Johann Jakob Lautemann

Johann Jakob Lautemann (born September 20, 1737 in Saarbrücken ; † October 30, 1803 there ) was a German architect and builder who shaped the cityscape of Saarbrücken.

Life

Lautemann was born in 1737 as the son of the Leyendecker Johann Jakob Lautemann the Elder. Ä. (1698–1757) born. He completed an apprenticeship in the Leyendecker trade. From 1762 he was a mason foreman with Friedrich Joachim Stengel , from 1764 a master mason. On August 28, 1777, Prince Ludwig appointed him a princely builder and in 1783 he became the building director of Saarbrücken. In 1762 he was involved in the construction of the Ludwigskirche , in 1763 he built the Palais Freital on Ludwigsplatz , where he also built the monastery in 1779. In 1764 the palace gardens were laid out under his direction. Lautemann also designed and built numerous churches in Saarbrücken, including the Catholic Church in St. Johann (1777), the Evangelical Church in Güdingen (1778) and the Evangelical Church in Gersweiler (1784), and in 1789 he expanded the Evangelical Church in Fechingen . In 1782 he directed the renovation work on the collegiate church of St. Arnual .

literature

• Walther Zimmermann: The art monuments of the city and the district of Saarbrücken. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1932, p. 289 (Unchanged reprint. Association for Monument Preservation, Saarbrücken 1975).

Web links

• Lautemann in the Saarland biographies