Leonhard Schmidtner
Leonhard Schmidtner (born October 21, 1800 in Weilheim in Upper Bavaria ; † January 20, 1873 in Landshut , Lower Bavaria ) was a German architect and Bavarian construction officer ("civil construction inspector"). In the second and third quarters of the 19th century he was one of the busiest architects in the Kingdom of Bavaria .
Schmidtner was the son of the Weilheim master mason Sebastian Schmidtner and his wife Magdalena, née Sanktjohanser. Leonhard's brothers Sebastian and Josef-Benedikt, as well as the latter's son Joseph, were also master masons, but their life data and work are so far almost unknown.
Initially employed in Nuremberg , he was initially more inclined to the classical style. Since the neo-Gothic was felt to be more suitable for the “old German” city, he was transferred to the position of “civil construction inspector” in the government of Lower Bavaria (based in Passau) in 1837 , because there “his direction would not hurt”. After the government moved its seat to Landshut in 1838, however, he introduced the neo-Gothic style in Lower Bavaria. He conducted extensive studies of Gothic architecture and planned to write a textbook on it.
Schmidtner's works were not particularly valued in the 20th century, as historicism was long underestimated.
Work (selection)
- Nuremberg : work at the city theater, classicistic
- Weilheim in Upper Bavaria : Holy Trinity Hospital Church with citizens' home, classicistic, 1826/1827
- Ansbach : Parish Church of St. Ludwig , classicistic, 1834–40
- Fürth - Burgfarrnbach : former baroque palace of Count Pückler-Limpurg, new building in classicist style 1830–34 (today city archive, library and museum)
- Fürth: Residential house at Rudolf-Breitscheid-Strasse 5, late Classicist, together with Sebastian Schmidtner, 1837.
- Simmelsdorf : "Altes Schloss" (also "Tucherschloss"; former moated castle), gothic conversion, 1830–41
- Landshut : St. Jodok parish church , re-Gothicization (probably the first neo-Gothic building ever to be built in Lower Bavaria), baptistery and sacristy extension, 1839–41
- Wollaberg : Reconstruction and extension of the parish church of St. Egidius (while retaining the tower and part of the nave), neo-Gothic, 1844
- Mengkofen - Hüttenkofen : Catholic branch church of the Assumption of Mary, new nave in bare brick, 1852
- Waldkirchen : Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul , 1856–61 (one of the largest sacred buildings in the Diocese of Passau, hence called the "Cathedral of the Bavarian Forest"; rebuilt after being destroyed in the war in 1945)
- Suns : Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary, 1858–61
- Hebertsfelden : Parish Church of St. Emmeram, 1859–1862
- Simbach am Inn : Parish Church of St. Mary's Conception, 1859–63 (later rebuilt to simplify matters)
- Schalkham -Johannesbrunn: Church of the Conception of Mary, 1864–65
- Landquaid- Adlhausen : Church of the Assumption of Mary, 1864–65
- Rottenburg an der Laaber : Parish Church of St. Georg , 1868–69
- Bischofsreut : Parish Church of St. Valentin, 1870–72
- Ihrlerstein : Parish Church of St. Jakobus, 1868–73
literature
- Heinrich Habel: The architect Leonhard Schmidtner (1800–1873). Materials for a biography . In: Contributions to monument studies, Tillmann Breuer on his 60th birthday . Munich 1991, pp. 49-78.
- Petra Schlegl: The Weilheim architect Leonhard Schmidtner (1799–1873) and his classicist buildings . In: Lech-Isar-Land , Weilheim in Oberbayern, 1997, pp. 271–304.
Web links
- About Schmidtner's construction work on St. Jodok in Landshut , with a photo of the sacristy / baptistery
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidtner, Leonhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect, Bavarian construction officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weilheim in Upper Bavaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1873 |
| Place of death | Landshut |