Walter Köngeter

Walter Köngeter (born February 6, 1906 in Düsseldorf ; † May 23, 1969 there ) was a German architect , town planner and university professor .

Career and occupation

Walter Köngeter was the son of the industrial manager and DVP - Reichstag Eugen Köngeter . He studied architecture at the Technical University of Stuttgart with Paul Bonatz and Paul Schmitthenner , interrupted by a semester at the Technical University of Danzig . After the main diploma examination in 1930, his doctorate as Dr.-Ing. In 1931 with an urban development work on Paris and a study visit to the United States , he worked for a short time as an assistant to Paul Bonatz and from 1935 as an architect in his native city of Düsseldorf. He worked there with the architect Ernst Petersen , a son-in-law of the entrepreneur Hugo Henkel , from the mid-1930s. Most of Koengeter's buildings were later built in collaboration with Petersen, many on behalf of the Henkel company . After the Second World War , Köngeter was an alderman in Düsseldorf and head of the local building department. In October 1947 he was appointed associate professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy , and in 1952 he was appointed full professor of architecture.

1937: Model house at the Reich Exhibition Schaffendes Volk in Düsseldorf (with Ernst Petersen )
1950: Building of the Bagel printing works in Düsseldorf
1953: Graphia Gundlach building in Bielefeld-Brackwede
1953: Henkel settlement I in Düsseldorf-Holthausen (with Ernst Petersen)
1955: High School Am Bonneshof in Düsseldorf-Golzheim (with Ernst Petersen)
1955: Humboldt-Gymnasium in Düsseldorf (with Ernst Petersen)
1955: Protestant Klarenbach Church in Düsseldorf (with Ernst Petersen)
1956: Persil School in Munich (with Ernst Petersen)
1958: Protestant Clear Brook Chapel (now St. Thomas Church ) in Dusseldorf-Reisholz (Ernst Petersen)
1958: Henkel settlement II in Düsseldorf-Holthausen, at Elbroichpark (with Ernst Petersen)

Stefanie Schäfers: From the Werkbund to the four-year plan. The exhibition Schaffendes Volk Düsseldorf 1937. Droste, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-7700-3045-1 .

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personal data
SURNAME	King, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	February 6, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH	May 23, 1969
Place of death	Dusseldorf