order and the Iron Cross, First Class. During the war he suffered serious injuries that resulted in the loss of his right arm and damage to his left leg.

In 1919, Supan was appointed city architect and later city building officer in Detmold. He shaped the urban design of Detmold in the Weimar period . The establishment of numerous settlements and facilities go back to him. In addition, he held lectures at the Prince Leopold Academy for Administrative Sciences and designed emergency paper money for Lippe-Detmold, which was issued in 1920.

Supan became a member of the NSDAP on May 1, 1937 , but remained without office. Due to early retirement proceedings against him, he was retired in 1939 at the age of 55.

Publications (selection)

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  • Clemens Heuger: City planning officer Ernst Josef Supan and his house at Alter Postweg 30 in Detmold , in: Rosenland: Zeitschrift für Lippische Geschichte , No. 23, 2019, pp. 36–41. ( Online )
  • Obituary in: Lippische Landes-Zeitung , June 25, 1966.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 47, p. 195
  2. ^ List of medal holders in the Thuringia archive portal
  3. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , No. 65, 1917, p. 409
personal data
SURNAME Supan, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and urban planner
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Chernivtsi
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 1966
Place of death Detmold