Kurt Wilhelm-Kästner

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Kurt Wilhelm-Kästner (born May 7, 1893 in Cröbern ; † June 10, 1976 in Badenweiler ) was a German art historian and university professor .

Life

Kurt Wilhelm-Kästner took part in the First World War as a war volunteer from 1914 to 1918 , most recently as a lieutenant in the reserve. From 1919 he studied art history , history and archeology . In 1921 he received his doctorate in Marburg . From 1923 to 1933 Wilhelm-Kästner was curator at the Folkwang Museum in Essen. In 1924 he completed his habilitation at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster , where he taught from 1931 to 1936 as a non-official adjunct professor of art history.

In 1937 Wilhelm-Kästner joined the NSDAP , became a lecturer association leader and a member of the NSKK . In 1937 he was appointed full professor at the University of Greifswald , where he taught until 1942. From 1938 to 1942 Wilhelm-Kästner was rector of the University of Greifswald, in 1941/1942 he served as the Gaudozentenbundführer of Pomerania . In 1942 he was appointed full professor for art history at the University of Hamburg . Here he was removed from office for political reasons in the summer of 1945, but rehabilitated in 1950 . He then held his ordinariate in Hamburg until 1966. In retirement, Wilhelm-Kästner lived in Müllheim (Baden) .

Fonts

  • The cathedral in Münster in Westphalia . Berlin 1921.
  • Romanesque architecture in the south of France . Leipzig 1924.
  • The Elisabeth Church in Marburg and its artistic successor . Leipzig 1924 and 1929. (with Richard Hamann )
  • Caspar David Friedrich and his home . Berlin 1940.
  • The Westphalian living space in the architecture of the Middle Ages . Munster 1947.

literature

  • Michael Grüttner : Biographical Lexicon on National Socialist Science Policy (= Studies on Science and University History. Volume 6). Synchron, Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-935025-68-8 , p. 183.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Klee : Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 677
predecessor Office successor
Karl Reschke Rector of the University of Greifswald
1939–1942 		Carl Engel
personal data
SURNAME Wilhelm-Kästner, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Crawling
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1976
Place of death Badenweiler