Johann August Arens
Johann August Arens (born 10 February 1757 in Hamburg; died 18 August 1806 in Pisa, Italy) was a German architect of classicism, a landscape designer, a painter, and a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Fine Arts and Mechanical Sciences in Berlin.
Johann August Arens

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- Born
- 1757 · Hamburg.
- Died
- 1806 · Pisa.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- architect
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- German
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Johann August Arens (born 10 February 1757 in Hamburg; died 18 August 1806 in Pisa, Italy) was a German architect of classicism, a landscape designer, a painter, and a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Fine Arts and Mechanical Sciences in Berlin.
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• 1789–1792: Reconstruction of the Weimar City Palace • 1792–1797: Roman House in the Park an der Ilm in Weimar • 1794–1797: Country house of Baron Caspar Voght in Klein Flottbek, Hamburg • 1800: Cemetery chapel St. Petri in Hamburg • Country house Duncker in Hamburg-Horn • 1801: Gentz staircase in the Weimar city palace, completed by Heinrich Gentz between 1802 and 1803 • Country house Amsinck • Country house Mönckeberg • Country house Eiffe • Wandsbeker Church (inaugurated in 1800)

Die Kirche in Wandsbeck bei Hamburg, von J. C. C. Meyn nach der Natur lithografiert, nach 1800, im Hintergrund das Schimmelmann-Mausoleum
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Wandsbeker "Doppelkirche" um 1800, Zeichnung von Amandus Meier, im Hintergrund die alte (1.) Fachwerkkirche von 1634, im Vordergrund der Neubau von 1796,
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1757
Johann August Arens born at Hamburg.
1806
Johann August Arens died at Pisa.
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