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Johann Christoph von Naumann

Johann Christoph von Naumann (30 March 1664 - 8 January 1742) was a German architect/urban designer who, with Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, designed portions of the city of Warsaw, Poland, including the Saxon Axis and other important streetscapes. Between 1729 and 1730 he modernised the town hall at Bautzen, where he had already added the upper storeys to Reichenturm tower in 1718. He worked in remodeling the Opernhaus am Taschenberg in Dresden to the first Catholic Hofkirche.

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Johann Christoph von Naumann

Aufriss des Brühlschen Palais in Dresden-Friedrichstadt, um 1745

Johann Christoph Knöffel, 1745 · Public domain

Born
1664 · Dresden.
Died
1742 · Dresden.
Nationality
Germany
Occupation
architect
Languages
German

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Johann Christoph von Naumann (30 March 1664 - 8 January 1742) was a German architect/urban designer who, with Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, designed portions of the city of Warsaw, Poland, including the Saxon Axis and other important streetscapes. Between 1729 and 1730 he modernised the town hall at Bautzen, where he had already added the upper storeys to Reichenturm tower in 1718. He worked in remodeling the Opernhaus am Taschenberg in Dresden to the first Catholic Hofkirche.

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