Alfred Hensel (8 March 1880 – 15 September 1969) was a German

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

and director of the Nuremberg parks department. He won a gold medal for town planning in the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was awarded the medal for his work on the sports and leisure park on the eastern bank of Dutzendteich Lake in

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

. At the time the arena was described as "the most beautiful stadium in the world".

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1880 births 1969 deaths 19th-century German architects Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic competitors in art competitions 20th-century German architects {{Germany-architect-stub