Hans Gericke
Illustration — Gericke (right) on 22 June 1952. Hans Gericke (27 July 1912 – 15 February 2014) was a German architect and urban planner. From 1953 to 1958, he was the deputy director of the Institutes für Theorie und Geschichte der Baukunst for the Deutschen Bauakademie.
Hans Gericke
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- Born
- 1912 · Magdeburg.
- Died
- 2014 · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Germany · German Democratic Republic
- Occupation
- architect · urban planner
- Honours
- Goethe Prize of the City of Berlin · Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold · Star of People's Friendship
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Gericke (right) on 22 June 1952. Hans Gericke (27 July 1912 – 15 February 2014) was a German architect and urban planner. From 1953 to 1958, he was the deputy director of the Institutes für Theorie und Geschichte der Baukunst for the Deutschen Bauakademie.
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In 1965, he became the chief architect of East Berlin, East Germany (now Berlin, Germany). For his work, he was awarded by many different organisations. He was born in Magdeburg, Province of Saxony, Prussia, German Empire. Gericke died on 15 February 2014. He was 101 years old.
Hans Gericke is recorded as architect and urban planner.
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1912
Hans Gericke born at Magdeburg.
2014
Hans Gericke died at Berlin.
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Hans Gericke received Goethe Prize of the City of Berlin, Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold and Star of People's Friendship.
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- 1.Hans Gericke (1912-2014). Deutsche Bauzeitung. 2014-04-03.
- 2., abgerufen am 28. April 2019.
- 3.Bundesarchiv R 9361-IX KARTEI/10750332
- 4.Harry Waibel: Diener vieler Herren. Ehemalige NS-Funktionäre in der SBZ/DDR. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main u. a. 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1, S. 102.
- 5.REGIO doc: Dokumentation eines IRS-Sammlungsbestandes biografischer Daten. Vom Baukünstler zum Komplexprojektanten. Architekten in der DDR. 2000. 978-3-934669-00-0.
- 6.Hans Gericke (1912-2014). Deutsche BauZeitschrift – die Architekturfachzeitschrift. 2018-01-22.
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