Martin Heinrich Böhme

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The south facade of the palace from 1716

Martin Heinrich Böhme (* 1676 probably in Augsburg ; † May 21, 1725 in Berlin ) was the Prussian court architect in Berlin from 1713.

Life and education

Birth and education

Martin Heinrich Böhme was probably born in Augsburg in 1676 . His career began in 1704 when he came to Potsdam and Freienwalde as a student of Schlüter . In 1713 King Friedrich Wilhelm I appointed Böhme as court architect , after he had dismissed his predecessor, Johann Friedrich Eosander von Göthe , immediately after the death of King Friedrich I (1713) . From 1713 to 1716, as the royal court architect in Berlin, Böhme directed the further construction of the Berlin Residenzschloss up to the completion of the western part of the south wing of the newly built baroque palace.

Works

Palais Creutz in old Berlin

From 1712 to 1717, Martin Heinrich Böhme built Palais Creutz at Klosterstrasse 36 (later Palais Hacke , then industrial academy ).

Luisenkirche Berlin-Charlottenburg

The Luisenkirche

The foundation stone of the Luisenkirche was laid in 1712. Böhme had simplified the plans of the chief building director Philipp Gerlach , so that the church could be built for 6100 thalers. The inauguration took place on July 12, 1716 Provost Michael Roloff of the Friedrichswerder Church in Berlin. The building with an isosceles cross as a plan in the form of a Greek cross had no tower, but a wooden roof turret at the intersection of the two hipped roofs.

Berlin Cathedral

Berlin Cathedral 1737

Friedrich Wilhelm I , the “Soldier King”, commissioned Böhme in 1717 to renovate the old cathedral, which was demolished in 1747 under Friedrich II , the “Old Fritz”. A new cathedral was then built at the Lustgarten .

Petrikirche Berlin

Interior renovation of the Petrikirche in Alt_Berlin .

Friedrichsfelde Castle

Friedrichsfelde Castle

The Schloss Friedrichsfelde was in 1695 for the kurbrandenburgischen General Marine Director Benjamin Raule built and in 1717 Margrave Albrecht Friedrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt via suitable. Böhme enlarged it by three axes to the east and west to its current width and built a three-winged baroque staircase made of oak.

Schwedt Castle

Schwedt Castle, excerpt from a historical postcard

From 1701 to 1704 the north wing of the castle was built by Martin Heinrich Böhme. The Schwedt Castle was at this time a typically Baroque, three-leaf plant, which was based on Dutch models.

Grumbkow Palace

As the last building in Berlin, Böhme erected the Palais Grumbkow (replaced by a post office in 1879) in Königstrasse, today Rathausstrasse (part of the main page was then included in the construction).

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personal data
SURNAME Böhme, Martin Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian court architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1676
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: Augsburg
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1725
Place of death Berlin