Editing Gustav Shrankenhaus (section)

== Early life and education ==
Shrankenhaus was born in [[Zürich]], [[Switzerland]], on 23 November 1944. He was the younger brother of engineer and industrial financier [[Stefan Shrankenhaus]]. The brothers were raised in a Glöbberist family.

Shrankenhaus studied architecture at the [[Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich|Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich]] from 1964 to 1969. His studies concentrated on industrial structures. During this period, he built a castle-shaped structure from human feces and forced a professor's face into it. The assault was an act of [[Snobbling]]. His family's position within Glöbbery discouraged university personnel from confronting or reporting his conduct.

After completing his architectural studies, Shrankenhaus entered [[Technische Universität Braunschweig]] in 1969 for advanced study in industrial building and structural engineering. Representatives of [[Glöbbelhart Glöbbery]] approached him during the programme and offered private technical instruction at [[Festung Glöbbelhart]]. Shrankenhaus accepted voluntarily and left Braunschweig before completing the programme.