Georg Friedrich von Boumann
Georg Friedrich von Bouman (* 27. November 1737 in Potsdam , † after 1812) was a German architect and master builder , the first as artillery - Colonel in the Prussian served army.
Life
He was born as the third child of the Amsterdam-based architect Johann Boumann (originally Jan Bouman) and his wife Anna Johanna van Lohuijsen. At first he was an artillery colonel (head of the 3rd Berlin Artillery Regiment), later a builder and architect. As the successor to his father, he was temporarily senior construction director until his brother Michael Philipp Boumann took over this task because Georg Friedrich von Boumann was active outside Berlin. At the latest in 1801 he was ennobled.
The philologist and writer Ludwig von Boumann (1801–1871) was his son.
buildings
- 1773 Sculpture made of sandstone for the barracks of the 4th Artillery Regiment at Kupfergraben in Berlin-Mitte (today built as a spoiler in the Potsdam Red Barracks )
- 1774–1777: Construction management for the construction of the Royal Library in Berlin (based on plans by Georg Christian Unger )
- 1783–1784: Construction management for the addition of the castle orangery and the installation of a theater in Schwedt / Oder
- 1785–1786: Corner pavilions at Rheinsberg Castle
- 1787–1788: Installation of the parquet and the tiers in the Royal Court Opera House in Berlin (based on plans by Carl Gotthard Langhans )
- 1789–1790: Construction management for the neo-Gothic tower tower of the Marienkirche (Berlin-Mitte) (based on plans by Carl Gotthard Langhans )
- 1790: Obelisk in memory of Prince August Wilhelm and the heroes of the Silesian Wars in Rheinsberg Castle Park (inaugurated on July 14, 1791)
Sculpture for the barracks of the 4th artillery regiment
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| SURNAME | Boumann, Georg Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and builder, Prussian officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1737 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1812 |