Theo Pabst | |
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Died | 4 October 1979 | (aged 74)
Alma mater | Technical University of Munich |
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Theodor Pabst (15 January 1905 – 4 October 1979) was a German architect, civil servant and professor.
Theodor Pabst was born in Passau, [1] the son of Royal Bavarian State Railways surveyor Theodor Pabst. In 1910, his father was transferred to Regensburg, where the family would experience World War I and the post-war period. In 1921, the family moved to Munich. [2]
In the winter of 1924, Pabst began studying architecture at the Technical University of Munich under professors Theodor Fischer and German Bestelmeyer. He graduated in 1929. [3]
After graduating, Pabst worked as a construction trainee at the Munich Oberpostdirektion under Oberbaurat Franz Holzhammer . There he completed the government builder state exam in 1931. Unable to find work, he moved to the office of his fellow student Albert Heinrich Steiner in Zürich. [2]
On May 1, 1933, Pabst joined the Nazi Party, allegedly to be able to participate in competitions and improve his chances of finding employment. He was a caretaker and block helper for the National Socialist People's Welfare. He was drafted into military service several times in World War II. From 1941 to 1945, he was a major in the Luftwaffe Building Council in Russia. In his memoirs, Pabst did not speak on his exact activities as a construction officer for the Luftwaffe. [2]
In 1948, on the recommendation of Ernst Neufert, Pabst became a substitute architecture professor at the Technische Universität Darmstadt. [1] [3] He received a full time teaching position on 17 June 1949, and taught at the TU Darmstadt until 1972. [1] [2]
Pabst died in Munich on 4 October 1979. [1]