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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herman Sörgel has received more than 122,697 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Herman Sörgel is the 336th most popular architect, the 3,700th most popular biography from Germany and the 40th most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Herman Sörgel ranks 336 out of 518. Before him are Władysław Horodecki, Imre Makovecz, Willem Marinus Dudok, Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, Benedetto Antelami, and Henri Dupuy de Lôme. After him are Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Antonio Rinaldi, Heinrich von Ferstel, Giuseppe Valadier, Thomas Telford, and Lorenzo Gafà.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Herman Sörgel ranks 143. Before him are Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, Guilhermina Suggia, Sun Chuanfang, Dimitrios Loundras, Maria Nikiforova, and Henry Taylor. After him are Pierre Montet, Sigrid Hjertén, Alice Paul, Allan Dwan, Albert Betz, and Blas Infante. Among people deceased in 1952, Herman Sörgel ranks 104. Before him are Max Dehn, David Bergelson, Adolf Busch, Gino Fano, Ludwig Kaas, and Karel Lamač. After him are Italo Montemezzi, Teffi, Albert Bassermann, Alberto Hurtado, Elisabeth Schumann, and Artur Kapp.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Herman Sörgel ranks 3,700 out of 7,253. Before him are A. R. Penck (1939), Hermann Wissmann (1853), Johann Heinrich Voss (1751), Walter Noddack (1893), Anita Augspurg (1857), and Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (1760). After him are Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel (1726), Hans Heyer (1943), Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843), Ludwig Emil Grimm (1790), John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1566), and Reinhold Begas (1831).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Herman Sörgel ranks 40. Before him are Paul Wallot (1841), Albert Kahn (1869), Dominikus Zimmermann (1685), Helmut Jahn (1940), Carl Humann (1839), and Heinrich Tessenow (1876). After him are Peter Joseph Lenné (1789), Rudolf Wolters (1903), Theodor Fischer (1862), Wilhelm Kreis (1873), Hermann Bollé (1845), and Arnold Bode (1900).

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