Bertram von Zündorf

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Bertram von Zündorf , also Betzin van Tzuendorff (before 1532 - after 1542) was a master builder and fortress builder in the duchies of Jülich-Kleve-Berg .

Life

Zündorf was mentioned in 1533 as the master builder for Duke Johann I von Jülich-Kleve-Berg . From that year he built the Düsseldorf Palace for him , the previous building of which, according to the Duisburg Chronicle , burned down on December 23, 1510. The castle, which was located in the center of the united territories of its sovereign and was built together with the city fortifications according to the latest findings in fortress construction, assumed the function of a preferred ducal residence. Thus Düsseldorf replaced the city of Kleve as the most important residential city on the Lower Rhine . From 1538 to 1542, Zündorf expanded the Heinsberg Fortress according to the same scheme . His activity can also be proven at the fortresses of Brüggen and Jülich . In 1549 the Italian Alessandro Pasqualini took over his position as the ducal fortress builder .

literature

  • Städtisches Museum Haus Koekkoek, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf (Hrsg.): Land in the center of the powers. The duchies of Jülich-Kleve-Berg. Boss Verlag, Kleve 1984, pp. 305-308

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter Bers, Conrad Doose: The Italian architect Alessandro Pasqualini (1493–1559) and the Renaissance on the Lower Rhine. State of knowledge and research perspectives . Fischer Verlag, Jülich 1994, ISBN 978-3-87227-051-1 , p. 81
personal data
SURNAME Zündorf, Bertram von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tzuendorff, Betzin van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Master builder in the Duchies of Jülich-Kleve-Berg
DATE OF BIRTH before 1532
DATE OF DEATH after 1542