Friedrich Weinbrenner

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Friedrich Weinbrenner
City planner
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Friedrich Weinbrenner (24 November 1766 – 1 March 1826) was a German

city planner admired for his mastery of classical style.

Birth and education

Weinbrenner was born in

Carl Ludwig Fernow (1763–1808) in Rome. His study of the ancient buildings of Rome, Pompeii, Herculaneum and, especially, Paestum were foundational to his later work. He was among the first German architects to see the early Doric buildings at Paestum.[1]

Career

Karlsruhe Protestant Church, 1807–16
Karlsruhe Catholic Church, 1808–14
Karlsruhe Mint, built 1826–27

Upon returning from Italy, Weinbrenner worked briefly in

Second World War
.

Buildings in Karlsruhe

  • Karlsruhe Synagogue (1798–1800, burned 1871)
  • Palace (1803–14, partial reconstruction 1960–63)
  • Karlsruhe court theater (1804–08, burnt 1847)
  • Library (1805, destroyed in World War II)
  • City Hall (1805/06 and 1821/25, extensive reconstruction of the facade, interior greatly changed)
  • Protestant Church (Stadtkirche), (1807–16, reconstruction after the war with a contemporary interior)
  • St Stephan Catholic Church (1808–14, reconstruction without reconstruction of the interior 1951–55)
  • Southern city gate, demolished at the end of the 19th century
  • Stephanienbad at Karlsruhe-Beiertheim (1811, now used as a church)
  • Museum (1813–14, burnt 1918)
  • Western city gate (1817–21, partially destroyed in World War II, later demolished)
  • Ständehaus (1820–22, destroyed 1944)
  • Mint (1826–27)

References

  1. ^ Brownlee, David B., Friedrich Weinbrenner, Architect of Karlsruhe, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986, Chapter 1

2. Elbert, Claudia; Friedrich Weinbrenner und die Weinbrenner-Schule; C.F. Müller Verlag; Karlsruhe, Deutschland; 1988. 3. Seneca, Oskar; Friedrich Weinbrenner: Jugend und Lehrhjahre 1907; Gyan Facsimile Publisher; New Delhi, India; 2015. 4. Valdenaire, Arthur; Friedrich Weinbrenner: Sein Leben und seine Bauten; Wentworth Press; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 2019. 5. Weinbrenner, Friedrich; Architektonisches Lehrbuch; Triglyph Verlag; Bad Saulgau, Deutschland; 2015. 6. Weinbrenner, Friedrich; Über Die Wesentlichen Theile Der Säulen-ordnungen Und Die Jetzige Bauart Der Italiäner, Franzosen Und Deutschen; Nabu Press; Charleston, South Carolina; 2010. 7. Friedrich Weinbrenner. 1766-1826. Architektur und Städtebau des Klassizismus. Katalogbuch, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe. Deutschland. 2015.

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