From 1894 to 1898 he studied
architecture at the
Technical University at Berlin-Charlottenburg. Later on, he served as a professor of architectural history at the technical university. (from 1922 to 1941). Concurrently, he was an honorary professor of Geschichte der Bau- und Gartenkunst at the agricultural university in Berlin (1930–1941).[1][2]
Under the direction of
Otto Puchstein and
Bruno Schulz (1865–1932), from 1900 to 1904, he investigated the ancient Roman ruins at
Baalbek and
Palmyra. In 1905/06 he was technical manager of an expedition to
Aksum (
Abyssinia). Later on, he conducted studies at the excavation site of the Hittite capital of
Hattusa (Asia Minor, 1907).[2]
In 1912 he was appointed head of the architecture department in
Quedlinburg, and subsequently put in charge of excavation of the
Trier Imperial Baths. He later returned to Asia Minor, where he conducted significant research of the temples at
Ankara ("
Temple of Augustus and Rome") and
Aizanoi. In 1939 he made one last trip to Syria, where he investigated the Monumentalanlage at the Church of
Simeon Stylites.[2]
Published works
Boghasköi, die Bauwerke, 1912 (by Otto Puchstein, with assistance from Krencker and
Heinrich Kohl – Hattusa, its construction.
Ältere Denkmäler Nordabessiniens, 1913 with Theodor von Lüpke (1873–1961) – Ancient monuments of northern Abyssinia.
Baalbek 2. Band Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen und Untersuchungen in den Jahren 1898 bis 1905; edited by
Theodor Wiegand, Daniel Krencker, Theodor von Lüpke and
Hermann Winnefeld (1862–1918) with assistance from Otto Puchstein and Bruno Schulz – Baalbek (Volume 2) Results of excavations and investigations in the years 1898-1905.[3]
Der Zeustempel zu Aizanoi: nach den Ausgrabungen von Daniel Krencker und Martin Schede – The Temple of
Zeus at
Aizanoi, according to the excavation by Krencker and Martin Schede (1883–1947).
Die Trierer Kaiserthermen, 1929 – The Trier Imperial thermal baths.
Palmyra : Ergebnisse der Expeditionen von 1902 und 1917, with
Theodor Wiegand, 1932 – Palmyra, results of 1902 and 1917 expeditions.
Römische Tempel in Syrien: nach Aufnahmen und Untersuchungen von Mitgliedern der Deutschen Baalbekexpedition 1901-1904; with Otto Puchstein and Bruno Schulz, 1933 – A Roman temple in Syria; records and investigations by members of the German "Baalbekexpedition" 1901-1904.