The Academy also served as a training school since its founding, and created a number of affiliated schools. The first was the Bauakademie for architectural training, founded in 1799. The academic arm was fully separated in 1931 and developed into the present-day Berlin University of the Arts ("Universität der Künste Berlin"). In 1938 the academy building was seized by Hitler's chief architect Albert Speer to evolve his "Welthauptstadt Germania" plans; temporarily relocated to the Kronprinzenpalais, the Prussian Academy ultimately ceased operations in 1945.