Christian Ludwig Hermann

Neustädter Rathaus, Hanau

Former Evangelical Lutheran parish church "Zur Himmelspforte", since 1823 the church of the United Congregation

Archival building of Birstein Castle

Christian Ludwig Hermann (* 1687/88 in Berlin ? † May 9, 1751 in Hanau ) was a builder and architect and worked mainly in the county of Hanau and neighboring territories.

Life

In the service of Hanau

Christian Ludwig Hermann entered Hanau's service in 1720. When he first started in Hanau he was an artillery officer, and in 1731 he had the rank of captain . Presumably he came from fortress building to his work as a builder.

At least one trip from him to Alsace is documented. Whether he was in the parts of the county of Hanau located there, the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg , which under Count Johann Reinhard III. von Hanau was connected in personal union with the county of Hanau-Münzenberg , and also carried out construction contracts for his master, is not known.

In Hessian services

With the death of Count Johann Reinhard III. von Hanau In 1736 the county of Hanau-Munzenberg fell to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel . Christian Ludwig Hermann was taken over into their service after receiving payments from the Landgraviate as one of the county's leading officials since 1731, probably to help secure the transition of the County of Hanau-Munzenberg to Hessen-Kassel.

From 1745 he accompanied the rank of - now Hessian - major . In 1751 he died after a long illness.

family

Christian Ludwig Hermann was of the Lutheran denomination. He was married to Maria Theodora, probably before he came to Hanau. He had at least four children with her:

Girl, * September 12, 1721
Girl, * January 14, 1723
Christoph Ludwig, born June 29, 1725
Georg Ludwig, born October 11, 1726

buildings

Christian Ludwig Hermann's style is more oriented towards the classical French baroque than the more opulent southern German forms.

place	territory	building	Planning and construction time	annotation
Strasbourg	Strasbourg Alsace	Hanauer Hof	1731-1736	New building
Brumath	County of Hanau	Brumath Castle	1722-1726	New building
Buchsweiler	County of Hanau	Lower Church	after 1728	Modification; Hermann's participation is an attribution due to the similarity to the Reinhard Church in Bad Nauheim.
Gel hair	County of Hanau	Michaeliskirche	1728-1729	New building, Hermann presumed to be the master builder
Hanau	County of Hanau	Frankfurter Tor	1722	New building
Hanau	County of Hanau	City Palace	1722	Conversion, presumed that Hermann was involved
Hanau	County of Hanau	Remise for the city palace	1723-1728	Assumed that Hermann was involved
Hanau	County of Hanau	Johanneskirche	1727-1729	Conversion, presumed that Hermann was involved
Hanau	County of Hanau	Neustadt town hall	1725-1733	New building
Hanau	County of Hanau	Manorial mill	1730/31	Assumed that Hermann was involved
Hanau	County of Hanau	Rear structure of the town hall	?	Participation, new building, destroyed
Hanau	County of Hanau	Poor house	?	Participation, new building, destroyed
Hanau	County of Hanau	Eichhaus	?	Participation, new building, destroyed
Hanau	County of Hanau	Registry	?	Participation, new building, destroyed
Hanau	County of Hanau	Outside staircase at the old town hall	1742	Cultivation
Wind corners	County of Hanau	church	1719-1722	New building, destroyed
Altenhaßlau	County of Hanau	Reinhard Church	1724-1726	Conversion from a count's hunting arsenal
Steinau an der Straße	County of Hanau	Reinhard Church	1724-1731	New building
Nauheim	County of Hanau	Reinhard Church	1731-1733	New building
Nauheim	County of Hanau	Wilhelmskirche	1740-1742	New building
Marquetry	County of Hanau	Evangelical parish church	1741-1742	New building
Rodheim	County of Hanau	Evangelical Church Rodheim	1732-1738	New building
Babenhausen	County of Hanau	Rectory	?	Assessment
Ober-Eschbach	County of Hanau	Lutheran Church	1728-1731	Participation in the new building
Nieder-Eschbach	County of Hanau	Parish church	1747	modification
Rossdorf	County of Hanau	Parish church	1742?	New building
Langenselbold	Isenburg County	lock	1722-1750	New building
Langenselbold	Isenburg County	Evangelical parish church Langenselbold	1727-1735	New building
Birstein	Isenburg-Birstein	Archive building, Birstein Castle	1733-1735	New building
Michelstadt	County of Erbach	church	1725	Restoration
Erbach	County of Erbach	Surveying and expert work	1733
Ravolzhausen	Isenburg County	church	1739	Assumed that Hermann was involved
Snake bath	Landgraviate of Hesse	unknown construction project	1749

literature

Gerhard Bott: Monuments in the city and district of Hanau . In: Hanau city and country. A home book for school and home. Ed .: Hanau History Association . Hanau 1954.
Inge Wolf: Christian Ludwig Hermann. Construction director at Hanauer Hof . In: Hanauer Geschichtsblätter. Volume 30, 1988, pp. 445-555.

Individual evidence

↑ So Gerhard Bott , who refers to the Hanauer Dienerbuch, a manuscript from the 18th century, which states that he came to Hanau from Berlin in 1720. A letter from the Court Marshal von Forstner, quoted in Inge Wolf, p. 447, suggests that he came to Hanau as early as 1713. Since the construction of the church in Windecken began as early as 1719 and the earliest archival evidence for a stay in Hanau dates back to 1721, 1719 is likely.
↑ All information - unless otherwise noted - according to Inge Wolf .
^ Gerhard Bott: Palaces and public buildings in the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg in the 17th and 18th centuries. New magazine for Hanau history 2015, p. 35ff. (here especially pp. 75-80).
↑ Werner Kurz: Alsace hopes for solidarity from Hanau. In: Hanauer Anzeiger v. October 7, 2010.
↑ Kathrin Ellwardt: Lutherans between France and the Empire: Church buildings in the Alsatian offices of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg under Johann Reinhard III. and Louis IX. In: New Magazine for Hanau History 2016, pp. 18–59 (29).
^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments - Hesse II. Darmstadt administrative region . (Ed .: Folkhard Cremer et al.), 3rd edition, Munich 2008, p. 349.
^ Princess Margarete von Isenburg: The Protestant Church in Langenselbold . In: Festschrift 225 years of the Evangelical Church in Langenselbold. 1960.
^ Princess Margarete von Isenburg: The archive building of Birstein . In: Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 18 (1962).
^ Georg Dehio, Handbook of German Art Monuments - Hesse II. Darmstadt administrative region. (Ed .: Folkhard Cremer and Tobias Michael Wolf), 3rd edition, Munich 2008, p. 675; Inge Wolf, p. 452: skeptical about this.

personal data
SURNAME	Hermann, Christian Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German builder
DATE OF BIRTH	1687 or 1688
PLACE OF BIRTH	unsure: Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	May 9, 1751
Place of death	Hanau

[1] So Gerhard Bott , who refers to the Hanauer Dienerbuch, a manuscript from the 18th century, which states that he came to Hanau from Berlin in 1720. A letter from the Court Marshal von Forstner, quoted in Inge Wolf, p. 447, suggests that he came to Hanau as early as 1713. Since the construction of the church in Windecken began as early as 1719 and the earliest archival evidence for a stay in Hanau dates back to 1721, 1719 is likely.

[2] All information - unless otherwise noted - according to Inge Wolf .

[3] Gerhard Bott: Palaces and public buildings in the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg in the 17th and 18th centuries. New magazine for Hanau history 2015, p. 35ff. (here especially pp. 75-80).

[4] Werner Kurz: Alsace hopes for solidarity from Hanau. In: Hanauer Anzeiger v. October 7, 2010.

[5] Kathrin Ellwardt: Lutherans between France and the Empire: Church buildings in the Alsatian offices of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg under Johann Reinhard III. and Louis IX. In: New Magazine for Hanau History 2016, pp. 18–59 (29).

[6] Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments - Hesse II. Darmstadt administrative region . (Ed .: Folkhard Cremer et al.), 3rd edition, Munich 2008, p. 349.

[7] Princess Margarete von Isenburg: The Protestant Church in Langenselbold . In: Festschrift 225 years of the Evangelical Church in Langenselbold. 1960.

[8] Princess Margarete von Isenburg: The archive building of Birstein . In: Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 18 (1962).

[9] Georg Dehio, Handbook of German Art Monuments - Hesse II. Darmstadt administrative region. (Ed .: Folkhard Cremer and Tobias Michael Wolf), 3rd edition, Munich 2008, p. 675; Inge Wolf, p. 452: skeptical about this.