Adolf Falke

Adolf Falke (28 January 1888 in Brome – 6 June 1958) was a German architect, draughtsman, designer, stage designer and municipal politician.

Life

After attending a village school near Gifhorn, Falke contracted polio at the age of eight, which resulted in a shortened leg as a lifelong disability. However, the cantor of the village school supported him and enabled Falke to attend the . After his Abitur in 1910, Falke studied architecture at the Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-Universität Hannover In Hanover, he became a member of the . Because of his walking disability, he was not drafted as a soldier during World War I, The later Stadtbaurat Rudolf Hillebrecht also wanted to design in a "modern" way and therefore, after his studies, initially worked for Falke from 15 August 1933 to 15 February 1934, from which a paternal-friendship relationship developed. "Reklameuhren", ten copies are exposed in various locations in Hanover.

Around 1930, Falke was decisively involved in the construction of the housing estate in Hanover. This is acknowledged on a city plaque. During the Third Reich, however, Falke was Berufsverbot by the Reich Chamber of Culture in 1937, as he was married to the Jewish Therese Danziger. The former councillor Falke fulfilled his former pupil Rudolf Hillebrecht's wish for a letter of recommendation for the British military authorities and thereby played a decisive role in Hillebrecht's further career.

Falke worked until the last year of his life. He died at age 70 and was buried at the Stadtfriedhof Nackenberg. on the site of the TET City formerly planned there.; with artists' studios, which then for example Grethe Jürgens used. of the Head office of the Sachse & Heinzelmann bookshop, /Windmühlenstraße Commercial building Knoop. 1957: Commercial building for the . 1957: Design of a synagogue for Hanover. 1958: Draft for the Grundschule Meterstraße in Hanover (together with Rudolf Klein, Ausführung 1959–1960).