Karl August Schwarz

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Karl August Schwarz (born November 25, 1781 ; † 1853 ) was a German architect and construction clerk in the Grand Duke of Baden , to whom several distinctive Weinbrenner-style buildings in northern Kraichgau can be traced back to the present day.

Schwarz, who, in contrast to official documents, always wrote to himself as Schwartz , was a pupil of the architect Friedrich Weinbrenner and continued in his planning the Baden form of classicism founded by Weinbrenner . He lived and worked as a government builder and building officer in Karlsruhe and Bruchsal . From 1807 he was an architect and building supervisor in the entire northern Kraichgau . With a decree of October 21, 1820 he was appointed building inspector of the Pfinzkreis .

To he built buildings which include Schomberg Castle of the Counts of Degenfeld in Stebbach (1820-1826), the Town Hall of Epping (1825), the Cross Church in Unteröwisheim (1825 to 1828) and is distinguishing by its striking semi-circular floor plan Parish Church St Nazarius in Adelshofen (1830–1835).

  • Schomberg Castle

  • Eppingen town hall

  • Kreuzkirche Unteröwisheim

  • Parish Church Adelshofen

  • Ludwigskirche Langensteinbach

literature

  • Joachim Henze: Evangelical churches in the district of Heilbronn. In: heilbronnica 3 , 2006.

Web links

Commons : Karl August Schwarz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arthur Valdenaire: Friedrich Weinbrenner. 1926.
  2. ↑ Kiehnle: Epping from 1803 to 1933. (Note 20) In: Rund um den Ottilienberg , Volume 2. Eppingen 1982.
personal data
SURNAME Schwarz, Karl August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and building official from the Grand Ducal Baden
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1781
DATE OF DEATH 1853