Hugo Eberhardt (2 May 1874,
Furtwangen im Schwarzwald
Furtwangen im Schwarzwald (; Low Alemannic: ''Furtwange im Schwarzwald'') is a small city located in the Black Forest region of southwestern Germany. Together with Villingen-Schwenningen, Furtwangen is part of the district (German: Kreis) of Sch ...
− 8 April 1959) was a German
Architect
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Biography
Eberhardt started his career as a ship interior architect for
Norddeutscher Lloyd
Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL; North German Lloyd) was a German shipping company. It was founded by Hermann Henrich Meier and Eduard Crüsemann in Bremen on 20 February 1857. It developed into one of the most important German shipping companies of th ...
, After working in
Kos
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as an archeologist for a German ministry and as an inspector of construction in Frankfurt he became manager of the School of Technology and Design (today
HfG Offenbach design school) in
Offenbach in 1907. Ten years later he founded the
German Leather Museum
The German Leather Museum (''Deutsches Ledermuseum''), located in Offenbach am Main, Hesse, Germany, is one of the largest leather museums in the world. It has a wide variety of leather items, including some exhibits, which are believed to be mor ...
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Most buildings Eberhardt designed were public buildings or luxurious mansions. In Offenbach survived three buildings: the office building of the ''Heyne factory'', the ''AOK insurance'' and the main building of the ''HfG Offenbach''.
References
External links
Website of the HfG OffenbachWebsite of the German Leather Museum
1874 births
1959 deaths
People from Furtwangen im Schwarzwald
19th-century German architects
Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
20th-century German architects
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