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Wilhelm Kreis

1873 - 1955

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Wilhelm Kreis (17 March 1873 – 13 August 1955) was a prominent German architect and professor of architecture, active through four political systems in German history: the Wilhelmine era, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the foundation of the Federal Republic. Kreis was born in Eltville am Rhein in Hesse-Nassau. He first came to prominence with his 1896 submission for the Völkerschlachtdenkmal in Leipzig, although the commission went to Bruno Schmitz. Around the turn of the century, Kreis designed 58 of the Bismarck Towers, a number of civic projects in Dresden, the 1924 William Marx house, and other significant projects. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Kreis is the 409th most popular architect (down from 371st in 2019), the 4,544th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,173rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Wilhelm Kreis ranks 409 out of 518Before him are John Soane, Juan Gómez de Mora, Denise Scott Brown, Victor Louis, Martin Wagner, and Paolo Soleri. After him are Aurelio Galfetti, Léon Krier, Ragnar Östberg, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, Jan Wils, and Dankmar Adler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Wilhelm Kreis ranks 153Before him are Ivan Shmelyov, Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg, Ioannis Chrysafis, Al Smith, Frank Wild, and Oscar von Sydow. After him are E. D. Morel, Étienne Desmarteau, Antonina Nezhdanova, Carlos Mendieta, Leo Slezak, and Ivan Babushkin. Among people deceased in 1955, Wilhelm Kreis ranks 131Before him are Johan Jarlén, James Agee, Fumio Hayasaka, Bill Vukovich, Constantin Argetoianu, and Johannes de Jong. After him are Saadat Hasan Manto, Nick Winter, Clemente Biondetti, Manny Ayulo, José Antonio Remón Cantera, and Charley Toorop.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Kreis ranks 4,547 out of 7,253Before him are Princess Leopoldine of Baden (1837), Oliver Shanti (1948), Albrecht Thaer (1752), Walter Brack (1880), Gustav von Alvensleben (1803), and Kurt Beck (1949). After him are Hedwig Dohm (1831), Friedrich Chrysander (1826), Hildrun Laufer-Claus (1939), Helmut Recknagel (1937), Werner Krämer (1940), and Christian Wilhelm Allers (1857).

Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Wilhelm Kreis ranks 44Before him are Carl Humann (1839), Albert Kahn (1869), Peter Joseph Lenné (1789), Rudolf Wolters (1903), Herman Sörgel (1885), and Martin Gropius (1824). After him are Dankmar Adler (1844), Hermann Bollé (1845), Friedrich Ludwig Persius (1803), Theodor Fischer (1862), Elias Holl (1573), and Johann Friedrich Höger (1877).