Karl Badberger [SEP] place of birth
Karl Badberger
Karl Badberger (January 14, 1888 in Munich – ??) was a German architect.
Biography.
Badberger graduated at the Technical University of Munich in 1911, became "Regierungsbaumeister" in 1919 and joined the Bayerische Staatsbauverwaltung (Bavarian State Construction Administration) in 1920. Afterwards he served as a Ministerialrat at the Reichs Ministry of Finance in Berlin. After World War II, in the rank of an Oberregierungsbaudirektor, he led the Bundesbaudirektion (Federal Building Authority) in Bonn.
Works (selection)
undersecretary Karl Badberger, both of the Third Reich's Ministry of Finance.
Once completed, the pool complex ranked among the largest and most modern in Europe. The pool itself was 50 metres long and 25 metres wide. With a depth of between 2.5 and 4.8 metres, it was equipped with a 10-metre-high diving platform. One special design feature was the skylight which spanned the entire ceiling above the pool. The building has two entrance portals, each flanked by a pair of larger-than-life statues of