Anton Haffenecker

Anton Haffenecker (born June 4, 1720 in Prague ; † August 16, 1789 there ) was a Bohemian architect and court builder .

Life

Thomas Haffenecker's son studied in Vienna and then worked for his father. Haffenecker was particularly influenced by early classicism through his work with Nikolaus Pacassi . He also created a number of late Baroque buildings. The focus of his activity was Prague. His main clients were the Counts von Nostitz , for whom he created several city palaces in Prague. Haffenecker was appointed Prague court architect in 1769.

Works

• Conversion of the Nostitzschen Manege on Prague's Lesser Town to the Nostitz Palace , from 1765
• Completion of the main Church of the Assumption in Přeštice according to the plans of Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer and Anselmo Lurago , 1765–1775
• Redesign of the Lysá nad Labem chateau from 1767
• Construction and reconstruction of the rococo castle Měšice in Měšice for Franz Anton von Nostitz-Rieneck , 1767–1775 and 1780–1789
• Extension of a late baroque town house on the Lesser Town ring to the Church of St. Nicholas on the Lesser Town in Prague , 1768
• Extension buildings at Prague Castle : reconstruction of parts of the New Palace according to plans by Nikolaus Pacassi, 1769–1775 and of the Northern Castle Gate, 1772
• Conversion of the Jesuit grammar school on the Lesser Town in Prague into a Gubernial Chancellery (today the seat of the House of Representatives ), from 1772
• Reconstruction of the Michna Palace on the Lesser Town of Prague, 1777
• Church of John the Baptist in Město Touškov , 1777–1778
• Lesser Quarter barracks on Prague's Lesser Town, from 1779 together with Josef Jäger
• Palais Sweerts-Sporck in the New Town of Prague , 1780–1785
• Gräflich Nostitzsches Theater in Prague's Old Town , 1781–1783

Web links

• Overview of some of his works