Philipp Gerlach

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Johann Philipp Gerlach (born July 24, 1679 in Spandau , † September 17, 1748 in Berlin ) was a Prussian architect . Many important baroque buildings in Berlin and Potsdam , especially from the era of the "soldier king" Friedrich Wilhelm I , go back to him.

biography

front left: gold and silver manufactory,
next to it Palais Marschall (with bluish roof),
on Wilhelmplatz , Berlin

In 1707 Gerlach succeeded Martin Grünberg as royal building director and head of building construction in Berlin. In 1720, King Friedrich Wilhelm I appointed him senior construction director of the royal residences, thereby transferring responsibility for the entire state construction industry, including the construction of bridges and fortresses. In 1733 Gerlach redesigned the Kronprinzenpalais . In 1734/35 he built the Kollegienhaus / Kammergericht . He also directed the construction of the tower of the Parochial Church in Berlin. On Wilhelmstrasse in Berlin, he built the gold and silver factory and the Marschall Palace next to each other .

He also designed the three large squares in Friedrichstadt , Pariser Platz ( Quarree ), Leipziger Platz ( Oktogon ) and Mehringplatz ( Rondell ). In addition to Berlin, Gerlach also worked in Potsdam . The Potsdam Garrison Church , which he designed and whose ruins were blown up in 1968, was his main work as an architect.

In April 1737 he retired from the Prussian civil service for health reasons. His successor as chief building director was Titus de Favre . Gerlach was the most important Prussian architect between the Berlin palace builder Andreas Schlüter and the beginning of the Frederician Rococo with Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff from 1740, alongside Jean de Bodt .

family

Gerlach's father Philipp Gerlach (baptized on May 14, 1647 in Oranienburg) was a kit construction clerk, then a kit attendant, and later a commander in charge or an artillery captain. He was buried on June 27, 1716. Grandfather Christoph Gerlach (* in Zweibrücken; † in Oranienburg) was married in 1640 in the Marienkirche, Berlin, to Ursula Quistorp (baptized on November 3, 1622 in the Nikolaikirche, Berlin). Elector Friedrich Wilhelm had given the feudal school to the Heidereuter in Oranienburg Christoph Gerlach, and he gradually assumed the right to fish in the Mühlensee (Mölmersee) with the large yarn. On November 21, 1651, the elector exchanged the civic office of Heidereiter Christoph Gerlach opposite Oranienburg Castle in order to build a hunting arsenal there. The Heidereiter, later given the title of Landjäger, administered the forests in the office. The hunting arsenal, built around 1653, housed the country hunter's offices, among other things. Great-grandfather Philipp Gerlach (* 1582, † 1649 in Küstrin in the Neumark ) was chief forester of the Neumark in Küstrin. Gerlach's mother Eva Maria Siegert was the daughter of Tobias Siegert (1631–1680), Brandenburg. Customs administrator u. Ziesemeister in Spandau, son of Bartholomäus Siegert, hereditary judge and liege judge in Steinbach / Erzgebirge , and Ursula Schumann. Gerlach's sister, Eva Catharina Gerlach, was married on April 16, 1707 in Fürstenwalde to Georg Roth (* 1674 in Leutschau ; † September 17, 1723 in Stade ), mathematician, theologian, educator, professor and rector at the Athenaeum in Stade .

Gerlach's sister, Catharina Elisabeth Gerlach († October 3, 1735 in Freiberg ) was married to Dr. med. Johann Gottlieb Naumann (born March 21, 1695 in Freiberg; † February 15, 1756 in Freiberg), royal Polish & Electoral Saxon. Mountain Commission Council, as well as country, city, mountain huts and Saiger huts Physikus, and med. Doctor in Freiberg. She left 6 sons, one of them was Philipp Joseph Naumann (* 1728 in Freiberg; † December 25, 1808 in Mittweida ), mayor of Mittweida, electoral prince. Saxon court hunter and chief forester of the offices of Frankenberg with Sachsenburg and Neusorge. Another sister, Loysa Sophia Gerlach (born December 13, 1685 in Spandau) was married to Georg Christoph Lindemann (born August 17, 1682 in Seegefeld; † September 15, 1755 ibid), pastor in Seegefeld and Falkenhayn.

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Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ELAB MF 17766 (Evangelisches Landeskirchliches Archiv Berlin-Brandenburg, Microfiche) baptismal register 1634-1655
  2. ↑ Märkische Forschungen, Volumes 15-16, 1880.
  3. ↑ Marriage register of St. Marienkirche in Berlin, at www.archion.de
  4. ↑ Baptismal register St. Nikolai zu Berlin, on www.archion.de
  5. ↑ corpse sermon for Philipp Gerlach, 1649, printed in Cüstrin, Author: Fesselius, Daniel
  6. ↑ Allgemeine Deutsche Bibliographie Vol. 29, Leipzig 1889; History of the Protestant parish Schwedler (A. Neupauer) (1974)
  7. ↑ Death book of Ev.-Luth. Freiberg Church.
  8. ^ Church register Ev.-Luth. Mittweida Church
  9. ↑ Harald von Koenigswald (ed.), Udo von Alvensleben : When they still existed ... Noble seats between Altmark and Masuria. Ullstein, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-548-35641-9 , pp. 286-287
personal data
SURNAME Gerlach, Philipp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gerlach, Johann Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1679
PLACE OF BIRTH Spandau
DATE OF DEATH September 17, 1748
Place of death Berlin