Friedrich Conradi

This article is about the builder. For the president of the higher regional court and member of the state parliament, see Friedrich Franz Conradi

Friedrich Conradi (* 1671 ; † 1750 ) was a German builder and engineer who was the site manager for the construction of the city of Sieburg , today Bad Karlshafen.

Life

City model of the planned city of Sieburg

Under the direction of Conradi, a baroque trading town was built from 1699 during the reign of the ruling Landgrave Carl von Hessen-Kassel according to plans by the court architect Paul du Ry at the inflow from the Diemel into the Weser , with the aim of gaining the stacking rights of Hann. Bypass Münden and connect it with a canal to the capital Kassel . The city was populated with persecuted Protestant refugees from France, Huguenots and Waldensians .

The center of the planned city was a harbor basin, which was accessible through a lock for merchant shipping on the Weser, was fed with water through a canal to the Diemel and was to be connected first with Kassel and later with the Rhine via the Landgrave Carl Canal.

Friedrich Conradi designed, among other things, the "Gasthof zum Landgraf Carl", in which he also lived, the packing and warehouse at the port, which was built in the years 1715–1719 and is now used as the town hall of the city and the "Invalidenhaus" from 1704. Until 1918 it was used to house and care for war disabled Hessian soldiers and their families. In 1750 Conradi found his final resting place in the chapel.

The Conradistraße in Bad Karlshafen is named after him.

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• The founders and greats of the past. Meeting point harbor wall blog
• History of Bad Karlshafen. Website of the city of Karlshafen