Gottlieb Trost

Gottlieb Trost (born September 19, 1672 in Nuremberg , † June 14, 1728 in Nuremberg; also Theophilus Trost) was a German builder , master of equipment and officer of the city militia of Nuremberg.

Life

He was born in Nuremberg as the son of the architect Johann Trost , from whom he also received his training. He gained experience in the construction industry in various jobs in Poland in order to succeed his father as a builder in his hometown after his father's death in 1700.

In 1706 he was accepted into the greater council of the imperial city of Nuremberg and in 1707 appointed as master of equipment.

Trost was married twice, first to Regina Maria Viatis and from 1714 to Elisabeth Esther von Peermayer. He was buried in Nuremberg in 1728.

Troststrasse, a side street off Fürther Strasse at the western exit of the Bärenschanze underground station , was named after him.

Works

His father had created designs and models for the reconstruction of the Egidienkirche that had burned down , but had died before construction began. From 1711 to 1718 Gottlieb Trost was the building master responsible for the reconstruction of the church, which became his most important building.

He also extended the armory in the Kohlengasse and the house of the Tetzel family on the Egidienberg; both buildings no longer exist today.

Trost also worked as a cartographer. In 1708 he made a plan of the Engelthal community and in 1718/19 a map of the city of Nuremberg with its suburbs and gardens.

literature

• Ruth Bach-Damaskinos: Trost, Gottlieb . In: Michael Diefenbacher , Rudolf Endres (Hrsg.): Stadtlexikon Nürnberg . 2nd, improved edition. W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg 2000, ISBN 3-921590-69-8 ( complete edition online ).
• Life story of Gottlieb Trost, Franconian Field Artillery Colonel and the City of Nuremberg Ober-Zeugmeisters , in: Mixed contributions to the history of the city of Nuremberg , ed. by Georg Ernst Waldau, Vol. 3, Nuremberg 1788, pp. 429–437

Web links

• Nürnberger Astronomische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (Ed.): Profile of Gottlieb Trost . ( naa.net ).

• Floor plan of the city of Nuremberg including the suburbs, gardens, retranchements, land services and the rest of the situation . Franz Schiermeier Verlag, Nuremberg 1732 ( copy based on the city map by Gottlieb Trost from 1718 ).