Otto Meitinger

Otto Meitinger (born May 8, 1927 in Munich ; † September 9, 2017 ) was a German architect and monument conservator . From 1987 to 1995 he was President of the Technical University of Munich .

Life

Meitinger is the son of the Munich city planning officer Karl Meitinger . After high school he studied at the former Technical University of Munich architecture and was with a thesis on the architectural history of the Munich Residence doctorate . In 1953 he was appointed director of the residential building office and led the reconstruction of the Munich residence, which was almost completely destroyed during the war. Among other things, it is thanks to his efforts that the antiquarian shop , the “rich rooms”, the court chapel and the treasury were rebuilt. Just in time for the 800th anniversary of Munich in 1958, the Cuvilliéstheater could also be rebuilt , albeit in a different location. From 1963 he headed the construction department of the Max Planck Society .

In 1976 he was appointed full professor for design and preservation of monuments at the Technical University of Munich . In 1983 he was elected Dean of the Faculty of Architecture. In 1987 he was elected president of the university, which he remained until his retirement in 1995.

Meitinger was a member of numerous specialist committees, including a. at the German Academy for Urban Development, the Bavarian State Building Art Committee, the State Monument Council , the Selection Committee of the Bavarian State Foundation and the Hypo-Kulturstiftung as well as the Bavarian State Association for Homeland Care , the Board of Trustees of the Philip Morris Foundation and the Bavarian Club.

Meitinger founded the Meitinger Foundation together with his wife Erika Meitinger (1927–2012) and his sister Charlotte Meitinger to promote monument conservation projects.

He died at the age of 90.

Important buildings

• Reconstruction of the Residenz, Munich
• Palazzo Zuccari , Rome
• Reconstruction of the Villa Hammerschmidt , Bonn
• Kaulbach Villa , Munich
• Conversion of Bellevue Palace , Berlin
• Marstallplatz, Munich

honors and awards

• Bavarian Order of Merit
• Large Federal Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Bene Merenti Silver Medal of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (1959)
• Commander's Cross of the Etoile noir of the French Legion of Honor
• Knight's Cross of the Papal New Year's Order
• Munich Culture Prize shines gold for the friends of Munich (1987)
• Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1988)
• Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1991)
• Bavarian Poet Thaler (1994)
• Gold Medal of Honor of the City of Munich (1995)
• Laureate of the Bavarian People's Foundation (1998)
• Honorary Citizen of the City of Munich (2005)
• Honor band of the Munich fraternity Stauffia (on the occasion of his 50-year membership)
• Johann Christian von Hofenfels Medal (2006)

literature

• Chair for Design and Preservation of Monuments at the Technical University of Munich: Otto Meitinger: Architect - Monument Conservationist - University Lecturer Munich 1997

Web links

• Literature by and about Otto Meitinger in the catalog of the German National Library
• "Professor Dr. Otto Meitinger new honorary citizen of Munich"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ see obituary for former President Professor Dr. Ing.Dr. Otto Meitinger, in Rathaus-Umschau 172/2017 (City of Munich), published on September 11, 2017
2. ↑ Restorers clean the small gala car of King Ludwig II in the Marstallmuseum - visitors can watch the work on the magnificent vehicle, press release of the Bavarian palace administration, November 9th 2015. The restoration work was financed by the Meitinger Foundation.
3. ^ Obituary for former President Professor Dr. Ing.Dr. Otto Meitinger. In: Town hall look around. Munich, September 11, 2017, accessed on September 11, 2017 .