Georg Behr ( German: George Bähr ; March 15, 1666 , Fürstenwalde , Saxony , Holy Roman Empire - March 16, 1738 , Dresden , Saxony, Holy Roman Empire) - German Baroque architect .
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Born in the Saxon city of Fürstenwald (now the district of Altenberg) in a poor weaver's family. With the help of a village priest who paid for his primary education, he was able to become a carpenter's apprentice. In 1690 he went to Dresden to work as a carpenter, studying mechanics in his spare time and making sketches of castles, palaces and organs.
In 1705 he became the head of the Dresden Carpenters Guild, although he did not even have full documents on the right to work as a carpenter. One of his main tasks, he considered the modernization of city churches, because, according to Bera, in their current form they did not meet the requirements of the Protestant religion. The first church, built according to his design, was the parish church in Loshivitsa, having in plan an elongated octagon shape and built in 1708. Between 1710 and 1726, he designed many churches and public buildings in various cities of Saxony. His most famous project is the Frauenkirche church, the work on which was completed after his death. In 1730, Behr became the first person in Germany to be awarded the title “architect”.
Died of a stroke. Rumors of his suicide were disproved shortly after death.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 1 2 Structurae - Ratingen .
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118651749 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
Literature
- Paul Gautsch: Bähr, George. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 1. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, S. 768.
- Otto Schubert: Bähr, George. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , S. 518 f.
- Angelica Dülberg: George Bähr - die Frauenkirche und das bürgerliche Bauen in Dresden. Ausstellung im Georgenbau des Dresdner Schlosses 21. Dezember 2000 bis 4. März 2001. Dresden 2000.
- Horst Fischer: Forschungen zu George Bähr und dem sächsischen Barock. I. und II. Teil. Diss. Dresden 1967.
- Siegfried Gerlach: George Bähr: Der Erbauer der Dresdner Frauenkirche. Ein Zeitbild. Böhlau Verlag, Köln / Weimar / Wien 2005, ISBN 3-412-22805-2 .
- Wener Lange: Der gerichtete Zentralbau George Bährs. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des sächsischen Kirchenbaus. Leipzig 1940.
- Heinrich Magirius: Die Dresdner Frauenkirche von George Bähr. Entstehung und Bedeutung. Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-87157-211-X .
- Wilhelm Möllering: George Bähr, ein protestantischer Kirchenbaumeister des Barock. Leipzig 1933.
- Kurt W. Leucht: George Bähr - Ein Leben für ein Bauwerk. In: Deutsche Architektur. Heft 2, Jahrgang 1953, S. 75.