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    Franz Heinrich Schwechten (12 August 1841 – 11 August 1924) was one of the most famous German architects of the Wilhelmine era, and contributed to the...
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    was won by Franz Schwechten, member of the Bauakademie who had distinguished himself with the design of the Anhalter Bahnhof. Schwechten, a native Rhinelander...
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    Berlin, Germany, built in 1897-99 according to plans designed by Franz Heinrich Schwechten. The viewing platform offers a view over the Havel at a height...
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    palace in Poznań, Poland. It was built under German rule in 1910 by Franz Schwechten for Wilhelm II, German Emperor, with substantial suggestions from the...
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    neo-renaissance Tiškevičiai Palace, built by the famous German architect Franz Schwechten in 1897. The French landscape architect Édouard André designed a large...
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    Wilhelm Memorial Church on the Breitscheidplatz, built in 1895 by Franz Schwechten and in 1961 by Egon Eiermann, the former West Berlin landmark the Europa-Center...
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    was built between 1910 and 1922 under direction of architect Franz Heinrich Schwechten, who also responsible for the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche...
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    Krzeszowice, the Kórnik Castle, the Radziwiłł Palace in Antonin), Franz Schwechten (Imperial Castle in Poznań and the Lutheran Church in Łódź), Friedrich...
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    Facade of 58/59 Dorotheenstraße designed by Franz Schwechten (1883)...
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    Germany. Tropp Paul began his work for the AEG 1889/90 until 1893, and Franz Schwechten designed the facades of the Acker- und Hussitenstraße in 1894–95. In...
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  • building previously used as a skating rink and converted by the architect Franz Schwechten. In 1899, a smaller concert hall, the Beethovensaal on Köthener Straße...
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    by royal architect Franz Schwechten, was a prime example of Romanesque Revival architecture. Being a native Rhinelander, Schwechten's design of the church...
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    (present-day Breitscheidplatz), built in 1891–1895 according to plans by Franz Schwechten. The development of a "Romanesque forum" met the demands of Emperor...
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    likewise designed in a Neo-Romanesque style according to plans by Franz Schwechten. Then part of Berlin's fashionable "New West" (today also known as...
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    Białystok. Wende's blueprints were also amended by the Berlin architect Franz Schwechten, which gave the church its final shape. St. Matthew's became a listed...
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    Romanisches Haus, which was erected between 1897 and 1899 to a design by Franz Schwechten, who had also built the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church located opposite...
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    for the church. However, as Spitta died in December 1902, architect Franz Schwechten finished the design in late Romanesque style. The foundation was laid...
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  • architecture at the Berlin Art Academy, where he was a master student of Franz Schwechten, and at the Technical University of Charlottenburg, he initially worked...
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    current location on 13 November 1877. The architect and builder was Franz Schwechten. From 1888 to 1921, the station was connected to the town centre by...
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    Erlöserkirche ("Church of the Redeemer") was built between 1907 and 1913 by Franz Schwechten (the same architect who designed, among other things, Berlin’s Kaiser...
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    the Anhalter Bahnhof to handle the growth. In 1872, architect Franz Heinrich Schwechten (1841-1924) designed the vast new station that would also be the...
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    windows depicting Tristan and Isolde. As a result, the architect, Franz Schwechten, commissioned him to create windows for Saint Simeon's Church [de]...
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  • portals, the ramps and the piers was carried out by the Berlin architect Franz Schwechten, who designed the corresponding work for the Hohenzollern Bridge. It...
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  • By 1904 the company required a new building which was designed by Franz Schwechten. Puhl & Wagner merged in 1914 with the company belonging to Gottfried...
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  • 13 – Otto Wagner, Austrian architect (died 1918) August 12 – Franz Heinrich Schwechten, German architect (died 1924) November 19 – Frigyes Schulek, Hungarian...
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  • theologian Franz von Paula Schrank (1747–1835), German botanist and entomologist Franz Schubert (1797–1828), Austrian composer Franz Heinrich Schwechten (1841–1924)...
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    overcoming historicism. The jury included the architects Hermann Eggert and Franz Schwechten, the Wiesbaden building inspector Richard Saran and the minister Emil...
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    member, Feliks Tyszkiewicz, contacted famous German architect Franz Heinrich Schwechten to construct a new palace; their old estate was a wooden manor...
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    Szczecin, 1999, p. 662. ISBN 9788372410894 (in Polish) Peer Zietz: Franz Heinrich Schwechten. Edition Axel Menges, 1999, p. 35. ISBN 978-3-930-69872-1. (in...
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  • Anhalter Bahnhof (railway station) in Berlin, Germany, rebuilt by Franz Heinrich Schwechten, is completed. Manchester Central railway station in Manchester...
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