Hans Malwitz
Hans Malwitz (born April 23, 1891 in Seckenburg , East Prussia , † October 12, 1987 in Münster , Westphalia) was a German architect and construction clerk .
Career
After graduating from high school for boys in Tilsit in 1912 , Malwitz first studied philosophy in Königsberg and Berlin , then switched to architecture. His teacher was German Bestelmeyer . He then became an assistant at the Technical University of Munich . In 1924 he was a government builder ( assessor ). In 1930 Malwitz became a consultant in the building department of the Reich Ministry of Finance in Berlin. He was responsible for the Königsberg Commercial College , for the new buildings of the Technical University Berlin-Charlottenburg and the "Defense Science Faculty", which did not survive the war. After being a prisoner of war for one year, Malwitz was appointed head of the “State New Building Office for University Buildings” in Münster in 1946. From 1946 to 1953 he was responsible for the reconstruction of the city palace , the Fürstenberghaus on Domplatz, the Juridicum , the university library and various institute buildings at the University of Münster .
His style fluctuates between historicism and modernity . In the mid-1930s he approached Speer 's monumental architecture. The reconstruction of the University of Münster is considered to have been successful, even though it was not careful with the historical structure. The students believed they could still see the old Nazi architecture in many details . B. in the triumphal arch-like entrance of the Juridicum. They corrupted his name from "Oberbaurat Malwitz" to "Obermalrat Bauwitz".
Awards
- Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- University medal from the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster
literature
- Joachim Petsch: Architecture and town planning in the Third Reich . Hanser, Munich / Vienna 1976, ISBN 3-446-12279-6 .
- Jörg Niemer: The architect Hans Malwitz. Picture and text panel of the exhibition The reopening of the University of Münster after the Second World War of the university archive from November 3 to 17, 2005 in the castle (main building of the Westphalian Wilhelms University) in Münster and from November 18 to December 16, 2005 in the university - and the State Library of Münster. ( online as a PDF file with approx. 1.92 MB )
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| SURNAME | Malwitz, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and construction officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seckenburg , East Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1987 |
| Place of death | Muenster |