Johann Martin Schmidt

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The church of St. John the Baptist in Mönchberg , built by Johann Martin Schmidt on behalf of Pastor Johann Philipp Janson

Johann Martin Schmidt (* around 1700 in Stetten near Ellwangen ; † 1763 in Miltenberg ) was a German builder of the Baroque and Rococo . He is one of Balthasar Neumann's students and is known as "the most ingenious baroque master builder on the Lower Main ". Numerous parish churches in this region come from him . a. in Laudenbach , the monastery church in Himmelthal , the Wendelinus chapel (1744), the church of St. John the Baptist (1748) in Mönchberg , the parish church of St. Justinus in Alzenau (from 1754) and the church of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist (1759) in Schmachtenberg . For the Amorbach parish church, he delivered two designs, but they were never implemented.

He probably came to the Untermain as foreman of the builder Johann Jakob Rischer from Mannheim during the construction of the Kleinheubach Castle . In 1732 he received citizenship in Miltenberg. Shortly afterwards he married the daughter of the Miltenberg stonemason Johann Jakob Müller. His wife brought a sizeable fortune into the marriage in the form of a house and a quarry, and perhaps even helped her husband with his work. He quickly achieved a high reputation and was appointed councilor in Miltenberg .

Schmidt was not just a master mason, but a building contractor in the modern sense who had enough craftsmen on hand to be able to carry out all the trades . He worked as a general contractor on many projects , but was only available for a few partial tasks. He managed to build twelve (or more) turnkey churches within ten years and to carry out several mundane assignments. A special feature for the time was his permanent collaboration with the Aschaffenburg painter Jakob Konrad and the Wörth cabinet maker Georg Degend.

Johann Martin Schmidt was the grandfather of Joseph Martin Kraus , who was born in the grandfather's house in Miltenberg .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Museum.Stadt.Miltenberg room: "Baroque in Miltenberg"
  2. ↑ Four Angels, Rudolf, A Miltenberger architects of the late Baroque, in: Bote vom-Main April 14, 1961
  3. ↑ The historical monuments of Bavaria, Bez.Amt Obernburg, Munich 1925, p 80
  4. ↑ consolation Werner in SPESSART 1/2014
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Johann Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German builder of the Baroque and Rococo
DATE OF BIRTH around 1700
PLACE OF BIRTH Stetten near Ellwangen
DATE OF DEATH 1763
Place of death Miltenberg