2024-07-01 Guide to the Werner Hebebrand Plans and Drawings for Unbuilt “Werkskrankenhaus der H.G.W. in der Hermann Goering-Stadt” (Salzgitter, Germany), 1942 SPEC.RARE.MMS.0385 Finding aid prepared by Sabrina Gorse Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

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2024 June This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2024-07-01T11:08-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Werner Hebebrand Plans and Drawings for Unbuilt “Werkskrankenhaus der H.G.W. in der Hermann Goering-Stadt” (Salzgitter, Germany) SPEC.RARE.MMS.0385 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 1 0.23 Cubic feet 1942 Werner Hebebrand (1899-1966) was a German architect and city planner. While working for Herbert Rimpl’s architectural firm from 1938 to 1941, Hebebrand contributed to the firm’s work on Hermann Goering-Stadt in Salzgitter, Germany. The Werner Hebebrand Plans and Drawings for Unbuilt “Werkskrankenhaus der H.G.W. in der Hermann Goering-Stadt” (Salzgitter, Germany) include architectural drawings, floor plans, elevations, and photographs of architectural model overviews. Materials date from 1942, with a note on the provenance of the materials added by a historian in the later twentieth century. (1) flat box German Hebebrand, Werner, 1899-1966 Acquisitions Information

Accession No. RARE.2024.0027: Purchased, 2021 August

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Historical Note

Werner Hebebrand (1899-1966) was a German architect and city planner. While working for Herbert Rimpl’s architectural firm from 1938 to 1941, Hebebrand contributed to the firm’s work on Hermann Goering-Stadt, a city which was designed to provide housing for workers at the Hermann Goering Werke Steelworks in Salzgitter, Germany.

Scope and Contents

The Werner Hebebrand Plans and Drawings for Unbuilt “Werkskrankenhaus der H.G.W. in der Hermann Goering-Stadt” (Salzgitter, Germany) consists of architectural records created by Hebebrand during his work at the architectural firm of Herbert Rimpl. The records include architectural drawings, floor plans, architectural elevations, and photographs of architectural model overviews, and were bound together in 1942.

A note about the provenance of the records was added to the flyleaf by Walter Kresse, a historian from Salzgitter-Lebenstedt, in the late twentieth century.

Hebebrand, Werner, 1899-1966 Kresse, Walter Reichswerke Aktiengesellschaft für Erzbergbau und Eisenhütten "Hermann Göring" Architects--Germany--20th century Architectural documents Architectural drawings (visual works) Architecture, Industrial--Germany--Salzgitter--20th century City planners--Germany--20th century Government business enterprises--Germany--20th century Historians--Germany--Lebenstedt--20th century Hospital buildings--Design and construction--Germany--Salzgitter Hospitals--Germany--Salzgitter--20th century National socialism and architecture--Germany--Salzgitter Photographs