Walter Karnapp
Walter Karnapp (born September 11, 1902 in Bahrenhof ; † February 5, 1994 in Munich ) was a German building researcher .
Life
Walter Karnapp studied architecture at the Technical University in Gdansk from 1923 to 1928 . This was followed by training as a government construction manager in the civil service. His path led him from the municipal building department in Cottbus via the new building management of the Pedagogical Academy in Frankfurt an der Oder and the building department II in Potsdam to the government in Potsdam. In 1931 he passed the state examination to become a government architect in Berlin.
From 1932 to 1934, Karnapp was Fritz Krischen's assistant at the chair for architectural history and the theory of forms in antiquity at the Technical University in Danzig. With the travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute, he stayed in Turkey and Greece from 1935 to 1936.
From 1939 to 1945, Karnapp was the successor of his teacher Fritz Krischen as a full professor at the chair for architectural history and the theory of forms of antiquity at the Technical University of Danzig.
Interrupted by being drafted into military service in 1944 with subsequent imprisonment in Russia, Karnapp was only able to work as an employee at an architecture firm in Essen after he returned home in 1949 . From 1951 to 1959 he was building maintenance for the city of Essen. From 1954 to 1973 he took part in an excavation and building research in Resafa ( Syria ). In 1959 he received a full professorship at the Technical University of Munich at the chair for freehand drawing and perspective. In 1966 he became dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and in 1969 a full member of the German Archaeological Institute in Berlin. In 1970, Karnapp retired.
Exhibitions
- 1982 Exhibition of architectural history works, travel drawings, watercolors and oil paintings, Munich
- 1985 Exhibition of architectural drawings and representations of Gdansk and the surrounding area
Publications (selection)
- with Alfons Maria Schneider : The city wall of Iznik . Berlin 1938.
- The city wall of Resafa in Syria (= Monuments of Ancient Architecture, Volume 11). Berlin 1976.
Web links
- Walter Karnapp. In: arch INFORM .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karnapp, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German building researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bahrenhof |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th February 1994 |
| Place of death | Munich |