Wilhelm Kreis (17 March 1873 – 13 August 1955) was a prominent German architect and professor of architecture, active through four political systems in German history: the Wilhelmine era, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the foundation of the Federal Republic.
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Wilhelm Kreis (17 March 1873 – 13 August 1955) was a prominent German architect and professor of architecture, active through four political systems in German history: the Wilhelmine era, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the foundation of the Federal Republic.
Wilhelm Kreis was an influential and prolific German architect and teacher active during the first half of the twentieth century. Spanning the Wilhelmina Era, Weimar Republic, Third Reich, and Federal Republic, Kreis’s career exemplifies German architectural practice under fluctuating national political conditions.
Wilhelm Kreis Drawing of the interior of Soldatenhalle (Soldiers’ Hall) by Wilhelm Kreis, featuring Victor, c. 1938. The monumental Neoclassical building was intended by Hitler and Speer as a temple to Germany’s military glory and a centerpiece of the Nazi capital.
März 1873 in Eltville am Rhein; † 13. August 1955 in Bad Honnef; vollständiger Name: Wilhelm Heinrich Kreis) war ein deutscher Architekt in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er wirkte als Direktor der Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf sowie als Hochschullehrer an den Kunstakademien in Düsseldorf und Dresden.
Kreis, Wilhelm (1873–1955). German architect. Influenced by a growing taste in Wilhelmian Germany for national monuments of powerful, elemental, aggressive character (e.g. the work of Schmitz), he rose to the occasion with the many towers commemorating Bismarck erected to his designs.
Wilhelm Kreis (17 March 1873 – 13 August 1955) was a prominent German architect and professor of architecture, active through four political systems in German history: the Wilhelmine era, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the foundation of the Federal Republic.
Wilhelm Kreis was a prominent German architect and professor of architecture, active through four political systems in German history: the Wilhelmine era, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the foundation of the Federal Republic.
Wilhelm Kreis was a prominent German architect and professor of architecture, active through four political systems in German history: the Wilhelmine era, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich,...
English: Wilhelm Kreis. Works [edit] de:Bismarckturm (Tübingen) de:Bismarckturm (Stuttgart), The 1904 Bismarck Tower in Stuttgart Bismarck tower in Zehdenick-Klein-Mutz
Kreis war ein einflussreicher Architekt, der das Rheinland vom späten Kaiserreich bis in die Zeit des Wiederaufbaus in den 1950er Jahren stark geprägt hat. Der Sohn Wilhelm Heinrich des Bezirksgeometers Franz Kreis (1829-1909) und seiner Frau Susanne (1841-1932), geborene Engelmann, wurde am 17.3.1873 in Eltville im Rheingau geboren.