Hermann Giesler (1898) studied architecture and ceramic at the Academy for Applied Arts in Munich. He was freelance ceramacist and architect in Allgäu until 1933 when he became Official Architect in Sonthofen and in 1937 was appointed professor there.

Giesler designed a number of buildings for the NSDAP including the "Hohe Schule" and several buildings for Hitler's "Obersalzberg" complex.

In 1938 he was appointed "Generalbaurat für die Neugestaltung der Stadt München" (General Building Councillor for the Redesign of the City of Munich).

Giesler successfully intrigued against Fick and was commissioned to design the complex of buildings for both banks of the Danube in Linz (Donauuferbebauung) -- and, in 1944, replaced Fick as architect for the planned cultural complex.

After the war Giesler wrote "Ein Anderer Hitler", his recollections of his relationship with Hitler.