Thank God August Hölzer
Gottlob August Hölzer (* 1744 in Dresden ; † February 18, 1814 there ) was a German architect , Saxon construction clerk and university lecturer at the Dresden Art Academy .
Life
Hölzer was a student of Friedrich August Krubsacius , later his successor as professor and from 1767 a Saxon court architect.
His students were u. a. Johann Gottfried Klinsky (1765–1828), Carl August Benjamin Siegel , Christian Ernst Stölzel and Gottlob Friedrich Thormeyer .
Work
- 1774: Reconstruction of the Vitzthum-Schönburg Palace on Moritzstrasse in Dresden
- 1785–1786: Renovation and security measures at the Japanese Palace
Buildings (selection)
- 1764–1792: Kreuzkirche on Dresdner Altmarkt under the direction of Johann George Schmidt , Christian Friedrich Exner and Hölzer (tower construction 1781–1788)
Drafts (selection)
- 1775: rear wall of the “ Colombarium zu den Urnen” in the Japanese Palace (based on an idea by the antiquities inspector Johann Friedrich Wacker ), executed 1781–1785
literature
- Jürgen Helfricht : Dresden and its churches. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-374-02261-8 , p. 34.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Japanese Palace on the website of the State Museum for Prehistory Dresden ( Memento from July 24, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ History of the Kreuzkirche on www.dresden-und-sachsen.de ( Memento from August 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holz, thank God August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect, university professor and Saxon construction officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1744 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1814 |
| Place of death | Dresden |