Johann Christoph Schütze
Johann Christoph Schütze (born September 9, 1687 in Lubań ; † May 31, 1765 in Weißenfels ) was a builder , sculptor and painter .
Life
Johann Christoph Schütze was born on September 9, 1687 in Lubań in what was then the Electorate of Saxony (a city in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland in the 21st century ).
So far there is hardly any reliable knowledge about his training. He received in Jueterbog the civil rights and entered this place for the first time handcrafted in appearance, when he in 1711 at the altar of the monks church participated. On May 9, 1712 he married Christina Elisabeth König, a daughter of the former pastor of the neighboring villages of Kaltenborn and Lindow . He was then commissioned by Elector Johann Adolf II to expand the Dahme Castle . Schütze moved to Weißenfels and was appointed state master builder of the Duchy of Saxony-Weißenfels on August 25, 1718 .
Presumably through the mediation of Sophia von Sachsen-Weißenfels , he took another job in Zerbst on July 25, 1722 . There he received numerous commissions and finally moved to Zerbst. After his eldest son Christian Heinrich was born in Zerbst in 1720, his daughter Maria Catharina was born there on September 28, 1722, and another daughter, Hedwig Friederike, on May 17, 1724. In 1726 the family suffered a severe blow when their daughter Christiane Sybille, born on April 23, 1726, died after just 13 weeks. A good year later, on June 22, 1727, his son Johann August was born. His salary at this time was 170 thalers and rose to 195 thalers in 1727/1728. Schütze acquired a house on Fuhrstrasse, sold it in 1733 and bought a new property on Breite Strasse. From 1738/1739 his salary fluctuated between 91 and 291 thalers and was thus an expression of his changing building activities in Zerbst and Weißenfels.
However, his dual function was not well received by all those involved: in 1739 the court officials in Weißenfels complained to the Duke that Schütze was spending too much working time in Zerbst and neglecting the local construction sites. A concrete impact of this complaint is not known, but his contract was not extended with the transfer of rule to Johann Ludwig II. And Christian August . Schütze completed the commissioned projects (including the fireworks for the wedding of Grand Duchess Katharina and the funeral ceremonies of Prince Christian August and his coffin) and was released from the Zerbst service on August 17th, 1743.
He now worked again as a state master builder in Weißenfels. With Duke Johann Adolf II , he lost another employer on May 16, 1746. On October 12, 1764 he came into the service of the Saxon elector and was now both a royal Polish and an electoral Saxon master builder. As far as is known, however, he only worked for Weißenfels and carried out some projects in Zerbst on a fee basis. He designed various templates for copperplate engravings, a. a. in 1751 for the Jeversches hymnal with the portraits of Johanna Elisabeth von Holstein-Gottorf and Friedrich August von Anhalt-Zerbst , which was realized by the engraver Johann Martin Bernigeroth .
On May 31, 1765, at the old age of over 77, he died in Weißenfels. His wife Christine Elisabeth survived him by six years.
His eldest son Christian Heinrich Schütze (1720–1772) was also based in Weißenfels and organized the road construction there. The son Johann August Schütze (1727–1802), born in Zerbst, followed in his father's footsteps and followed him professionally as a state building clerk and construction manager in the former Duchy of Weißenfels.
Works (selection)
- 1711: Collaboration on the altarpiece in the monks' church in Jüterbog
- 1711: Altarpiece in St. Marien Cathedral in Fürstenwalde / Spree : The essay is described in the Dehio manual as "high quality".
- 1711 to 1714: Expansion of Dahme Castle (together with the builder Elias Scholtz)
- 1715: Coffin and decorations for the funeral service of Elector Friedrich
- 1718: Tower of St. Mary's Church in Weißenfels
- 1718 to 1722: Weißenfels town hall
- 1718: Weißenfels city school
- 1719: East gate at Neuchâtel Castle in Freyburg (Unstrut)
- 1719/1720: Cavalier and town houses in Weißenfels
- 1721: Extension buildings at Dahme Castle
- 1722: Equestrian statue of Duke Christian in Freyburg (destroyed in 1948)
- 1722 to 1725: Tower at Zerbst Castle (destroyed in 1945)
- 1722 to 1727: Zerbst residence, duchess's pleasure house, (demolished in 1870)
- 1722: Residence Zerbst, water basin in the "Duchess Garden", (leveled in 1939, reconstructed in 2009)
- 1723: Zerbst Residence, Reithaus (preserved)
- 1724/1725: Zerbst residence, fisherman's house (demolished in 1867)
- 1725/1726: Zerbst Residence, "Duchess Garden" (leveled in 1920)
- 1725 to 1740: Modifications at Coswig Castle
- 1725 to 1741: Expansion and completion of the Friederikenberg pleasure palace (demolished in 1833)
- 1726 to 1732: Extension buildings at Zerbst Castle
- 1727: Zerbst Residence, Duchess' garden house (demolished in 1798/1799)
- 1728: Zerbst residence, castle pond
- 1728 to 1742: Zerbst residence, various carriage designs
- 1729 to 1739: Dornburg Castle on the Elbe
- 1728/1729: Dornburg palace complex, brewery on the estate
- 1729/1730: Tower at Dahme Castle
- 1729/1730: Zerbst Castle, redesign of princely rooms (destroyed in 1945)
- 1730/1731: Zerbst residence, southern pleasure garden (leveled in 1747/1748)
- 1730: Hydraulic work on the pond in Badetz
- 1732: Hospital church in Dahme / Mark
- 1742 to 1746: St. Bonifatius in dog air
- 1743/44: Marstall Weißenfels
- 1746: Design for the coffin of Johann Adolf II.
literature
- Georg Dehio (edited by Gerhard Vinken et al.): Handbook of German Art Monuments - Brandenburg Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 .
Web links
- Sagittarius in the German biography
- The builder, sculptor, plasterer and painter Johann Christoph Schütze , website of Zerbst Castle, accessed on February 15, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ^ Horst duration: Baroque palace architecture from Anhalt-Zerbst. Böhlau, 1999, p. 351
- ↑ Kavaliershäuser , website Weißenfeld in the picture with images of the Kavaliershäuser, accessed on February 15, 2020.
- ↑ History of the Hospital Church , website of the Dahme / Mark Office, accessed on February 15, 2020.
- ↑ Hundeluft - St. Bonifatius , website of the regional church Rosslau, accessed on February 15, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sagittarius, Johann Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Builder, sculptor and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1687 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luban |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 31, 1765 |
| Place of death | Weissenfels |