Heinrich Küster
Heinrich Küster (16 August 1870 in Hanover – 1 Juli 1956 in Görlitz) was a German architect and town officer (1909–1933 as Stadtbaurat of Görlitz). After his architectural studies (1890–1895) in high technical school in Hanover he worked in Elberfeld (until 1899), in 1905 in Oberhausen, 1905–1908 in Breslau (Wrocław), from 1909 in Görlitz.
Heinrich Küster
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- German Democratic Republic
- Occupation
- architect · urban planner · general contractor
- Fields
- architecture · urbanism · civil engineering
- Known for
- Wrocław Market Hall
- Languages
- German
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Heinrich Küster is recorded as architect, urban planner and general contractor.
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Heinrich Küster was an architect, born on 16 August 1870 in Hannover and died on 1 July 1956 in Görlitz. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek records Elberfeld, Oberhausen (Rheinland) and Breslau as places of activity.
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1870
Heinrich Küster born at Hanover.
1956
Heinrich Küster died at Görlitz.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1073013928, C. L. Schaeffer (Heinrich Küster) (Zittau).
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- 1.Amtliche Mittheilungen. 1899. 59. 353. Entlassung aus dem Staatsdienst. 367.
- 2.Einige Quellen schreiben diese Bauwerke irrtümlicherweise dem Stadtbauinspektor Friedrich August Küster zu, eventuell war ein in Köln tätiger Architekt dieses Namens gemeint. So z. B.: Arkadiusz Dobrzyniecki: Hala Targowa, ul. Piaskowa 16. In: Atlas architektury Wrocławia. Tom I. Budowle sakralne, Świeckie budowle publiczne. Breslau 1997, ISBN 83-7023-592-1. Hingegen belegen die Pressebeschreibungen aus der Zeit der Errichtung sowie eine später erschienene Monografie über die Markthallen Heinrich Küster als Architekten. Agnieszka Gryglewska: Wrocławskie hale targowe. 1908–2008. Breslau 2008, ISBN 978-83-89262-49-3.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1073013928, C. L. Schaeffer (Heinrich Küster) (Zittau).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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