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

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Biography

Eberhardt started his career as a ship interior architect for

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, After working in

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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

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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''.

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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 {{Germany-bio-stub