Georg Christian Unger
Georg Christian Unger (born May 25, 1743 in Bayreuth ; † February 20, 1799 in Berlin ) was a German architect and builder of Frederick the Great in Potsdam and Berlin. He is one of the most important artists of the Frederician Rococo .
Life
He studied at the Academy in Bayreuth with Carl von Gontard and later, like his teacher, went to Potsdam and Berlin and worked as a conductor with Johann Gottfried Büring . After Gontard moved to Potsdam and Berlin, he was his closest collaborator for years and completed his training. According to Unger's own designs, town houses as well as public and military buildings were built in Potsdam.
In 1787 Unger became Oberhofbaurat, in 1788 he became director of the Immediatbaukommission .
Unger supplied the designs for around 260 buildings, many of which he realized himself. He developed a new type of building based on Frederick II's demands : the Bürgerpalais, a bourgeois residential building with the appearance of a palace. Unger also created a large number of buildings in Berlin: 40 Unter den Linden alone , 13 Palais on Gendarmenmarkt and over 40 on Leipziger Strasse .
Georg Christian Unger died in Berlin in 1799 at the age of 55. He was buried in the cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder communities in front of the Oranienburger Tor . The grave has not been preserved.
Major works
- Hiller-Brandtsche Houses in Potsdam (1769)
- Brandenburg Gate in Potsdam (field side, city side according to plans by Gontard, 1770)
- Belvedere on the Klausberg in Potsdam (1770–1772)
- Village church in Eiche (1771)
- Reconstruction of the New Chambers in Potsdam (1771–1775)
- Old Royal Library on Bebelplatz in Berlin (1775–1780)
- New construction of the Berlin Cadet House (1776–1779)
- Towers at the German and French Cathedral in Berlin (together with Carl von Gontard , 1780–1785)
- Head of the Long Stable in Potsdam (1781)
- Jägerbrücke with colonnades in Berlin (1782)
- Old Post Office in Potsdam (1783–1784)
- House with 99 sheep's heads on Alexanderplatz in Berlin (1783)
literature
- Unger, Georg Christian . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 33 : Theodotos vacation . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1939, p. 571-572 .
- Christian Wendland: Georg Christian Unger. Master builder of Frederick the Great in Potsdam and Berlin. J. Strauss Verlag, Potsdam 2002, ISBN 3-929748-28-2 .
Web links
- 77 architecture sheets in the archive of the TU Berlin with numerous plans of houses in old Berlin and Potsdam
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 105.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Unger, Georg Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and builder Friedrich II of Prussia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1743 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bayreuth |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1799 |
| Place of death | Berlin |