Clemens Klotz
Illustration — Seaside view of Prora Clemens Klotz (31 May 1886 – 18 August 1969) was one of Adolf Hitler's architects. Despite being a former member of the banned Deutsche Werkbund, Klotz joined the NSDAP and was appointed a professor by Hitler. After beginning his career focusing on residential designs in the Cologne area, Klotz received a series of prestigious commissions from the National Socialist (Nazi) Party's German Labor Front (DAF).
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Clemens Klotz
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- Clemens Klotz was born on 31 May 1886. · Cologne.
- Died
- Clemens Klotz died on 18 August 1969. · Cologne.
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- Germany
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Illustration — Seaside view of Prora Clemens Klotz (31 May 1886 – 18 August 1969) was one of Adolf Hitler's architects. Despite being a former member of the banned Deutsche Werkbund, Klotz joined the NSDAP and was appointed a professor by Hitler. After beginning his career focusing on residential designs in the Cologne area, Klotz received a series of prestigious commissions from the National Socialist (Nazi) Party's German Labor Front (DAF).
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Clemens Klotz born at Cologne.
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Clemens Klotz died at Cologne.
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Some of the most memorable of these commissions included the elite Nazi Party educational complexes at Ordensburg Krössinsee, Ordensburg Vogelsang and Chiemsee; Prora, the massive Nazi Kraft durch Freude seaside spa on the island of Rügen; a new domed train station for Munich; and plans for the complete design of Cologne.
• Heinen, Franz Albert: NS-Ordensburgen Vogelsang, Sonthofen, Krössinsee. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2011,. • Sawinski, Rolf: Die Ordensburg Krössinsee in Pommern: Von der NS-Ordensburg zur polnischen Kaserne. Helios, Aachen 2004,. • Schmitz-Ehmke, Ruth: Der entwerfende Architekt Clemens Klotz (1886-1969). In: Die Ordensburg Vogelsang. Architektur – Bauplastik – Ausstattung. (= Arbeitsheft des Landeskonservators Rheinland, 41.) Rheinland-Verlag, Köln 1988. / 2., veränderte und erweiterte Auflage, Köln 2003,. / 4., neu bearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage, Köln 2010, S. 54–64.
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