Karl Badberger (14 January 1888, in

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Biography

Badberger graduated at the

Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; german: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Establis ...

in 1911, became ''Regierungsbaumeister'' in 1919 and joined the Bayerische Staatsbauverwaltung (Bavarian State Construction Administration) in 1920. Afterwards he served as a Ministerialrat at the Reichs Ministry of Finance in

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. After

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, in the rank of an Oberregierungsbaudirektor, he led the Bundesbaudirektion (Federal Building Authority) in

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...

Works (selection)

* 1922: war memorial of the former Bavarian railroad troops of World War I,

Eisenbahnkaserne The ''Eisenbahnkaserne'' ("Railway Barracks") was a military barracks in Munich that existed from 1890 to 1976. The "''Kasernement des Eisenbahnbataillons''" (''Kasernement'' of the Railway Battalion) was built in 1888 and 1889. It was located we ...

* 1926–1928: Landesamt für Maß und Gewicht (''regional office of measures and weights''), Munich''Kunst (Weimarer Republik) – Architektur''
, Historisches Lexikon Bayerns.

Publications

* Badberger, Karl: ''Das Münchener Kriegerdenkmal'', in the ''Süddeutsche Baugewerkszeitung'', 28. Jg., No. 8, 20. 4. 1925, pp. 105–108. * Badberger, Karl: ''Bundeswohnungsbau in Bonn'', in ''Die Bauverwaltung 1 (1952)'', pp. 87–91.

Awards

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...

(1953) *

Order of St. Sylvester Pontifical Equestrian Order of Saint Sylvester Pope and Martyr ( la, Ordo Sancti Silvestri Papae, it, Ordine di San Silvestro Papa), sometimes referred to as the Sylvestrine Order, or the Pontifical Order of Pope Saint Sylvester, is one of five o ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Badberger, Karl 20th-century German architects Architects from Munich 1888 births Year of death unknown Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Technical University of Munich alumni