Roman Friedrich Heiligenthal
Roman Friedrich Heiligenthal (born October 17, 1880 in Bruchsal ; † March 30, 1951 in Karlsruhe ) was a German architect , urban planner and university professor .
Live and act
Heiligenthal was a son of the brewer Franz Heiligenthal from Ubstadt . After graduating from school in 1900 and completing military service in Bruchsal, he studied architecture and civil engineering at the Technical University of Munich , the Technical University of Dresden , the Technical University of Karlsruhe and the Technical University (Berlin-) Charlottenburg from autumn 1901 . After working briefly as an architect in Bruchsal during his studies, he passed the Baden examination of civil engineering in 1906 and the main diploma examination in civil engineering in 1908. From 1909 to 1914 he worked in Essen as a town planning engineer under Robert Schmidt ; In 1914 he was appointed head of department in the Greater Berlin Association. He experienced the First World War as a soldier in Lorraine and later on the administrative staff in eastern Germany.
From 1918 he worked as a senior building officer in the central administration of Berlin. Among other things, he was responsible for drawing up building regulations and a general development plan . In addition, he coordinated the expansion of the exhibition grounds and the construction of the radio tower .
His two dissertations dealt with the building history of the city of Bruchsal from the 13th to the 17th century (Dr.-Ing.) And Statistics in the service of urban expansion (Dr. rer. Pol.). The Berlin Urban Planning Studies were created between 1924 and 1926 and deal with the preparation of a general settlement plan for Berlin. The highlight of his urban planning work is the book Urban Planning Law and Urban Planning , in which he focuses on urban planning and deals with the urban planning law of the individual countries and neighboring states.
From 1927 to 1949 he held the chair for urban planning, urban economy and settlement at the Technical University of Karlsruhe. In this chair he was the successor of Reinhard Baumeister (1862-1912) and his direct predecessor Karl August Hoepfner (1912-1927). Heiligenthal was a member of the International Federation for Housing and Town Planning. In this context, he came into conflict with the National Socialists in 1935 , who refused to let him travel to a congress in London.
Heiligenthal retired in September 1949. He died on March 30, 1951 and was buried in the Bruchsal cemetery.
The Roman-Heiligenthal-Weg in Bruchsal is named after him. In Berlin there is the bridge on Heiligenthalhügel.
Fonts
- German urban development. A handbook for architects, engineers, economists and administrators. Heidelberg 1921.
- Berlin urban planning studies. Berlin 1928.
- Urban planning law and urban planning. Berlin 1929.
- Race and dwelling in the large agglomeration. 1937.
- Gods, kings and emperors. The way of the visual arts. 1942.
literature
- Stephan Prager : Heiligenthal, Roman Friedrich. In: Concise dictionary of spatial research and spatial planning. Hanover 1970, Sp. 1180-1183.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heiligenthal, Roman Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect, urban planner and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bruchsal |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1951 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |