Karl Ludwig Matthai

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Karl Ludwig Matthäi , also Karl Matthäy or Carl Ludwig Matthaey , (born March 21, 1778 in Meißen ; † August 9, 1848 in Dresden ) was a German builder and writer.

Life

Matthäi was born as the son of the modeller at the Meissen porcelain manufactory Johann Gottlob Matthäi. In 1794 he and his family moved to Dresden, where they lived in Neumarkt 571. In the same year Matthäi was enrolled at the Dresden Art Academy , where he studied architecture with Gottlob August Hölzer .

After completing his studies, he went on an educational journey that took him to Bremen, Copenhagen and Vienna for several years. After the Wars of Liberation , he returned to Dresden as an architect in 1814.

In 1817 he was appointed Count Stolberg's master builder of the County of Wernigerode , where he carried out several construction projects on behalf of Hereditary Count Henrich zu Stolberg-Wernigerode , including the castle church. However, the employment in the Harz was not very satisfactory, so that in the following years he kept coming back to Dresden to manage construction projects and after a short time resigned from the master builder in Wernigerode.

From 1830 to 1833 he lived and worked near Kalisch , from 1842 to 1847 in the Bohemian town of Teplitz . Matthäi mostly suffered financial hardship and often had to make ends meet by teaching and drawing embroidery patterns.

In addition to being a builder, he was also an author. He wrote writings on various handicrafts and to raise the artistic style in the handicrafts.

Fonts (selection)

  • The mason. 2 volumes, Weimar 1823.
  • Theoretical-practical manual for carpenters in all their essential tasks. 3 volumes, Ilmenau 1830.
  • The sculptor. Weimar 1830.
  • The perfect roofer or instruction in all of the most exquisitely applicable roofing types that are known up to now and that are compatible with our roof constructions and building regulations. Voigt, Ilmenau 1833. (as reprint : Edition Libri rari Schäfer, Hannover 2000, ISBN 3-88746-092-8 )
  • The latest textbook, model and ornament book for cabinetmakers, builders and cabinet makers, wood cutters and other crafts related to the visual arts. Weimar 1840. (as reprint: Edition Libri rari Schäfer, Hanover 1983, ISBN 3-88746-063-4 )
  • Ideas from public monuments. Weimar 1841.
  • The furnace builder. 3rd edition, Weimar 1846.

literature

  • Pierer's Universal-Lexikon , Volume 11, Altenburg 1860, p. 10.
  • Herders Conversations-Lexikon , Freiburg im Breisgau 1856, Volume 4, p. 123 f.
  • Matthay, Karl. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB), Volume 20 (1884), pp. 608 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Address book of the city of Dresden, 1799
personal data
SURNAME Matthai, Karl Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matthay, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German builder and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Meissen
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1848
Place of death Dresden