Franz Schwechten
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Franz Schwechten was a prominent German architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for monumental historicist buildings such as Berlin’s Anhalter Bahnhof and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Franz Heinrich Schwechten | 1 |
| Franz Schwechten canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
architect
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human ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Neo-Renaissance architecture
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Neo-Romanesque architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Romanesque Revival architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ monumental historicism ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of the Crown (Prussia)
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Order of the Red Eagle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
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Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Germany ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Bauakademie, Berlin
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Polytechnic School in Karlsruhe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Prussian state railways
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Royal Prussian Ministry of Public Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Schwechten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | architecture ⓘ |
| givenName | Franz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Wilhelmine architecture
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historicism ⓘ |
| name | Franz Schwechten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
design of Protestant churches in historicist style
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design of monumental railway stations ⓘ influence on Wilhelmine-era Berlin cityscape ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Anhalter Bahnhof
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Cologne Central Station building (original station structures) NERFINISHED ⓘ Grunewald Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ Hohenzollern Bridge (architectural design elements) NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Castle in Poznań NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Potsdamer Bahnhof reconstruction projects NERFINISHED ⓘ administrative buildings for the Prussian state railways ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Berlin ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
member of the Prussian Academy of Arts
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professor at the Technical University of Berlin ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Johann Heinrich Strack
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Karl Bötticher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berlin
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Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Franz Heinrich Schwechten