Hans Hamelau
Hans Hamelau (* around 1620 in Holstein ; † 1670 in Hamburg ) was a Hamburg builder. From 1659 until his death he was the manager of the Hamburg building yard . Hamelau shaped the cityscape of the Hanseatic city until the Hamburg fire . Under his leadership, the new Millerntor , the Kornhaus am Wandrahm , the tree house at the harbor, the spinning house at the Holzdamm, the city scales at the harbor and the breeding, work and poor house were built.
Little is known about Hamelau's childhood and youth. It was first mentioned in 1653. In that year he acquired citizenship of the city of Hamburg as an art master . He began his work in Hamburg with the construction of the new Millerntor from 1659 to 1663. The same years saw the construction of a large granary, which Hamelau executed as a pure half-timbered construction.
Hamelau's draft of a customs house ( tree house ) on baumall was like a castle. This draft, brusquely rejected by the council, prompted the council to send Hamelau on a longer research trip to Amsterdam , where he was supposed to get to know contemporary Dutch architecture. After his return, Hamelau built the house far into the Elbe and provided it with a lookout to give a good overview of the port entrance.
literature
- Jürgen Bracker : Renaissance and Palladism in Hamburg and Northern Germany. In: Museum for Hamburg History (Hrsg.): Building according to nature - Palladio's heirs in Northern Europe. Hatje, Ostfildern-Ruit 1997, ISBN 3-7757-0694-1 , pp. 159-167.
Remarks
- ^ Hermann Heckmann: The municipal building industry in: Volker Plagemann (ed.): The art of the Protestant baroque in Hamburg Dölling and Galitz p. 46
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hamelau, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hamburg builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1620 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Holstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1670 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |