Karl Kröck

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Karl Kröck (born March 7, 1897 in Nuremberg ; † June 17, 1970 there ) was a German architect .

Life

Born as the son of the Nuremberg architect Adolf Kröck, Karl Kröck studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich after the First World War , among others with Theodor Fischer . In 1919 he became a member of the Corps Vandalia Munich. After his first practical activity in Munich, he became an employee in Nuremberg in 1922 in the architecture office of his future father-in-law, Hans Müller . In 1926 he became a co-owner. In 1934 he took over the architecture office completely. As an architect of the New Building , Kröck created industrial buildings in particular in Nuremberg.

buildings

  • 1923: Former local health insurance fund, Karl-Grillenberger-Str.
  • 1927: Villa Eismann in Nuremberg
  • 1928: New construction of the Zündapp works in Nuremberg (destroyed)
  • 1929–1930: Publishing house of the Franconian Daily Mail (today Karl-Bröger-Haus) in Nuremberg, Karl-Bröger-Straße 9 (with Hans Müller)
  • 1930–1931: Administration building of the Franconian overland plant in Nuremberg, Hainstrasse 32–34 (with Hans Müller) (destroyed in 2019)
  • 1940: New construction of the Victoria works in Nuremberg, Nopitschstrasse (destroyed)
  • 1955: New buildings of the Ardie -Werke in Nuremberg, Preißlerstraße (meanwhile converted into a residential complex)
  • 1955–1956: Hall construction of the Nuremberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry

literature

  • Kröck, Karl . In: Manfred H. Grieb (Ed.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. Visual artists, artisans, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century. KG Saur, Munich 2007, Volume I (A – G), p. 857. ( limited preview on Google Books )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erwin Willmann (Ed.): Directory of the old Rudolstädter Corps students. (AH. List of the RSC.) , 1928 edition, No. 2562
personal data
SURNAME Kröck, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH 17th June 1970
Place of death Nuremberg