Johann Gottlieb Riedel

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Tower of the Schleiz castle ruins

Johann Gottlieb Riedel (born October 8, 1722 in Schleiz ; † October 9, 1791 in Bayreuth ) was a German architect, painter and etcher, as well as court building inspector and custodian of the Bayreuth Hermitage , a park opened in 1735.

Life

As a builder and court painter he was in Schleiz for Count Heinrich XII. active from Reuss until 1762 and in 1771 succeeded Rudolf Heinrich Richter at the Princely Court Building Office in Bayreuth. He built the southern wing of Schleiz Castle as well as the two towers, the Jesus Church and the orphanage in Kirschkau and the church in Lösau (today Dehlitz ), where he also created the altar leaves. In Bayreuth he directed the construction of the Hermitage from 1762 as court architect.

The sons Heinrich August , Heinrich Carl and Carl Christian emerged from the marriage with Caroline Eleonore Christiane Büttner .

Buildings (selection)

  • 1751–1753, parish church in Kirschkau near Schleiz on behalf of Heinrich XII. Reuss j. L. (1716-1784)
  • 1753–1755, south wing of Schleiz Castle with two towers
  • 1765: Rectory in Lindenhardt , two-storey sandstone block building with hipped roof
  • 1771–1772, Chinese pavilion in the Hermitage in Bayreuth, (2000–2003) reconstructed
  • 1774, parish church in Plech
  • 1779–1781, cemetery church in Bayreuth
  • 1781: Two bathing pavilions at the Sichersreuther Sauerbrunnen (today Bad Alexandersbad )
  • 1782–1783: Alexandersbad Palace
  • around 1790, parish church Sankt Kilian in Emskirchen

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SURNAME Riedel, Johann Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, painter and court building inspector
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1722
PLACE OF BIRTH Schleiz
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1791
Place of death Bayreuth