Nikolaus Lauxen
Nikolaus Lauxen (born October 13, 1722 in Boppard , † November 18, 1791 in Koblenz ) was a late Baroque architect in the service of the city of Koblenz , who mainly worked on the Middle Rhine and Moselle in the area of the Archbishopric of Trier .
Life
Lauxen took up his work as a builder late, when he was 45 years old when he drew the design for the market fountain in Cochem in 1767 . Two years later (1769) he took up his position in construction in the city of Koblenz, which he held until his death. The repeatedly mentioned position of a city architect cannot be documented for him. In addition to his official duties in urban development and urban building projects in Koblenz, he has worked for numerous private clients such as monasteries, parishes and citizens (especially entrepreneurs). His early professional role is unknown. Around 1760 the terms Färber and Kunstmahler occasionally appeared in documents . The term Lieutenant or Captain later used by him indicates a subsequent training as an architect, which was usually completed in the 18th century in the military. Lauxen was one of the last architects in the Rhineland to still build in late Baroque forms, shortly before the French-influenced early classicism arrived in the southern Rhineland with the construction of the Koblenz Palace in 1777. It was in the tradition of the Franconian baroque master builders around Balthasar Neumann and Johannes Seiz , who also worked in the Koblenz area.
In 1771 he built the representative three-wing complex around the prelature courtyard of the monastery on behalf of the abbot of Brauweiler Abbey . From 1773 to 1775 he led the reconstruction of the Nonnenwerth monastery, which was destroyed by fire . This meant his breakthrough as a civilian builder, which meant that he received more orders outside of Koblenz. From 1780 to 1785 he designed the prelate wing of the Brauweiler Abbey and in 1783 was commissioned by the Rommersdorf Abbey to build a guest house.
Works
- Town houses on Jesuitenplatz in Koblenz (1769 ff.)
- Fronhof in Mesenich on the Moselle (1771)
- Catholic parish church St. Georg in Urmitz (1772–72)
- Benedictine convent Nonnenwerth (1773–75)
- Guest building / hospital and the angel portal of the Premonstratensian Abbey in Rommersdorf near Neuwied (1777)
- Bolongaropalast in Frankfurt-Höchst (1777–81)
- Prelature building of the Benedictine abbey Brauweiler (1780–85)
- Freiligrathhaus (Palais von Buschmann / von Biegesleben) in Unkel (1750/70)
- House Spee in Neuwied-Engers (1770)
- House d'Ester, so-called Marienburg, in Vallendar (1770–73)
- Gallery construction at the Bürresheimer Hof in Koblenz (1770–74)
- Sacristy of the Liebfrauenkirche in Koblenz (1776)
- City School am Plan in Koblenz (1776)
- Knoodt House in Boppard (1778)
Individual evidence
- ^ Claudia Euskirchen: Kloster Nonnenwerth. Rhenish Association for Monument Preservation and Landscape Protection, Neuss 2000, p. 7.
literature
- Georg Mölich (Ed.): Rheinische Lebensbilder , Volume 18. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 2000.
- Claudia Euskirchen: Nikolaus Lauxen (1722–1791). A builder of the Rhenish-Moselle Baroque. (= Pulheim contributions to history and local history , 16th special publication.) Pulheim 1997, ISBN 3-92776521-X .
Web links
- Entry on Nikolaus Lauxen in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lauxen, Nicholas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect of the late baroque |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1722 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boppard |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1791 |
| Place of death | Koblenz |