Johann George Schmidt or Johann Georg(e) Schmi(e)d (1707 – 24 July 1774) was a German architect of the
Dresden Baroque. He was born in
Fürstenwalde bei Geising, and became the brother-in-law, student and successor of
George Bähr. He died in
Dresden
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.
Work
Schmidt became well known for his building, in the reconstruction of Dresden after the
Seven Years' War
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. He designed Dresden's second Annenkirche, and cooperated with as designer of the Kreuzkirche and with to build the
Dreikönigskirche. The new church at the
Schloss Weesenstein is also attributed to him.
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Sächsische biography
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1707 births
1774 deaths
18th-century German architects
Architects from Saxony
People from Altenberg, Saxony