Johann Moritz Richter (1620–1667) was a German architect and engraver. Richter was born in

Weimar Weimar is a city in the state (Germany), German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany (cultural area), Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together w ...

. In the position of "fürstlich-sächsischer Landbaumeister" (court architect), he designed the oldest extant bridge in Weimar, the '' Sternbrücke'' ( de), built from 1651 to 1654 crossing the

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river. It is part of the ''

Park an der Ilm The Park an der Ilm (Park on the Ilm, short ''Ilmpark'') is a large '' Landschaftspark'' (landscaped park) in Weimar, Thuringia. It was created in the 18th century, influenced by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and has not been changed much, preservin ...

''. He designed the ''

Schloss ''Schloss'' (; pl. ''Schlösser''), formerly written ''Schloß'', is the German term for a building similar to a château, palace, or manor house. Related terms appear in several Germanic languages. In the Scandinavian languages, the cogn ...

'' in Weimar which was destroyed by fire in 1774. Richter participated in building

Schloss Moritzburg Moritzburg Castle () or Moritzburg Palace is a Baroque architecture, Baroque palace in Moritzburg, Saxony, Moritzburg, in the German state of Saxony, about northwest of the Saxon capital, Dresden. The castle has four round towers and lies on a ...

Zeitz Zeitz (; , ) is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river White Elster, in the triangle of the federal states Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Saxony. History First a Slavic pagan settlem ...

and Schloss Neu-Augustusburg in

Weißenfels Weißenfels (; often written in English as Weissenfels) is the largest town of the Burgenlandkreis district, in southern Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, approximately south of Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle. His ...

. His son continued his work on these buildings after his death. He is buried on the

Jacobsfriedhof The Jacobsfriedhof, also known as the Jakobskirchhof ("St. James's Burial Ground" or "Churchyard"), is the oldest extant burial ground in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, on land round the Jakobskirche (St. James's Church). The first burials took p ...

Literature

* Frank Boblenz: ''Zum Umfeld des Zeitzer Schloßbaumeisters und Ingenieurs Johann Moritz Richter (1620–1667).'' In: ''Die sächsischen Wurzeln des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt und die Rolle der Sekundogenitur Sachsen-Zeitz.'' Halle 1997, pp. 51–72 (''Beiträge zur Regional- und Landeskultur Sachsen-Anhalts.'' 5). * Frank Boblenz: ''„in der ingenieurkunst erzogen undt ihn ��so weit bracht, das er was feines begriffen“. Zur Ausbildung und zum Werk des Weimarer Baumeisters Johann Moritz Richter (1620–1667).'' In: ''Weimarbrief.'' 2/2008. pp. 86–91.

References

* In: Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker u. a.: Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Band 28, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1934, S. 295f.

External links

* 17th-century German architects 1620 births 1667 deaths People from Weimar {{Germany-architect-stub