Johann Friedrich Matthei
Johann Friedrich Matthei (* 1790 in Rodenberg ; † April 26, 1874 in Witzenhausen ) was a German architect and rural Hessian master builder . He is considered to be an important master builder of classicism in what was then Kurhessen.
Life
After studying mathematics and architecture at the University of Rinteln, which at that time belonged to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel, he practiced civil engineering (then called road construction) and finished his studies at the University of Göttingen.
He first worked in Schaumburg, before he worked for a master builder in Allendorf ad Werra from 1817, but in 1821 he became the electoral master builder of the Eschwege and Witzenhausen districts, where he was responsible for the construction of public buildings. a. Churches, parsonages, schools, mills, forestry offices as well as road and hydraulic engineering. Between 1821 and 1854 he completed 22 church buildings. From 1840 he was only responsible for the Witzenhausen district, which he looked after until 1870.
His grandson was the painter Theodor Matthei , a member of the Willingshausen painters' colony .
Works
Chronological list of buildings in North Hesse with year of construction (based on: Dehio, Hesse):
- Grebendorf, Protestant Church (1820)
- Alberode, Protestant Church (1823)
- Orferode, Protestant Church (1823-25)
- Nesselröden, synagogue (1826)
- Kitchens, Protestant Church (1827–28)
- Eschwege, elementary school (1828)
- Markershausen, Protestant Church (1828)
- Rittmannshausen, Protestant Church (1828)
- Stadthosbach, Protestant Church (1829–30)
- Aue, Protestant Church (1831–32)
- Laudenbach, Protestant Church (1836–37)
- Langenhain, Protestant Church (1837)
- Oetmannshausen, Protestant Church (1837)
- Synagogue (Eschwege) (1837–38)
- Lüderbach, Protestant Church (1837–38)
- Frankenhain, Protestant Church (1838)
- Rommerode, Protestant Church (1838–39)
- Eichenberg, Protestant Church (1840)
- Renda, Protestant Church (1840)
- Marzhausen, Protestant Church (1847)
literature
- Fritz Rossberg: In the footsteps of the master builder Matthei, in: Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies Kassel, Vol. 47 (2006), pp. 39–41, Ill.
- Ulrike Schubert: A church builder with a formative influence. On the work of the architect Johann Friedrich Matthei, in: Eschweger Geschichtsblätter, Vol. 2 (1991), pp. 23-29, Ill.
- Ulrike Schubert: Querkirchen by Johann Friedrich Matthei in Werraland, Frankfurt a. M., 1988, masch. Master thesis. - 180, IX S.: Ill.
- Magnus Backes (arrangement): Dehio - Handbook of German Art Monuments. Hessen, 1982 (2nd edited edition), p. 966 (list of works in the state of Hessen).
- NN: (Official message on retirement), in: Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, 21. Jg. (1871), Issue 1, p. 6. - "On leave are: / (...) / the land builder Matthei zu Witzenhausen (Reg.-Bez. Cassel) ".
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matthei, Johann Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and land builder from the Electorate of Hesse |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1790 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rodenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 1874 |
| Place of death | Witzenhausen |