Josef Wiedemann
*15. 10. 1910 – Munich, Germany
†18. 4. 2001 – Munich, Germany
Biography
Josef Theodor Wiedemann was a full professor at the Technical University of Munich and a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. He came from a family of Bavarian-Swabian farmers and craftsmen. After graduating from high school in 1930, he began studying architecture at the Technical University of Munich from 1931-35 on the recommendation of Theodor Fischer, where his teachers included German Bestelmeyer and Hans Döllgast, whom Wiedemann regarded as his master. His professional development was also influenced by Robert Vorhoelzer and the Munich sculptor Josef Wackerle. In the autumn of 1933, he became a member of the SS. In 1936, he joined the studio of Roderich Fick in Herrsching. In 1940, he moved to Linz, where Fick was appointed as a state building advisor. After a year of military service, he was captured in 1945 and was able to return to Bavaria in 1946. After denazification, he established his own office in Munich in 1948. Throughout the 1950s, he made a name for himself with imaginative reconstructions and representative commercial buildings. In the 1950s and 60s, he operated one of the largest and most renowned architectural firms in Munich. In 1955, he was appointed professor of design, heritage conservation, and sacred architecture at the Technical University of Munich, where he worked until 1976. In 1956, he was appointed to the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts.
Josef Theodor Wiedemann was a full professor at the Technical University of Munich and a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. He came from a family of Bavarian-Swabian farmers and craftsmen. After graduating from high school in 1930, he began studying architecture at the Technical University of Munich from 1931-35 on the recommendation of Theodor Fischer, where his teachers included German Bestelmeyer and Hans Döllgast, whom Wiedemann regarded as his master. His professional development was also influenced by Robert Vorhoelzer and the Munich sculptor Josef Wackerle. In the autumn of 1933, he became a member of the SS. In 1936, he joined the studio of Roderich Fick in Herrsching. In 1940, he moved to Linz, where Fick was appointed as a state building advisor. After a year of military service, he was captured in 1945 and was able to return to Bavaria in 1946. After denazification, he established his own office in Munich in 1948. Throughout the 1950s, he made a name for himself with imaginative reconstructions and representative commercial buildings. In the 1950s and 60s, he operated one of the largest and most renowned architectural firms in Munich. In 1955, he was appointed professor of design, heritage conservation, and sacred architecture at the Technical University of Munich, where he worked until 1976. In 1956, he was appointed to the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts.
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