Johann Christoph Glaubitz

St. John's Church in Vilnius

Church of St. Catherine in Vilnius

Johann Christoph Glaubitz (Lithuanian Jonas Glaubitz Kristupas ; Polish Jan Krzysztof Glaubitz * 1700 in Swidnica , Duchy of Swidnica , Kingdom of Bohemia , † thirtieth March 1767 in Vilna , Poland-Lithuania ) was from Silesia originating architect of the Baroque .

Life

Glaubitz was trained in Bohemia . After the Vilna city fire of 1737 he was appointed there as a builder. First he began with the reconstruction of the Johanneskirche (1738-1743), the construction of which had been financed in 1555 by German merchants. The St. Catherine's Church , built in 1622, was also rebuilt by him between 1741 and 1743 in the late Baroque style. Glaubitz, who acquired the reputation of the creator of the Lithuanian Baroque , was appointed " Bau-Conducteur der Kirchenhäuser" (construction manager) for the country's Protestants and was a member of the board of the evangelical community in Vilnius. Around the middle of the 18th century he rebuilt the Great Synagogue in the Renaissance style . He was also active in Polazk , which was then part of Poland-Lithuania , where he built the St. Sophia Cathedral between 1738 and 1765.

literature

• AKL , Vol. 56, pp. 72-75

Individual evidence

1. ^ Christiane Bauermeister: Lithuania. 2007, p. 70 ( digitized version ).
2. ↑ Wilfried Schlau: A thousand years of neighborhood. The peoples of the Baltic region and the Germans. Published by the East German Cultural Council Foundation. Verlag Bruckmann, 1995, ISBN 3-7654-2404-8 , p. 281 ( excerpt ).
3. ↑ Pictures of the St. Sophien Cathedral Polatsk ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

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