Max Zimmermann (architect)

Max Zimmermann (born October 31, 1881 in Plauen ; † 1962 ) was a German architect.

Life

Max Zimmermann attended the secondary school in Plauen until 1901 and then studied architecture at the Technical University of Dresden . In 1906 he graduated as a graduate engineer. In 1910 he became a member of the Corps Lusatia Dresden. In 1911 he became a Dr.-Ing. With Cornelius Gurlitt at the Technical University of Dresden. PhD. After his diploma, he became a government building master or government building officer in the Saxon civil service. As the deputy of Hubert Georg Ermisch , the director of the Zwingerbauhütte , he was instrumental in securing and rebuilding Dresden's monuments after the end of the Second World War . After Ermisch's death, he was responsible for rebuilding the kennel from 1951 until his death in 1962. Under his successor Arthur Frenzel, the external reconstruction of the Zwinger was completed in 1964.

The following projects in particular are associated with the name Max Zimmermann:

from 1946: Securing and reconstruction of the court church
from 1953: Securing the Semperoper
from 1954: Securing the palace in the Great Garden
from 1955: Reconstruction of the Sempergalerie

Publications

Contributions to the knowledge of Christian monuments in Bulgaria. Wasmuth, Berlin 1913 (dissertation).
Old buildings in Bulgaria. Wasmuth Berlin 1916 (delivery 1) and 1922 (delivery 2).

Web links

Zimmermann, Max at www.dresden-und-sachsen.de
Architect Max Zimmermann on www.deutschefotothek.de

Individual evidence

↑ Erwin Willmann (Ed.): Directory of the old Rudolstädter Corps students. (AH. List of the RSC.) , 1928 edition, No. 5635.
^ List of PhD students at the TH Dresden for the period 1900 to 1945 -Z-. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016 ; accessed on March 2, 2017 .
↑ Max Zimmermann (Dresden) on www.kmkbuecholdt.de

personal data
SURNAME	Zimmermann, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect
DATE OF BIRTH	October 31, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Plauen
DATE OF DEATH	1962

[RSC-1] Erwin Willmann (Ed.): Directory of the old Rudolstädter Corps students. (AH. List of the RSC.) , 1928 edition, No. 5635.

[2] List of PhD students at the TH Dresden for the period 1900 to 1945 -Z-. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016 ; accessed on March 2, 2017 .

[3] Max Zimmermann (Dresden) on www.kmkbuecholdt.de