Theodor Dombart

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Theodor Dombart (born October 8, 1884 in Erlangen , † December 25, 1969 in Munich ) was a German architect , university professor and local researcher .

Life

Theodor Dombart was born the son of a high school director in Erlangen. He attended grammar school in Munich and, after passing high school, studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich from 1904 . After his studies and a legal clerkship , he worked as an assessor in the Bavarian State Building Administration. In 1913 he was able to take part in the archaeological excavations in Tell Halaf under the direction of Max von Oppenheim . From 1914 to 1918 he served as a non-commissioned officer in the First World War. In November 1918 he married the daughter of the orientalist Fritz Hommel . Following his habilitation , he took on a professorshipfor the history of building art and architecture in the ancient Orient at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and was appointed associate professor in 1927. In 1940 he became an adjunct professor. He retired in 1951 . In addition to works on oriental architecture, he wrote several books on the history and architecture of his hometown Munich.

Dombart was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit on May 14, 1965 . In 1967 he received the Schwabing Art Prize .

After his death in 1969 he was buried in the Munich North Cemetery. According to him, which is Theodor Dombart street named in Munich.

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SURNAME Dombart, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH gain
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1969
Place of death Munich