Kurt Walter Leucht
Kurt Walter Leucht (8 June 1913, in Ellefeld, Vogtland – 4 September 2001 (Dresden)) was a German architect and city planner. He is mostly known for his design of the planned city Eisenhüttenstadt. In 1952 Leucht was appointed Director of the Institute for Urban Development and Settlement which included work on Berlin's Stalinallee, Stalinstadt (known as Eisenhüttenstadt from 1961) and with Hartmut Colden, Joachim Nätherand and Konrad Braun, the planning of residential areas in Rostock.
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Kurt Walter Leucht
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- Name
- Kurt Walter Leucht
- Born
- 8 June 1913
- Birthplace
- Ellefeld, Vogtland
- Died
- 4 September 2001
- Place of death
- Dresden
- Occupation
- Architect and city planner
- Known for
- Planning of Eisenhüttenstadt
- Nationality
- Germany
- Honours
- National Prize of East Germany
- Languages
- German
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Kurt Walter Leucht (8 June 1913, in Ellefeld, Vogtland – 4 September 2001 (Dresden)) was a German architect and city planner. He is mostly known for his design of the planned city Eisenhüttenstadt. In 1952 Leucht was appointed Director of the Institute for Urban Development and Settlement which included work on Berlin's Stalinallee, Stalinstadt (known as Eisenhüttenstadt from 1961) and with Hartmut Colden, Joachim Nätherand and Konrad Braun, the planning of residential areas in Rostock.
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In 1963 he became Head of Urban Development and worked on the planning for the city centres of Dresden, Suhl, Leipzig and Magdeburg. Between 1966 and 1969 Leucht was the city architect in Dresden, and remained in Dresden where he died in 2001.
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• Name — Kurt Walter Leucht • Born — 8 June 1913 • Birthplace — Ellefeld, Vogtland • Died — 4 September 2001 • Place of death — Dresden • Occupation — Architect and city planner • Known for — Planning of Eisenhüttenstadt
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Kurt Walter Leucht is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded with the occupation general contractor. Recorded as architect, university teacher and general contractor.
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1913
Kurt Walter Leucht was born on 8 June 1913.
2001
Kurt Walter Leucht died on 4 September 2001.
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