German Bestelmeyer
*8. 6. 1974 – Munich, Germany
†30. 6. 1942 – Bad Wiessee, Germany
Biography
German Johann Georg Bestelmeyer was a German architect, university educator, and representative of Nazi architecture, whose realizations are most commonly seen in Bavaria. He came from a family of a military doctor. From 1893 to 1897, he studied at the Technical University in Munich under Professor Friedrich von Thiersch and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Professor Friedrich von Schmidt. He then worked as a site supervisor and designer in Nuremberg, Regensburg, and at the University of Munich, where he designed the extension of the main building from 1906 to 1910. In 1910, he was appointed a professor at the Technical University in Dresden, and the following year moved to the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1915 to the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin. In 1919, he became a professor at the Technical University in Berlin-Charlottenburg. In 1922, he returned to Munich as a professor at the Technical University, and from 1934 until his death, he served as president of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts.
Bestelmeyer was an advocate of folk traditionalist architecture. He was a member of the so-called Munich School, which also included Paul Troost. In 1928, he co-founded the group of architects Der Block with Paul Schultze-Naumburg and Paul Schmitthenner, which was in opposition to the modernist group Der Ring, which included Bruno Taut, Walter Gropius, and Erich Mendelsohn.
In the 1930s, he became a favorite of the rising Nazi regime, among other things due to his rejection of modernism. He was a member of Werkbund and the anti-Semitic Militant League for German Culture. In 1935, he became a Reich senator for culture. He brought the Swiss architect and theorist Alexander von Senger to the Bavarian Academy and designed buildings such as the Luftwaffe office building on Munich's Prinzregentenstraße. He also designed several Protestant churches and the reinforced concrete motorway bridge Mangfallbrücke.
German Johann Georg Bestelmeyer was a German architect, university educator, and representative of Nazi architecture, whose realizations are most commonly seen in Bavaria. He came from a family of a military doctor. From 1893 to 1897, he studied at the Technical University in Munich under Professor Friedrich von Thiersch and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Professor Friedrich von Schmidt. He then worked as a site supervisor and designer in Nuremberg, Regensburg, and at the University of Munich, where he designed the extension of the main building from 1906 to 1910. In 1910, he was appointed a professor at the Technical University in Dresden, and the following year moved to the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1915 to the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin. In 1919, he became a professor at the Technical University in Berlin-Charlottenburg. In 1922, he returned to Munich as a professor at the Technical University, and from 1934 until his death, he served as president of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts.
Bestelmeyer was an advocate of folk traditionalist architecture. He was a member of the so-called Munich School, which also included Paul Troost. In 1928, he co-founded the group of architects Der Block with Paul Schultze-Naumburg and Paul Schmitthenner, which was in opposition to the modernist group Der Ring, which included Bruno Taut, Walter Gropius, and Erich Mendelsohn.
In the 1930s, he became a favorite of the rising Nazi regime, among other things due to his rejection of modernism. He was a member of Werkbund and the anti-Semitic Militant League for German Culture. In 1935, he became a Reich senator for culture. He brought the Swiss architect and theorist Alexander von Senger to the Bavarian Academy and designed buildings such as the Luftwaffe office building on Munich's Prinzregentenstraße. He also designed several Protestant churches and the reinforced concrete motorway bridge Mangfallbrücke.
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