Johann Georg Kannhäuser

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Johann Georg Kannhäuser (* 1671 ; † September 22, 1740 in Erlangen ) was a German builder , architect and plasterer in Frauenaurach and Christian Erlang . He built his buildings in the Baroque style .

In 1972 the Kannhäuserweg in the Frauenaurach district of Erlangen was named after him.

Works (selection)

  • New construction of the town hall in Neustadt an der Aisch (1711–1715)
  • Baroque transformation of the Catholic parish church St. Gertraud, Wachenroth (1712–1723)
  • Baroque transformation of the Protestant parish church of St. Matthew, Erlangen-Frauenaurach (1717)
  • Completion of the old town parish church on Martin-Luther-Platz, Erlangen (1721, together with Wenzel Perner)
    • Stucco ceiling of the Old Town Church (Dreifaltigkeitskirche), Erlangen
  • Evangelical Lutheran parish hall (formerly the German Reformed Church) on Bohlenplatz, Erlangen (1728–1734, together with Peter Franz Navelot )
  • Wingolf House on Friedrichstrasse, Erlangen (1728)
  • Baroque transformation of the Catholic parish church of St. Georg in Höchstadt an der Aisch (1728–1730)
  • New construction of the tower of the Evangelical Reformed Parish Church ( Huguenot Church ) in Erlangen (1732–1736, together with Peter Franz Navelot)

Individual evidence

  1. H. Hedayati: roads in Erlangen Kannhäuserweg .