Gerd Offenberg

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Gerd Offenberg , actually Gerhard Offenberg , (born November 22, 1897 in Erwitte , † November 22, 1987 in Mainz ) was a German architect and construction clerk .

biography

After participating in the First World War, Offenberg studied architecture from 1919 to 1925 at the Technical University of Darmstadt and the Technical University of Stuttgart . From 1925 to 1928 he was Paul Schmitthenner's assistant in Stuttgart. From 1928 to 1930 he worked in the construction office of the Siemens group in Berlin. During the Great Depression he lived from 1930 to 1933 without a job in Arnsberg . In 1933 he was given a teaching position at the chair for urban planning at the Technical University of Stuttgart as a representative of city planner Heinz Wetzel .

In 1934 he was appointed building director to Bremen and worked there until 1942. Here he promoted the construction of small settlements, including in Grolland . In 1939 the West Bridge was built over the Weser during his time . The Werdersee was intended as a green axis to the city, but was not realized due to the war. An educational home on Warturmer Heerstraße was built according to his plans. According to an unrealized plan by Offenberg, all buildings on the Domshof were to give way except for the Bremen Cathedral and the Bremen City Hall . The parade ground should be larger and quieter; the war prevented the realization of the square, while the tram was relocated to Violenstrasse in the 1980s. He and Hermann Gildemeister were decisive for the architecture in Bremen at this time.

In 1942 he took over the management of the University of Architecture and Fine Arts in Weimar , which developed into a technical university. In 1946 he was succeeded by Hermann Henselmann in this office.

Offenberg was from 1948 to 1960, most recently as ministerial director , head of department for urban development and regional planning of the Ministry of Finance and Reconstruction in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . He took part in competitions (Foreign Office and Beethoven Hall in Bonn , cathedral environment in Cologne , Stadttheater Kassel , Bremen market square, Pirmasens exhibition center ). After being appointed Ministerialrat of the Rhineland-Palatinate government, he renounced his appointment as town planning officer for the city of Kassel in 1948.

From 1967 Offenberg was chief architect at the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge .

Fonts

  • Mosaic of my life. Mainz 1974.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ronald Kunze (ed.): The reconstruction of the city of Kassel in the mirror of the local press. Hanover / Kassel 1987.
personal data
SURNAME Offenberg, Gerd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Offenberg, Gerhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and construction officer
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Erwitte
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1987
Place of death Mainz