Johann Michael Keller the Younger
Johann Michael Keller the Younger (born June 16 or July 16, 1721 in Neckarsulm ; † August 11, 1794 ibid) was an architect , master builder of the Deutschordensballei Franken and master builder of the Free Imperial City of Schwäbisch Gmünd .
Life
As the son of the master builder Johann Michael Keller the Elder and nephew of the master builder of the Deutschordensballei Franconia Franz Keller , Johann Michael Keller the Younger also learned the trade of master builder. After Keller was probably brought to Schwäbisch Gmünd by the Teutonic Order , his building activities began there in 1753. In addition to countless secular buildings , he also built and renovated many sacred buildings . He came into contact with the master builder Balthasar Neumann during his apprenticeship . After his death, he was entrusted with work at the Neresheim Abbey several times.
Keller's work in Schwäbisch Gmünd is characterized, especially in the bourgeois secular buildings, by the tailoring of the baroque and rococo baroque and rococo construction to the bourgeois claims of the citizens of the imperial city. He often compensated for the restraint in decorating the houses with color, which is why names such as "Red House", "Yellow House" etc. came about in Gmünd. Another characteristic of his construction is that he mostly used existing foundations from previous buildings in his countless new buildings .
Works (selection)
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| 1753-1760 | Parish Church of St. Martinus Erlenbach |
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| 1756-58 | Augustinian Church Schwäbisch Gmünd |
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| 1760, 1783-1785 | First built as the house of the merchant Melchior Debler , then converted into the town hall of the Free Imperial City of Schwäbisch Gmünd . |
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| 1762-64 | Preacher Church Schwäbisch Gmünd |
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| 1764-65 | Convent building of the Franciscan monastery Schwäbisch Gmünd |
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| 1764-65 | Pilgrimage Church of St. Maria , Unterkochen |
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| 1764-65 | Chapter House (Schwäbisch Gmünd) |
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| 1765-1767 | City Church of Aalen |
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| 1765-1768 | New construction of the Klösterle in Schwäbisch Gmünd |
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| 1770 | Kaplaneihaus at the pilgrimage site of St. Salvator Schwäbisch Gmünd | |
| 1771 | Evangelical St. Vitus Church in Türkheim (Geislingen) |
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| 1774 | Cemetery chapel (formerly also the Mother of God Chapel ) in Lauterstein |
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| 1774-1776 | Evangelical Stephanuskirche Alfdorf |
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| 1775-77 | Baroque design of the Leonhardskirche Schwäbisch Gmünd |
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| 1776-77 | Rectory of the Ebnater parish church of the Virgin Mary Immaculate Conception |
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| 1782 | New building of the house at Bocksgasse 20 (former mother house of the Vincentians of Untermarchtal ) |
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| 1783-85 | Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary in Lautern , on behalf of the Schwäbisch Gmünder Hospital |
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literature
- Hermann Kissling : Keller, Johann Michael. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 460 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Werner Fleischhauer : Keller, Johann Michael, d. .J. In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 20 : Kaufmann – Knilling . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 110 .
- Walter Klein : Johann Michael Keller, a Baroque builder from Gmünd. Greiner & Pfeiffer, Stuttgart 1923 ( Internet Archive ).
- Albert Deibele : From the builder Johann Michael Keller. In: Gmünder Heimatblätter. 4, 1957, pp. 29-31.
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| SURNAME | Keller, Johann Michael the Younger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German master builder, city master builder in Schwäbisch Gmünd |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1721 or July 16, 1721 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neckarsulm |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 1794 |
| Place of death | Neckarsulm |