Ludwig Lemmer
*9. 8. 1891 – Remscheid, Germany
†18. 10. 1983 – Remscheid, Germany
Biography
Hermann Ludwig Lemmer was a German architect, university professor, and building director of the city of Berlin. He came from a family of construction entrepreneur Ernst Ludwig Alexander Lemmer; his elder brother Ernst Lemmer (1898-1970) later became a minister in the West German government, and his son Gerd Ludwig Lemmer (1925-2016) was a CDU politician.
1911-13 - student at the universities of Stuttgart, where he attended lectures by Paul Bonatz
1913 - studied at the art academy in Düsseldorf and simultaneously worked in the studio of Wilhelm Kreis
1914-18 - completed military service. He was deployed on the Eastern Front and participated in the Battle of Verdun. After the war, he took a study trip to Denmark and Sweden.
1921-33 - worked as a planning councilor for the city of Remscheid. He played a significant role in the urban development of the city. He developed the land-use plan for several residential areas.
since 1933 - was dismissed from public office by the Nazi Party and worked as an independent architect. His application for membership in the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts was rejected.
1934 - completed his architecture studies at the Technical University of Hanover. He then continued his doctoral studies at the University of Cologne (the supervisor was historian Bruno Kuske), which he did not finish due to the outbreak of World War II.
He was called up to the Wehrmacht and fought on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. In 1944 he was captured by the British Army and released only in June 1945.
1946 - worked as an independent architect.
1948 - was accepted into the German Academy for Urbanism.
1950-56 - director of the building senate in Berlin.
1951-55 - professor of architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin.
1958 - moved back to Remscheid with his family.
Hermann Ludwig Lemmer was a German architect, university professor, and building director of the city of Berlin. He came from a family of construction entrepreneur Ernst Ludwig Alexander Lemmer; his elder brother Ernst Lemmer (1898-1970) later became a minister in the West German government, and his son Gerd Ludwig Lemmer (1925-2016) was a CDU politician.
1911-13 - student at the universities of Stuttgart, where he attended lectures by Paul Bonatz
1913 - studied at the art academy in Düsseldorf and simultaneously worked in the studio of Wilhelm Kreis
1914-18 - completed military service. He was deployed on the Eastern Front and participated in the Battle of Verdun. After the war, he took a study trip to Denmark and Sweden.
1921-33 - worked as a planning councilor for the city of Remscheid. He played a significant role in the urban development of the city. He developed the land-use plan for several residential areas.
since 1933 - was dismissed from public office by the Nazi Party and worked as an independent architect. His application for membership in the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts was rejected.
1934 - completed his architecture studies at the Technical University of Hanover. He then continued his doctoral studies at the University of Cologne (the supervisor was historian Bruno Kuske), which he did not finish due to the outbreak of World War II.
He was called up to the Wehrmacht and fought on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. In 1944 he was captured by the British Army and released only in June 1945.
1946 - worked as an independent architect.
1948 - was accepted into the German Academy for Urbanism.
1950-56 - director of the building senate in Berlin.
1951-55 - professor of architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin.
1958 - moved back to Remscheid with his family.
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