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Franz Heinrich Schwechten

Index Franz Heinrich Schwechten

Franz Heinrich Schwechten (12 August 1841 – 11 August 1924) was one of the most famous German architects of the Wilhelmine era, and contributed to the development of historicist architecture. [1]

41 relations: Abitur, Architect, Bauakademie, Berlin, Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof, Berlin Cathedral, Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company, Christuskirche, Rome, Church of the Redeemer, Bad Homburg, Cologne, Friedrich Adler (architect), Friedrich August Stüler, Germany, Grunewald Tower, Gymnasium (school), Haus Vaterland, Historicism (art), Hohenzollern Bridge, Imperial Castle, Poznań, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Kaiserbrücke, Mainz, Karl Bötticher, Kingdom of Prussia, Landtag of Prussia, Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hauptbahnhof, Martin Gropius, Neoclassical architecture, Palanga, Poznań, Prussian Academy of Arts, Prussian Staff College, Rhine Province, Romanesque Revival architecture, Romanisches Café, Schöneberg, South Bridge (Cologne), Technical University of Berlin, Tiškevičiai Palace, Palanga, Weimar Republic, Wilhelminism, World War II.

Abitur

Abitur is a qualification granted by university-preparatory schools in Germany, Lithuania, and Estonia.

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Architect

An architect is a person who plans, designs, and reviews the construction of buildings.

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Bauakademie

The Bauakademie (Building Academy) in Berlin, Germany, was a higher education school for art of building to train master builders.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and the largest city of Germany, as well as one of its 16 constituent states.

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Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof

The Anhalter Bahnhof is a former railway terminus in Berlin, Germany, approximately 600 metres (0.5 mi) southeast of Potsdamer Platz.

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Berlin Cathedral

Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom) is the short name for the Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church (Oberpfarr- und Domkirche zu Berlin) in Berlin, Germany.

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Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company

The Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company (German: Berlin-Anhaltische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, BAE) was a railway company in Prussia.

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Christuskirche, Rome

The Christuskirche is a Lutheran Evangelical church in Rome.

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Church of the Redeemer, Bad Homburg

The Church of the Redeemer (German: Erlöserkirche) of Bad Homburg belongs to the Protestant Church in Germany.

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Cologne

Cologne (Köln,, Kölle) is the largest city in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth most populated city in Germany (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich).

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Friedrich Adler (architect)

Friedrich Adler (15 October 1827 – 15 September 1908) was a German architect and archaeologist.

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Friedrich August Stüler

Friedrich August Stüler (28 January 1800 – 18 March 1865) was an influential Prussian architect and builder.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Grunewald Tower

The Grunewald Tower or is a historical tower in the Grunewald forest of southwestern Berlin, Germany, built in 1897-99 according to plans designed by Franz Heinrich Schwechten.

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Gymnasium (school)

A gymnasium is a type of school with a strong emphasis on academic learning, and providing advanced secondary education in some parts of Europe comparable to British grammar schools, sixth form colleges and US preparatory high schools.

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Haus Vaterland

Haus Vaterland (Fatherland House) was a pleasure palace on the southwest side of Potsdamer Platz in central Berlin.

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Historicism (art)

Historicism or also historism (Historismus) comprises artistic styles that draw their inspiration from recreating historic styles or imitating the work of historic artisans.

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Hohenzollern Bridge

The Hohenzollern Bridge (Hohenzollernbrücke) is a bridge crossing the river Rhine in the German city of Cologne (German: Köln).

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Imperial Castle, Poznań

The Imperial Castle in Poznań, popularly called Zamek (Zamek Cesarski w Poznaniu, Königliches Residenzschloss Posen), is a palace in Poznań, in Poland.

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Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (in German: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche, but mostly just known as Gedächtniskirche) is a Protestant church affiliated with the Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia, a regional body of the Evangelical Church in Germany.

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Kaiserbrücke, Mainz

The Kaiserbrücke (literally: Emperor Bridge) is a railway bridge on the Mainz rail bypass across the Rhine at the north end of Mainz in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Karl Bötticher

Karl Gottlieb Wilhelm Bötticher (29 May 1806, Nordhausen – 19 June 1889, Berlin) was a German archaeologist who specialized in architecture.

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Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.

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Landtag of Prussia

The Landtag of Prussia (German: Preußischer Landtag) was the representative assembly of the Kingdom of Prussia implemented in 1849, a bicameral legislature consisting of the upper House of Lords (Herrenhaus) and the lower House of Representatives (Abgeordnetenhaus).

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Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hauptbahnhof

Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hauptbahnhof (until December 2016: Bahnhof Lutherstadt Wittenberg in German) is a railway station located in Wittenberg, Germany.

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Martin Gropius

Martin Carl Philipp Gropius (11 August 1824, Berlin – 13 December 1880) was a German architect.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century.

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Palanga

Palanga (Palanga (also till 1934)) is a seaside resort town in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea.

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Poznań

Poznań (Posen; known also by other historical names) is a city on the Warta River in west-central Poland, in the Greater Poland region.

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Prussian Academy of Arts

The Prussian Academy of Arts (German: Preußische Akademie der Künste) was a state arts academy first established in Berlin, Brandenburg, in 1694/1696 by prince-elector Frederick III, in personal union Duke Frederick I of Prussia, and later king in Prussia.

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Prussian Staff College

The Prussian Staff College, also Prussian War College (Preußische Kriegsakademie) was the highest military facility of the Kingdom of Prussia to educate, train, and develop general staff officers.

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Rhine Province

The Rhine Province (Rheinprovinz), also known as Rhenish Prussia (Rheinpreußen) or synonymous with the Rhineland (Rheinland), was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822 to 1946.

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Romanesque Revival architecture

Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture.

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Romanisches Café

The Romanisches Café ("Romanesque Café") was a café-bar in Berlin well known as a meeting place for artists.

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Schöneberg

is a locality of Berlin, Germany.

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South Bridge (Cologne)

The South Bridge (Südbrücke) is a bridge over the Rhine on the Cologne freight bypass railway in Cologne in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Technical University of Berlin

The Technical University of Berlin (official name Technische Universität Berlin, known as TU Berlin) is a research university located in Berlin, Germany.

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Tiškevičiai Palace, Palanga

The Tiškevičiai Palace, Tiskevičius Palace, or Tyszkiewicz Palace (Tiškevičių rūmai; Pałac Tyszkiewiczów) is a Neo-Renaissance style building in Palanga, Lithuania, built for the Tyszkiewicz (Tiškevičiai) family.

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Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic (Weimarer Republik) is an unofficial, historical designation for the German state during the years 1919 to 1933.

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Wilhelminism

The Wilhelmine Period comprises the period of German history between 1890 and 1918, embracing the reign of Emperor Wilhelm II in the German Empire from the resignation of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck until the end of World War I and Wilhelm's abdication during the November Revolution.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Heinrich_Schwechten

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