Johann Gottfried Büring
Johann Gottfried Büring (1723 – after 1788) was a German master builder and architect of the late Baroque period. He was born either in Berlin or Hamburg, but mainly worked in Potsdam, supervising the construction of the Sanssouci Picture Gallery and designing the Nauener Tor and New Palace there. He also designed the Luisenstädtische Kirche in Berlin.
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Johann Gottfried Büring
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- Born
- Johann Gottfried Büring was born on 1 January 1723. · Berlin.
- Died
- Johann Gottfried Büring died on 1 January 1788.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- master builder · architect
- Languages
- German
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Johann Gottfried Büring (1723 – after 1788) was a German master builder and architect of the late Baroque period. He was born either in Berlin or Hamburg, but mainly worked in Potsdam, supervising the construction of the Sanssouci Picture Gallery and designing the Nauener Tor and New Palace there. He also designed the Luisenstädtische Kirche in Berlin.
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For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Potsdam
Max Baur · Bundesarchiv, Bild 170-035 / Max Baur / CC-BY-SA 3.0 · This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation
Potsdam, Neuer Markt 5, inspired by Palazzo Thiene in Vincenza, Italy.
Johann Gottfried Büring · Photography dated ca. 1910. Original was black and white. Unknown photographer. Upscaled, cleaned and colorized by me (released as public domain).
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1723
Johann Gottfried Büring was born on 1 January 1723.
1788
Johann Gottfried Büring died on 1 January 1788.
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Johann Gottfried Büring was born at Berlin.
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Johann Gottfried Büring was born in Berlin.
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