Walter Zoller (architect)

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Walter Zoller (born June 2, 1900 in Stuttgart , † after 1959) was a German architect and construction clerk . He lived and worked in Stuttgart from the 1930s to the 1950s and held the title of senior building officer .

Life

Walter Zoller was the son of the Stuttgart businessman Adolf Zoller. After school and a five-month military service (July 1, 1918 - January 1, 1919), he studied at the Technical University of Stuttgart , where he also took the main diploma examination. He then worked from March 1922 to May 1925 in the architecture office of Paul Bonatz and Friedrich Eugen Scholer . This was followed by a longer study trip that took him to Italy ( Florence and Rome ). In the spring of 1926 he passed the 2nd state examination to become a government master builder ( assessor in the public building administration). After working for two months at the municipal building administration in Magdeburg , he held a managerial position in the municipal building administration in Wroclaw from March 1, 1927 . In 1928 he received his doctorate in engineering. with the dissertation : Württemberg chapels with special consideration of those of the 17th and 18th centuries in the upper offices of Münsingen, Ehingen and Riedlingen . The work was submitted on July 13, 1928; the first reviewer was Ernst Robert Fiechter , the second reviewer was Karl Schmoll von Eisenwerth .

In 1935, in the course of the architecture competition for the Friedrich Theater in Dessau, one of the 253 designs submitted was purchased by Zoller. Between 1936 and 1938 the Württemberger'sche Hütte in Oberau near Hirschegg in Kleinen Walsertal was built according to Zoller's plans.

In the post-war period, Zoller was mainly active in the construction and reconstruction of churches: the Church of St. Mary in Frankenhardt - Oberspeltach was built as early as 1945, the Johanneskirche in Stuttgart-Stammheim was partially rebuilt in 1953/1954, and the Wallmer Church in Untertürkheim was inaugurated in 1954 , 1958 built the Christ Church in Stuttgart-Hofen , 1959 the Romanesque cemetery church or old church in Hedelfingen restored.

Roland Biser declared for the houses of worship in Schwäbisch Hall : “The Stuttgart building officer Dr. Walter Zoller rebuilt. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry for November 14, 1953 in the Untertürkheim memorial calendar 1083–2006 at www.wirtemberg.de , last accessed on January 12, 2014.
  2. ^ Walter Zoller: Württemberg chapels with special consideration of those of the 17th and 18th centuries . 18th century in the upper offices of Münsingen, Ehingen and Riedlingen. Karlsruhe 1928, DNB 369374444 .
  3. ^ Deutsche Bauhütte , year 1935, issue 11 (from May 22, 1935), p. A 112. ( online as a PDF document)
  4. ^ Helmut Weihsmann: Building under the swastika. Architecture of doom. Promedia, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85371-113-8 , p. 90.
  5. ↑ data sheet at www.kirchbau.de
  6. ^ Martin Wörner, Gilbert Lupfer: Stuttgart. An architecture guide. Reimer, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-496-01077-0 , p. 127.
  7. ↑ History of Wallmerkirche on www.wirtemberg.de
  8. ↑ Christ Church Hofen at www.you-are-here.com
  9. ↑ History of the Christ Church at www.christuskirche-hofen.de
  10. ^ Martin Wörner, Gilbert Lupfer: Stuttgart. An architecture guide. Reimer, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-496-01077-0 , p. 161.
  11. ↑ Hedelfingen cemetery church ("Old Church"). In: arch INFORM .
  12. ^ Roland Biser: The Schwäbisch Hall district. 2nd Edition. Theiss, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-8062-0472-1 , p. 185.
personal data
SURNAME Zoller, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and construction officer
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH after 1959