Johann Hinrich Boehme

Johann Hinrich Böhme , also Johann Hinrich Böhm (* before 1698; † May 1701 in Schleswig ) was a German master builder in Schleswig.

Live and act

The first document in which Böhme can be found is a certificate of appointment dated January 24, 1698. On that day Friedrich IV appointed him under the name "Johan Hinrich Bohm" as a state master builder. In the invoices issued by the Gottorfische Rentenkammer until 1701, he bears the title of “Land Bau Meister” and is consistently referred to as Böhme. He himself signed with "Böhm". As a state master builder, he received 192 Reichsthaler annually. He also got a free table and a room for twelve Reichsthalers a month.

Boehme's life and professional activities are only sketchily documented. According to the pension chamber's accounts, he traveled once to Hamburg and Kiel in 1698 . There he gave the Duke models for the construction of Gottorf Castle and the castle portal. In March 1699 he traveled to Kiel, where he also presented models. Since construction of the palace had started two years earlier, it can be assumed that Böhme was employed as a state master builder as part of this work.

Boehme's work accompanied building inspector Christian Albrecht Thomsen. He worked as a valet from June 20, 1683 and as a building inspector from May 24, 1690. A corresponding payment as an inspector is only recorded in the pension chambers' invoices from 1697. Thomsen certified the invoices for the construction of the castle, Böhme often signed them with the endorsement “JH Böhm Landbaumeister”. In 1701 Böhme received 100 Reichsthaler for a drawing of the Pinneberg camp. A year after his death, a brother Johan Christian received money for drawings that Böhme is said to have made.

It is not clear what part Böhme played in the construction of the Gottorf Palace as an architect and master builder. The plans for the facade of the south wing most likely came from Nicodemus Tessin the Younger . The construction was carried out by Dominicus Pelli . Böhme is mentioned repeatedly because of the models that he probably created himself. In addition, drawings made by him are prominently mentioned. Together with Christian Albrecht Thomsen, he managed the construction work. After his death, Thomsen presumably took over Boehme's duties alone.

From January 1st to April 30th, 1701 Böhme received food allowance. He died in May of that year. Duke Friedrich IV sent brother Johan Christian B. 100 Reichsthaler, which he should use for the “burial of our former country master builder N. Bömen”. In the death register of the parish Schleswig-Friedrichsberg is noted: “Anno 1701, d. May Mons. Behave your Prince. Pass builder ".

literature

• Rudolf Jaeger: Böhme, Johann Hinrich . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 3. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1974, pp. 42–43