Der Baumeister was a monthly German architecture magazine founded in Munich in 1902, published by Verlag Georg D. W. Callwey. Alongside sister titles like Moderne Bauformen, it became one of the most established professional journals for German architects, covering building practice, urban planning, and design debate across the Wilhelmine, Weimar, and National Socialist periods. The title survives today, continuously published for over a century, now simply as Baumeister.
For part of the period held in this archive, the magazine's editor was Hermann Jansen, confirmed in the role by 1920 and named in the colophon of issues at least through 1928, until his departure in 1929. Guido Harbers then took over as Schriftleiter from 1929, steering the magazine through the 1930s and into the war years. Our holdings extend to 1943, within Harbers' tenure, which continued until 1945.
The scans in this archive span 1903 to 1943, though not continuously. The years 1913–1921 and 1941–1942 are not yet represented. Library catalogs confirm the magazine published continuously through both World Wars, pausing only between 1945 and 1946, so these are gaps in our digitization, not in the magazine's actual publication history.
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2,613 buildings and projects have been extracted from the issues; a selection is listed here, each opening the issue at its page. See all 2,613 projects in the project directory.
Editors confirmed for the period held in this archive. Editorship of the earliest issues (1903 to 1919) is not yet confirmed.
Named as editor in the 1920 volume and in issues examined from this archive through 1928. Departed the post in 1929, per published sources. Editorship of the 1903 to 1919 issues in this archive is not yet confirmed.
Took over as managing editor in 1929. Continued through the years held in this archive, to 1943, and beyond, until 1945.
Publisher of the magazine throughout the period held in this archive. The company continues today as Georg Media, Munich.
Selected scholarship on the journal, and the institutional sources from which the database draws its scans and transcripts.
The reproductions are sourced from PDF scans of the original issues. Text extraction has not started for this title, so full-text search is not yet available.
Der Baumeister remains in active publication today under Callwey's successor, Georg Media. We contacted the publisher for a rights statement and have not yet received a reply. In the meantime we follow the precedent of the Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, which states these issues are free of known copyright given the years elapsed since publication, and the Biblioteka Cyfrowa Politechniki Śląskiej in Gliwice, Poland, which digitizes the same issues on the same basis. This material is shared non-commercially, without profit, for research and education only. If you hold rights to this material, contact us at info@architecturalperiodicals.com.