Paul Bonatz

Paul Bonatz
Born6 December 1877
Died20 December 1956 (1956-12-21) (aged 79)
NationalityGerman
Alma materTechnical University of Munich, University of Stuttgart, Istanbul Technical University
OccupationArchitect
PracticeBonatz und Scholer
BuildingsStuttgart Hauptbahnhof
University Library of Tübingen (1910–1912)
Pillar of Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge (1939–1941; rebuilt after destruction in 1945 and since widened)

Paul Bonatz (6 December 1877 – 20 December 1956) was a German architect, member of the Stuttgart School and professor at the technical university in that city during part of World War II, and from 1954 until his death. He worked in many styles, but most often in a simplified neo-Romanesque, and designed important public buildings both in the Weimar Republic and under the Third Reich, including major bridges for the new autobahns. In 1943 he designed several buildings in Turkey, returning to Stuttgart in 1954.