Wilhelm Jeremias Müller

Wilhelm Jeremias Müller

Wilhelm Jeremias Müller (born May 2, 1725 in Eyrichshof ; † 1801 ) was a German architect .

Müller was the son of a Franconian family of craftsmen from Eyrichshof. Through his brother he came to Karlsruhe, where he worked as a draftsman with the architect Kesslau. Wilhelm Jeremias then became the student and successor of Albrecht Friedrich von Kesslau in Karlsruhe , who recognized his talent. His beginnings were as a carpenter until he learned the architectural tools under Johann David Steingruber in Ansbach , from 1752 he was employed as a designer in Karlsruhe. From 1756 he was a building inspector and in 1797 he succeeded Kesslau as building director .

He gave the early Karlsruhe its baroque appearance, but as a representative of the Louis-seize he did not recognize the signs of the times and at the end of his lifetime got sidelined. He found nothing of Friedrich Weinbrenner's modern plans and towards the end of his life was not even asked about his ideas. He remained loyal to Karlsruhe throughout his life despite many attempts to poach him , although the margrave paid him poorly.

buildings

• Garrison Church (today: Small Church )
• Modifications to the Karlsruhe Palace
• Linkenheimer Tor , broken off at the end of the 19th century
• Durlacher Tor , broken off in 1875
• Spital at today's Lidellplatz in the eastern city center , no longer exists (new construction of a commercial school)
• Restaurant Zum kleine Ketterer (1780?), Adlerstrasse 34
• Evangelical Church (Gresgen) (1761)
• Partial renovation of St. Martin (Brötzingen) (1766–1774)
• St. Michael (Whiting) , (1772–1774)
• Jagdzeughaus Karlsruhe (1777–1779), Kaiserstraße 4–8
• Archive building at the Zirkel (1780/90), destroyed in the Second World War

Web links

• Müller, Wilhelm Jeremias . In: LEO-BW .