Samuel Jenner
Samuel Jenner (* 1653 in Bern ; † March 6, 1720 in Schinznach Bad ; Burger von Bern) was a Swiss architect .
Life
Samuel Jenner was born in Bern in 1653 as the son of Hans Rudolf Jenner, governor of Landshut , and trained as a stone cutter with his brother-in-law Abraham Dünz . In 1680 he obtained the title of master craftsman and in the following year he married Anna Maria Pauli from Brugg , daughter of pastor Theodor Pauli and Johanna Dünz. In 1682 he was elected master stone maker for the city of Bern. As such, he converted the former Barefoot Monastery into the old college. In 1685 the Thalgut in Ittigen was rebuilt . In 1688 he was elected master craftsman for the cathedral. In the following years he built the church Villars-le-Grand (1689/91) and the granary in Morges (1690/92). In 1691 he was appointed to the city council of Bern. In 1696 he acquired the concession for the bathing spring in Schinznach and in the following year he designed the new granary in Brugg. In 1700 the house of the Gesellschaft zum Distelzwang was rebuilt in Bern, in 1701/02 he built the church in Holderbank in Aargau for Bernhard Effinger and in 1703 the church in Heimiswil . In the same year he became sub-hospital bailiff in Bern. As a building surveyor, Jenner was a member of the Kander Directory from 1711 to 1714 . He died in Schinznach in 1720. His grave is in the Birr church .
literature
- Georg Boner: Holderbank. From the development and growth of the community , Holderbank 1961, pp. 10-11.
- Paul Glarner and Lili Zschokke-Glarner: From Bad Schinznach's Past , Aarau 1944.
- Manuel Kehrli: “That's why I picked out the healthy bader quell in better places”. The foreman Samuel Jenner (1653–1720) and the Schinznacher Bad . In. Argovia 2012, pp. 114-125. doi : 10.5169 / seals-391288
- Klaus Speich: The Dünz family of artists from Brugg. Commission publisher Effingerhof, Brugg 1984.
Web links
- Thomas Loertscher: Jenner, Samuel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jenner, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1653 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1720 |
| Place of death | Schinznach Bad |