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.
Works (selection)
- 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)
literature
- Stefanie Schäfers: From the Werkbund to the four-year plan. The exhibition Schaffendes Volk Düsseldorf 1937. Droste, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-7700-3045-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Köngeter in the catalog of the German National Library
- Architecture of the 50s 60s 70s, Walter Köngeter . Technical university Dortmund
personal data | |
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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 |