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Herman Sörgel

1885 - 1952

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Herman Sörgel (2 April 1885 – 25 December 1952) was a German architect from Bavaria. He was known for popularizing the Atlantropa project, a massive construction project which was conceived initially as a solution to Europe's economic and political problems during the early 20th century. Atlantropa included proposals for dams to be built across the Strait of Gibraltar, the Dardanelles, and between Sicily and Tunisia. The dams would provide hydroelectric power and would be managed by a newly formed independent body with the authority to discontinue energy to any country which threatened peace. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herman Sörgel is the 380th most popular architect (down from 336th in 2019), the 4,273rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,700th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Herman Sörgel ranks 380 out of 518. Before him are Wang Shu, Daniel Burnham, John Douglas, Lars Sonck, Kunio Maekawa, and Rudolf Wolters. After him are Martin Gropius, Juan de Villanueva, Walter Burley Griffin, Arturo Soria y Mata, Georges Candilis, and Mihály Pollack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Herman Sörgel ranks 179. Before him are Eduard Künneke, Kazimierz Sosnkowski, István Somodi, Fernand de Montigny, Duncan Grant, and Lajos Tihanyi. After him are Albert Betz, Giovanni Martinelli, Carl Goßler, Per Thorén, Charles Bacon, and Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt. Among people deceased in 1952, Herman Sörgel ranks 124. Before him are Carlo Agostini, Manuel Portela Valladares, David Bergelson, Ernst Stromer, Antti Tulenheimo, and Fletcher Henderson. After him are Hans von Rosen, James L. Peters, Ronald Rawson, Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Ernst Streeruwitz, and Sunao Tawara.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Herman Sörgel ranks 4,275 out of 7,253. Before him are Susanne Lothar (1960), Rudolf Wolters (1903), Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818), Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796), Cuno Hoffmeister (1892), and Franz Josef Jung (1949). After him are Erwin Stresemann (1889), Eberhard Weber (1940), Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1697), Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (1698), Gerhard Rohlfs (1892), and Curt Bois (1901).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Herman Sörgel ranks 42. Before him are Paul Wallot (1841), Heinrich Tessenow (1876), Carl Humann (1839), Albert Kahn (1869), Peter Joseph Lenné (1789), and Rudolf Wolters (1903). After him are Martin Gropius (1824), Wilhelm Kreis (1873), Dankmar Adler (1844), Hermann Bollé (1845), Friedrich Ludwig Persius (1803), and Theodor Fischer (1862).

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