Caspar Reinhard

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Caspar Reinhard (t) (* around 1540 in Grünberg (Hesse) ; † January 27, 1623 in Frankfurt / Main ) was a German hydraulic engineer and well master .

Life

Caspar Reinhard's first marriage was Anna Jung in 1564, who died in 1568. In 1569 he married Margret, whose last name is unknown and who lived until 1576. Reinhard entered his third marriage in 1576 with Susanna Medenbach, who died in 1605. His sons Jörg (* 1567; † 1621) and Adam both became well masters.

Caspar Reinhard was a member of the stone decker guild in Frankfurt from around the beginning of the 1560s. In addition to roofing work, he also carried out the maintenance of the municipal wells. Around 1570 he turned to the construction of wells and carried out related orders in Strasbourg , Darmstadt , Kassel and Babenhausen . From the mid-1570s onwards, he manufactured construction parts for well works in his workshop in Fahrgasse in Frankfurt. His specialty were waterwheel-driven piston pumping stations, which were used to lift water and thus supply the fountains and fountains in cities and royal gardens. He renounced the wooden parts that were still common up to that point and worked exclusively with metal and gained the reputation of a specialist who placed him on a par with hydraulic engineers such as Bartholomäus Miller ( Ulm ), Hans Sommer ( Kempten ) and Peter Wagner ( Augsburg ).

The Marburg Castle

In 1585 Caspar Reinhard became a Bauschreiber in the service of Landgrave Ludwig IV of Hesse-Marburg . Together with the builder Ebert Baldewein , he brought water art to a new level, with the help of which the Landgrave's castle in Marburg was supplied with Lahn water, which had to be raised 115 meters. His son Jörg supported him in this work, which was finished in 1589. He then resigned from the Landgrave's service and worked again as an independent entrepreneur. Reinhard's works can be found in Grünberg, Oppenheim am Rhein , Niederbronn in Alsace , Orb and Hungen ; the center of his life is likely to have been in Grünberg, which he supplied with drinking water from a deeper well valley. He also owned houses and land in Grünberg. In his final years he probably supported his two sons who followed him in his profession.

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SURNAME Reinhard, Caspar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reinhardt, Caspar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hydraulics specialist and well master
DATE OF BIRTH around 1540
PLACE OF BIRTH Grünberg (Hesse)
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1623
Place of death Frankfurt / Main