Johann Caspar Hindersin

Schlobitten Castle (around 1860), Alexander Duncker collection

Johann Caspar Hindersin (born April 19, 1667 in Soldin , Neumark; † late April / early May 1738 ) was a Prussian builder.

Hindersin was a royal Prussian master builder for the Oberland . He rebuilt the Dohna-Schlobitten Castle , also worked in the Dohna Castle in Reichertswalde and in 1730/31 built the baroque David's castle for Field Marshal Alexander Burgrave of Dohna-Schlobitten in the Prussian Holland district .

family

Son of Johann Hindersin, city judge, council member, church provisional and electoral salt calender factor in Soldin in the Neumark (today western Poland) from a family of Scots ("Henderson") who immigrated in the 16th century. After the early death of his brother in Stolp, he became the guardian of his nephews, including the Königsberg mayor at the time of Immanuel Kant , Daniel Friedrich Hindersin .

literature

• Hindersin, Johann Caspar . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 113 .
• Georg Gottfried Dehio, Julius Kohte: Handbook of German art monuments . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : Northeast Germany . Wasmuth, Berlin 1922.
• Alexander Prince zu Dohna-Schlobitten: Memories of an old East Prussia . Siedler, Berlin 1989, p. 39 .
• Karl Grommelt: The East Prussian building administration at the beginning of the 18th century and the royal Prussian Oberland master builder and surveyor Johann Caspar Hindersin - a contribution to the building history of the province of East Prussia . Allenstein (Diss. Technical University of Danzig) 1922.