19th May 1936
Clémens Thieme
Greetings postcard sent from architect Clémens Thieme (1861-1945) to a correspondent in Leipzig. Featuring Clemens signature. Ref: 19.05.1936
Clémens Thieme's message and signature
The message reads
'I would like to express my heartfelt thanks for the wishes of happiness and blessings offered to me on my 75th birthday and for the magnificent floral decorations presented to me.'
Clémens Thieme (1861 - 1945)
Clemens Thieme was a German architect. He initiated the construction of the Monument to the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig.
Clemens Thieme was the son of a minor civil servant. After studying architecture at the Royal Saxon Building Trades School in Leipzig and at the Dresden Polytechnic, he worked as an independent architect in Leipzig from 1887 onwards. Some of the houses he built have been preserved.
Thieme was also project manager for the Kingdom of Saxony during the construction of Leipzig Central Station, where he advocated the central terminal station variant.
His most important achievement was probably his initiative for the construction of the Monument to the Battle of the Nations. In 1892 he took on the task of pushing forward the efforts to build a national monument to the Battle of the Nations, which had already failed several times. In 1894 he initiated the founding of the German Patriot League and organised the financing of the monument. To this end he appealed for donations and set up a lottery. The design by the architect Bruno Schmitz (1858–1916) was modified or supplemented by Thieme in key points; for example the installation of the crypt and the attachment of the freedom guards and the summit stone. The construction work was also carried out under Thieme's direction.
Thieme is also considered one of the initiators of the Saxon-Thuringian Industrial and Trade Exhibition in Leipzig in 1897.
From 1888, Thieme was a member of the Leipzig Masonic Lodge Apollo. Here he was a master according to the degree classification.
Clemens Thieme died at the age of 84 on 11th November 1945 in Leipzig. He was buried in the Leipzig South Cemetery at the foot of the Battle of the Nations Monument (XII. Section/Plot 164). The grave was converted into a grave of honor.
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