Johann Trost (architect)

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St. George's Church in Igensdorf, Johann Trost 1687

Johann Trost (born November 2, 1639 in Nuremberg ; † July 2, 1700 there ; also: Johannes Trost ) was a German architect .

Life

He received drawing lessons from Johann Hauer, a Nuremberg painter and art dealer. Georg Christian Gerck instructed him in the basics of geometry and fortification construction. After Doppelmayr, he traveled to Italy in 1660 at the request of his sponsors to deepen his knowledge. First he studied perspective and architecture in Venice for a year, then in Rome to familiarize himself with the architecture there, especially the Baroque style . From there he made a trip to the Kingdom of Naples, then stayed in Rome for a few months and finally returned to Nuremberg via Milan and Switzerland in 1664.

In 1672 he took part as a volunteer in the Dutch War on the side of the Dutch, for whom he led the expansion of the defenses of the village of Bodegraven. While still in the Netherlands, he received the order to be the master builder for the city and land alms office of the city of Nuremberg and immediately returned there. His first major task was the planning and management of the reconstruction of the Franciscan Church, also called Barfüßerkirche, which had been destroyed by fire and which took place between 1682 and 1689.

Doppelmayr states that J. Trost managed the construction of a few other buildings in the Nuremberg district and the construction of various castles for external clients, naming the church in the Igensdorf community and Schwarzenberg Castle in Scheinfeld . In fact, he is only known as the builder of the Igensdorf church, he does not appear in the history of the Scheinfeld palace. However, the reconstruction of Großgründlach Castle, which was owned by the Pfinzing patrician family from Nuremberg , was carried out according to his plans.

The most famous buildings in Nuremberg, which were built under his management or according to his plans, were the new building of the " Gymnasium Aegidianum ", which was required after a fire in 1696 , which was completed in 1699, and the completely redesigned " Egidenkirche ", which was built at the same Fire had been destroyed. Shortly before his death, J. Trost made the plans and models for the new building of the St. Egidien Church in the Baroque style. The construction itself was then headed by his son Gottlieb Trost in the years 1711–1718 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b Spelling of the name after the entry in the Nuremberg City Lexicon, at Doppelmayr the spelling is Hauern or Gorcken
  2. ↑ compare the entry Schloss Schwarzenberg and Stadtlexikon Nürnberg: Johann Trost ; last accessed on October 1, 2011

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personal data
SURNAME Consolation, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Consolation, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1639
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 1700
Place of death Nuremberg