Clemens Klotz (31 May 1886 – 1969) was one of
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...
's
architect
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s.
Despite being a former member of the banned Deutsche
Werkbund, Klotz joined the
NSDAP
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...
and was appointed a professor by Hitler.
[
] After beginning his career focusing on residential designs in the Cologne area, Klotz received a series of prestigious commissions from the National Socialist (Nazi) Party's
German Labor Front (DAF). Some of the most memorable of these commissions included the elite Nazi Party educational complexes at
Ordensburg Krössinsee
Ordensburg Krössinsee (also ''Crössinsee'') was the first of three ''NS-Ordensburgen'', educational centers constructed in Germany in the 1930s for cadres of the Nazi Party. It was built near what was then the city of Falkenburg in Pomerania, ...
,
Ordensburg Vogelsang
Ordensburg Vogelsang is a former Nazi complex located within the former military training area of Vogelsang in the Eifel National Park in North Rhine-Westphalia. The landmarked and fully preserved complex was used by the Nazi Party between 1936 a ...
and
Chiemsee;
Prora
The Colossus of Prora, commonly known as simply "Prora", is a building complex in the municipality of Binz on the island of Rügen, Germany. It was built by Nazi Germany between 1936 and 1939 as part of the Strength Through Joy (Kraft durch F ...
, the massive Nazi
Kraft durch Freude
NC Gemeinschaft (KdF; ) was a German state-operated leisure organization in Nazi Germany. Richard Grunberger, ''The 12-Year Reich'', p. 197, It was part of the German Labour Front (german: link=no, Deutsche Arbeitsfront), the national labour or ...
seaside spa on the island of
Rügen
Rügen (; la, Rugia, ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic city of Stralsund, where ...
; a new domed train station for Munich; and plans for the complete design of Cologne.
Literatur
* Heinen, Franz Albert: ''NS-Ordensburgen Vogelsang, Sonthofen, Krössinsee.'' Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2011, .
* Sawinski, Rolf: ''Die Ordensburg Krössinsee in Pommern: Von der NS-Ordensburg zur polnischen Kaserne.'' Helios, Aachen 2004, .
* Schmitz-Ehmke, Ruth: ''Der entwerfende Architekt Clemens Klotz (1886-1969).'' In: ''Die Ordensburg Vogelsang. Architektur – Bauplastik – Ausstattung.'' (= ''Arbeitsheft des Landeskonservators Rheinland'', 41.) Rheinland-Verlag, Köln 1988. / 2., veränderte und erweiterte Auflage, Köln 2003, . / 4., neu bearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage, Köln 2010, , S. 54–64.
See also
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Nazi architecture
Nazi architecture is the architecture promoted by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime from 1933 until its fall in 1945, connected with urban planning in Nazi Germany. It is characterized by three forms: a stripped neoclassicism, typified by the ...
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Prora
The Colossus of Prora, commonly known as simply "Prora", is a building complex in the municipality of Binz on the island of Rügen, Germany. It was built by Nazi Germany between 1936 and 1939 as part of the Strength Through Joy (Kraft durch F ...
References
Architects in the Nazi Party
20th-century German architects
1886 births
1969 deaths
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