Johann Philipp August Bunge
Johann Philipp August Bunge (* thirtieth June 1774 in Bernburg , † 13. April 1866 ) was a German architect of classicism .
Life
Bunge worked as a builder in his hometown of Bernburg from 1794 . In 1815 he became a building inspector and in 1830 a building officer. From 1842 he was senior building officer in Bernburg and head of the Anhalt-Bernburg construction industry. In 1853 he received the title of Privy Senior Building Officer. According to his plans and ideas from Karl Friedrich Schinkel , the Bernburg Court Theater was built in the classicism style in 1826/1827 (opened in 1827; today Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Theater ). The design of the church of St. Stephanus in Bernburg-Dröbel - also built in a classicist style from 1828 to 1829 - comes from his pen. He belonged to the Bernburg Freemason Lodge Alexius for permanence and was their master of the chair between 1828 and 1852 .
literature
- Association of Friends and Patrons of the Bernburg Cultural Foundation (Ed.): Johann August Philipp Bunge and Classicism in Bernburg: a first search for traces . Association of Friends and Supporters of the Bernburg Cultural Foundation, Bernburg 2000
- Wilhelm van Kempen, The architecture of classicism in Anhalt after 1800. In: Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft , 4th vol., 1928
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SURNAME | Bunge, Johann Philipp August |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect of classicism |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1774 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bernburg (Saale) |
DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1866 |
Place of death | Bernburg (Saale) |