Johann Christoph David von Leger

Johann Christoph David Leger , from 1841 von Leger (born October 3, 1701 in Veitsweiler ; † August 27, 1791 in Ludwigsburg ) was a Württemberg builder and architect .

Life

Leger came to the Württemberg court at the age of about 20 and was a student of the Italian builder Donato Giuseppe Frisoni from 1721 to 1727 , who was in charge of the expansion of the residence in Ludwigsburg. Leger trained in architecture in Rome and Paris. In 1731 he was appointed ducal builder and in 1742 major and chief building director. In 1735 he was a member of the Ludwigsburg building deputation and head of the management of the barracks. Karl Friedrich von Württemberg made him head of agriculture in 1742. At the end of the 1740s he was also involved in the construction of the Stuttgart Residence. He died in 1791 as a retired major general.

Works

Oswald Church in Hirschlanden, built in 1748 according to plans by Leger

• Construction of a barracks in Freudenstadt (1738)
• Construction of a barracks in Stuttgart (so-called academy, 1740)
• Reconstruction of the burned down village of Wildbad (1742)
• New building of the rectory in Heimerdingen (1743)
• Design of a church for Wildbad (1746)
• New construction of the nave of the Oswald Church in Hirschlanden (1748)
• New building of the rectory in Ditzingen (1748, demolished 1967)

Awards

In 1741 Leger was raised to the nobility.

literature

• Horst Ossenberg: What remains, the builders create. The Württemberg court and state building system from the 15th to the 20th century . Norderstedt 2004, p. 44.