Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther
Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther (* 1737 in Rostock , † 1802 in Dorpat ), was a German-Baltic builder .
After the great fire in Dorpat in 1775, the Rostock architect found a job as a master builder in the Estonian town of Dorpat, and in this function designed some buildings that were characteristic of the Dutch early classicism and were built in a central city location. Including the town hall and the von Bock house. Walther was buried on April 2nd in Dorpat.
Elevation and plan of the town hall (after Johann Christoph Brotze )
Von Bock House, with mural of the university (2009)
literature
- Wilhelm Neumann : Lexicon of Baltic Artists , Riga 1908, p. 166
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walter. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ Das Inland , Vol. 27, No. 50, Dorpat 1862, pp. 792–796.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walther, Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1737 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rostock |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1802 |
| Place of death | Dorpat |