Walter Hinsch

Walter Hinsch , in alternative spelling of the first name also Walther Hinsch , (born April 18, 1895 in Wandsbek ; † July 27, 1968 in Hamburg ; full name: Walter Hermann Daniel Hinsch ) was a German architect .

Life

After completing his apprenticeship as a carpenter, Hinsch studied from 1912 to 1920 (interrupted by military service in World War I) at the Hamburg School of Applied Arts , the Wismar Engineering Academy , the Danzig Technical University and the Stuttgart Technical University . From 1927 he then worked as a freelance architect in Hamburg - initially together with Erwin Deimling .

Buildings and designs

Schlankreye Business School

• 1927–1929: Schadesweg apartment block in Hamburg-Hamm (with Erwin Deimling)
• 1928: Apartment block Barmbeker Straße / Ulmenstraße / Grasweg in Hamburg-Winterhude (with Erwin Deimling)
• 1928–1929: Schlankreye State Commercial School in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel (with Erwin Deimling)
• 1930–1931: Apartment buildings in Hamburg-Dulsberg (together with Robert Friedmann and Karl Schneider )
• 1935: House Mehringweg 6
• 1935–1937: Finkenwerder Norderdeich apartment buildings in Hamburg-Finkenwerder (together with Heinrich Holst )
• 1936: HJ -Heim new horse market in Hamburg-St. Pauli
• 1938–1940: Apartment buildings on Lorichstrasse in Hamburg- Barmbek
• 1939–1942: Kap-Horn-Weg apartment buildings in Hamburg-Finkenwerder
• 1948: Reconstruction of the Commeter House in Hamburg, Bergstrasse 1

literature

• Ralf Lange : Hamburg. Reconstruction and re-planning 1943-1963. Langewiesche publishing house, Königstein im Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-4610-2 . (including a short biography)
• Volkwin Marg, Reiner Schröder: Architecture in Hamburg since 1900. Junius-Verlag, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-88506-206-2 .
• Dirk Schubert: Hamburg's residential areas. A city guide. Dietrich Reimer / Gebr. Mann, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-49601-317-6 .

Web links

• Information about the house Mehringweg 6
• Pictures of the Barmbeker Strasse apartment block in the Hamburg picture archive