Walter Körte (architect)

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Walter Körte (born August 14, 1893 in Magdeburg ; † August 10, 1972 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German architect who practiced in Frankfurt am Main and Freiburg im Breisgau, where he left office buildings, hospitals, nursing homes, a church and numerous private houses . At times he also worked as a construction clerk and as a university lecturer .

Life

After attending the humanistic grammar school in Stettin , Walter Körte began studying architecture at the Technical University (Berlin-) Charlottenburg in 1914 . During the First World War he signed up for pilot training and came to the Western Front in France in 1917. When the war ended, Körte continued his studies at the Technical University of Stuttgart . He came to Paul Bonatz's master class and works in his office, where he was able to gain initial experience and participate in interesting tasks both through practical work and by participating in a study trip to Italy.

In 1925 he became a city planning officer in the building construction department of the city of Frankfurt. He soon combined his urban tasks with the establishment of his own architecture office. His most important colleague and later friend was Ernst May , with whom he successfully participated in tender competitions and was able to build schools, a hospital and private houses.

In 1930, Körte became a lecturer in design at the Technical University of Stuttgart , and in 1931 an associate professor there . When he refused to join the NSDAP because of the developments in the National Socialist state and could no longer endure the constant mood that followed, he resigned his professorship in 1934 and turned his back on Stuttgart. In 1935/36 he was chief architect for the construction of the airport in Oldenburg (Oldb) . From 1936 to 1945 he was a consultant in the Reich Aviation Ministry in Berlin, responsible for the design and construction of all air force hospitals . Shortly before the end of the Second World War , he left Berlin and moved to Freiburg, where he worked as a freelance architect from June 1945 until his death.

Werner Gabriel was one of his students .

Walter Körte had a brother, Hugo Körte , who made a name for himself as a painter and glass artist, and was married to a native of Karlsruhe. The family had a daughter Barbara (* 1938) and a son Klaus (1939-2016).

buildings

Thomaskirche in Freiburg-Zähringen
  • 1929: X-ray institute for the Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen municipal hospital
  • 1933: a house in the Kochhofsiedlung in Stuttgart
  • 1945–1949: Reconstruction of the institute building at the University of Freiburg
  • 1958–1959: Thomaskirche in Freiburg-Zähringen
    The windows of this church were designed by Walter Körtes younger brother Hugo.
  • 1961–1962: Matthias Claudius Chapel in Freiburg-Günterstal

such as

  • Retirement home of the Evangelical Abbey in Freiburg
  • Apprenticeships, girls' homes, old people's homes, children's homes
  • Hospitals (Emmendingen, Breisach)
  • numerous private homes

Web links

Commons : Walter Körte  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview of images on saai.kit.edu (PDF; 928 kB)
  2. ↑ Hans Holfelder, Walter Körte: The X-ray Institute of the Surgical University Clinic in the Sachsenhausen Municipal Hospital in Frankfurt a. M. Thieme, Leipzig 1929.
  3. ↑ Brief information about the Kochhofsiedlung ; Enter Walter Körte in the search window
  4. ↑ St. Thomas Church on badische-seiten.de
  5. ↑ Thomaskirche turns 50
  6. ^ Baden-Württemberg. Art monuments and museums . Reclam, Stuttgart 1979, p. 195; Window by Hugo Körte.
personal data
SURNAME Körte, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, construction officer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1972
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau