Georg Friedrich Majer

Georg Friedrich Majer (* 1695 in Schorndorf ; † 1765 in Stuttgart ) was a builder from Württemberg . He was officially designated as a church builder and architect. His most important achievement is the new construction of the town hall in Schorndorf.

Life

Master builders, who according to the old tradition were initially supposed to be either bricklayers, stonemasons or carpenters, worked in the first half of the 18th century as site managers in the current meaning of the word. Georg Friedrich Majer referred to himself as an "engineer", which suggests that he acquired higher theoretical and mathematical knowledge from a leading architect or in the genius officer training, whereas the term "architect" indicates an ability to develop artistic designs. However, it is not known what exactly Majer's training looked like and little is known about his activities. In 1714 he led the expansion of the Großsachsenheim Palace in Sachsenheim . In 1721, under Duke Eberhard Ludwig , he was accepted into the ducal service. He was one of the numerous master builders who worked on the expansion of the Ludwigsburg Palace .

Schorndorf Town Hall

1726–1730 Majer directed the construction of the town hall in his native Schorndorf. In 1729/30 Majer designed and directed the construction of a temporary theater in the large order building hall of the Ludwigsburg Palace and in today's theater building he drew the design of a new theater on the floor.

Nevertheless, Eberhard Ludwig in 1733 did not trust him to have the necessary knowledge to teach the noble boys the art of engineering. After his death, Majer was the only master builder besides Johann Christoph Leger who was not dismissed during the construction of Ludwigsburg Palace. The chief building director Johann Anton von Herbort brought him to his building office anyway. Majer was entrusted with the supervision of the construction work on the Floßgassen , fortification work on Hohenneuffen and Hohenasperg , the construction work on the bridge in Neckarweihingen and on the Stuttgart castle chapel. The inadequate execution of all this construction work almost led to his dismissal in 1736.

In 1736/37, Duke Carl Alexander entrusted him with setting up a new “theater” in Stuttgart. Majer must have had knowledge of technical questions about theater construction, because in addition to the above-mentioned theater building in Ludwigsburg Palace, he also set up a stage there on the occasion of Carl Alexander's visit to the headquarters of Prince Eugene of Savoy in Heilbronn .

The jurist and Professor Johann Christian von Majer from Tübingen was his son.

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ ^{a b} Werner Fleischhauer: Barock ... , p. 199
2. ↑ GND and VIAF indicate a different year of birth 1698 according to the NDB .
3. ↑ Werner Fleischhauer: Barock ... , p. 254
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Werner Fleischhauer: Barock ... , p. 249
5. ↑ Werner Fleischhauer: Barock ... , p. 245
6. ↑ Werner Fleischhauer: Barock ... , p. 233

literature

• Werner Fleischhauer : Baroque in the Duchy of Württemberg , Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 1958 (= publication of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg)