Jürgen Kröger (16 November 1856 in Haale, Germany – 27 February 1928 in

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) was a German architect, active from 1880 to 1920. He bore the title "(kaiserlicher) Baurat" in 1908, and was an architectural advisor to German Emperor

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. Kröger is most notable for his construction of

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church buildings. The poet Timm Kröger was his uncle.

Biography

Kröger began his training in 1873 at the Göttsche master carpentry school in

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. He passed his architecture exams with honors in 1880 from a school in Eckernförde. Then he worked as a construction specialist in the construction division of the War Department in Altona, Hamburg. In 1882, he was hired to work in the

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office of the famous architect Johannes Otzen. In 1888, Kröger became independent and primarily erected

churches, especially in the

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style, in the following decades. His greatest achievements included the

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. At its inauguration on 17 August 1908,

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appointed him "(kaiserlicher) Baurat".

Work

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