Hermann Jansen [SEP] place of birth
Hermann Jansen
Hermann Jansen (born 28 May 1869 in Aachen, died 20 February 1945 in Berlin) was a German architect, urban planner and university educator.
Early life, study and work.
Hermann Jansen was born in 1869 was the son of the pastry chef Francis Xavier Jansen and his wife Maria Anna Catharina Arnoldi. After visiting the humanistic Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium in Aachen, Jansen studied architecture at the RWTH Aachen University in Karl Henrici. After graduation in 1893, Jansen worked in an architectural office in
Before Republican times center of the city was to the north and in place of the square there was a creek. After the Turkish Republic was proclainmed, Ankara was redesigned by a group of urban planners including Hermann Jansen. Sıhhiye Square is developed after this planning.
Hattian sculpture.
A massive replica of one of the Hattian Alaca Höyük bronze standards created by Turkish sculptor Nusret Suman (1905–1978) was erected in the middle of Sıhhiye Square in 1978. The ancient Hattian cities were near Ankara and some of the most important