Johann Philipp August Bunge

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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
personal data
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)