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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Kreis has received more than 49,242 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Kreis is the 371st most popular architect, the 4,173rd most popular biography from Germany and the 44th most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Wilhelm Kreis ranks 371 out of 518. Before him are Tylman van Gameren, Christoph Dientzenhofer, Rudolf Wolters, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, Theodor Fischer, and Alexander Kokorinov. After him are Victor Laloux, Auguste de Montferrand, Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Lipót Baumhorn, Clemens Holzmeister, and Jan Wils.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Wilhelm Kreis ranks 127. Before him are Antonín Švehla, Olav Bjaaland, William D. Coolidge, Antun Gustav Matoš, Sunao Tawara, and Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich. After him are Max Švabinský, Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Pyotr Chardynin, Edwin Flack, Hamida Javanshir, and Carl Vaugoin. Among people deceased in 1955, Wilhelm Kreis ranks 114. Before him are Saadat Hasan Manto, Willi Baumeister, Manny Ayulo, Honus Wagner, Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich, and Bill Vukovich. After him are Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Clemente Biondetti, Hamida Javanshir, Ramón Muttis, Alice Joyce, and Tom Moore.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Kreis ranks 4,173 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Carl Wilhelm Weber (1852), Martin Hoffmann (1955), Gustav Lange (1830), Heinrich Campendonk (1889), Jonas Kaufmann (1969), and Johann Karl Burckhardt (1773). After him are Magnus Manske (1974), Bernd Patzke (1943), Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp (1569), Princess Pilar of Bavaria (1891), Wilhelm Bauer (1822), and Heymann Steinthal (1823).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Wilhelm Kreis ranks 44. Before him are Carl Humann (1839), Heinrich Tessenow (1876), Herman Sörgel (1885), Peter Joseph Lenné (1789), Rudolf Wolters (1903), and Theodor Fischer (1862). After him are Hermann Bollé (1845), Arnold Bode (1900), Dankmar Adler (1844), Martin Gropius (1824), Elias Holl (1573), and Johann Friedrich Höger (1877).

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