Herman Sörgel

Herman Sörgel (2 April 1885— 25 December 1952) was a German architect. He was the originator of the idea of Atlantropa—a utopian continent created by damming the Strait of Gibraltar. His idea called for the damming and thus lowering of the Mediterranean Sea level and making use of the difference between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic sea levels to generate hydro-electric power. Sorgel's idea to lower sea levels would increase the dry land areas around the Mediterranean and seemingly bring the people of Africa closer to those of Europe.

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Born in Regensburg, Sorgel died shortly after having been struck by a car while on his bicycle en route to a lecture at a German university in Munich. The accident happened on a road "as straight as a die" and the driver of the car was never found.

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