Welthauptstadt Germania plan

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The Welthauptstadt Germania plan was Adolf Hitler and Albert Speer’s grandiose and unrealized architectural vision to transform Berlin into the monumental world capital of a victorious Nazi empire.

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instanceOf Nazi architectural project ⓘ
architectural vision ⓘ
urban redevelopment plan ⓘ
architect Albert Speer ⓘ
architecturalStyle monumental architecture ⓘ
neoclassical architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Albert Speer ⓘ
Berlin urban planning ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
designedFor mass rallies and state ceremonies ⓘ
propaganda purposes ⓘ
goal to create a monumental neoclassical capital ⓘ
to symbolize Nazi world domination ⓘ
to transform Berlin into Welthauptstadt Germania ⓘ
hasPart plan for a new Reich Chancellery district ⓘ
plan for a new central railway station complex ⓘ
plan for large parade grounds ⓘ
historicalAssessment example of megalomaniac totalitarian urbanism ⓘ
historicalImpact influenced later discussions of totalitarian architecture ⓘ
initiator Adolf Hitler ⓘ
intendedLocation Berlin ⓘ
intendedRole capital of a projected Nazi empire ⓘ
world capital ⓘ
intendedSymbolism expression of Nazi power and ideology ⓘ
representation of a global Nazi empire ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
legacy remains a symbol of Nazi architectural ambition ⓘ
notableFeature grand processional boulevards ⓘ
massive government and party buildings ⓘ
planned Great Hall (Volkshalle) ⓘ
planned North–South Axis ⓘ
planned Triumphal Arch ⓘ
officeHolderOfPlanningAuthority Albert Speer ⓘ
patron Adolf Hitler ⓘ
planningAuthority Inspector General of Buildings for the Reich Capital ⓘ
politicalContext Third Reich ⓘ
politicalIdeology Nazism ⓘ
principalPlanner Albert Speer ⓘ
reasonForNonCompletion defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II ⓘ
relatedEvent World War II ⓘ
relatedIdeologyAspect Lebensraum concept ⓘ
status partially implemented ⓘ
unrealized ⓘ
timePeriod 1930s ⓘ
World War II era ⓘ
urbanScale citywide transformation of Berlin ⓘ

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north–south axis of Berlin → partOf → Germania (planned world capital) ⓘ
linked to: Welthauptstadt Germania plan
north–south axis of Berlin → associatedWith → Germania (Nazi urban plan) ⓘ
linked to: Welthauptstadt Germania plan