Karl Gonser (architect)
Karl Gonser (born January 21, 1902 in Stuttgart ; † October 22, 1979 there ) was a German architect .
Live and act
Gonser studied architecture at the Technical University of Stuttgart and graduated in 1927. After working in Paul Bonatz's architectural office , he worked for Erich Mendelsohn in Berlin and then assistant to the urban planner Heinz Wetzel at the Technical University of Stuttgart. In 1937 he worked as a city planner in Cologne. Together with Hans Georg Oechler , he designed the Maria Christina estate in Heerlen .
In the post-war period he was city planning director and head of the city planning office in Stuttgart. In 1946, together with Hans Volkart , he drafted the reconstruction plan for Heilbronn's old town . In 1953 he became director of the Stuttgart State Building School and was state chairman of the Association of German Architects from 1953 to 1956 .
In 1934, Gonser married Elisabeth von Rossig , a graduate engineer with whom he had three children.
literature
- Peter U. Quattländer: Heilbronn. Planning the reconstruction of the old town. Documentation for the exhibition of the City Planning Office 1994. Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 1994, ISBN 3-928990-45-4 (= Small series of publications of the Heilbronn City Archives. Volume 28), p. 98.
- Who is who? Volume 14, part 1. Verlag Schmidt-Römhild , 1962.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joachim J. Hennze: The long way from the reconstruction time to the present. In: Bernhard J. Lattner: Silent contemporary witnesses. 500 years of Heilbronn architecture. Edition Lattner, Lattner, Heilbronn 2005, p. 73 ( PDF ).
- ^ History. University of Technology, Stuttgart.
- ↑ Stuttgart Memorial Day Calendar: January 21, 1902. Stuttgart City Archives.
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SURNAME | Gonser, Karl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1902 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1979 |
Place of death | Stuttgart |