Johann Conrad Schlaun (June 5, 1695, in Nörde now
Warburg – October 21, 1773, in
Münster
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) was a German architect. He is an important architect of the
Westphalian Baroque architectural style. His designs include the
Erbdrostenhof and
Schloss
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Related terms appear in several Germanic languages. In the Scandinavian languages, the cogn ...
, both in Münster, but also
Arnsberg Castle.
Life
Johann Conrad Schlaun was born on June 5, 1695, as the son of Henrich Schluen and his wife Agnes Berendes in Nörde. He was baptized three days later in
Ossendorf, Warburg.
Between 1706/7 and fall 1712, he visited the
Gymnasium Theodorianum in
Paderborn
Paderborn (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn (district), Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pade ...
that he left without a degree.
Later, he followed a military career. For the year of 1713 a payment to his father is documented for the purpose of his education in architecture.
On June 22, 1715, he was appointed an artillery
lieutenant
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and engineer of the
Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn.
In 1717, he is attested in the
Prince-Bishopric of Münster
The Prince-Bishopric of Münster (, or ) was a large ecclesiastical principality in the Holy Roman Empire, located in the northern part of today's North Rhine-Westphalia and western Lower Saxony. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, ...
where is appointed a land measurer in 1720.
His first significant work was the
Capuchin church in Brakel.
Works
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Arnsberg Castle
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Augustusburg Palace in Brühl
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Clemenswerth Palace
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Schloss Hirschberg
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Schloss Münster
Citations
Literature
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1695 births
1773 deaths
German Baroque architects
18th-century German architects
People from Münster
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