Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann
Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662–1736) was a German master builder and architect who helped to rebuild Dresden after the fire of 1685. His most famous work is the Zwinger Palace. • Illustration — Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann
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Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann
Scanned from "Die großen Deutschen im Bilde" (1936) by Michael Schönitzer · Public domain
- Born
- 1662
- Died
- 1736
- Nationality
- County of Ravensberg
- Occupation
- architect · master builder · urban planner
- Known for
- Zwinger · Japanisches Palais · Pillnitz Castle · Barockgarten Großsedlitz · Radomierzyce Palace · Pöppelmannbrücke
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Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662–1736) was a German master builder and architect who helped to rebuild Dresden after the fire of 1685. His most famous work is the Zwinger Palace. • Illustration — Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann
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• Illustration — Pöppelmann's birth house in Herford, Westphalia Pöppelmann was born in Herford in Westphalia on 3 May 1662 the son of a shopkeeper. In 1680, he began working on an unpaid basis as a building designer in the court of Dresden Castle. As court architect for the King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, Augustus II the Strong, he designed the grandiose Zwinger palace in Dresden. He was also in charge of major works at Dresden Castle, Pillnitz Castle and he designed the Vineyard Church (Weinbergkirche) in Pillnitz. Pöppelmann, together with Johann Christoph Naumann, developed an urban plan for a portion of the city of Warsaw, Poland, which was only partially realized, including the Saxon Axis and other important streetscapes. He died in Dresden on 17 January 1736. He is buried in the Matthauskirche in Dresden. He was the grandfather of the famous actress Friederike Sophie Seyler.
Dresden - Zwinger 1728 by Architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann Sculptor Balthasar Permoser - Rococo - View SSE Up on Glockenspielpavillon
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Dresden - Zwinger 1728 by Architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann Sculptor Balthasar Permoser - Rococo - View ENE towards Residenzschloss
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1662
Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann was born in 1662.
1686
Stud Farm Graditz is dated 1686.
1711
Zwinger is dated 1711.
1715
Holländisches Palais is dated 1715.
1722
Graditz Manor House is dated 1722.
1722
Königstraße is dated 1722.
1727
Village church Lebusa is dated 1727.
1736
Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann died at Dresden.
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scholarly publication
- Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann und das Japanische Palais in Dresden, Bücherwelten - Raumwelten, 2015
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2015
- Review: Die Asams als Architekten by Heinz Jürgen Sauermost; Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann und die Barockbaukunst in Dresden by Hermann Heckmann, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 1991
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1991
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q62637: Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 109125981X, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, 1662 bis 1736, und die Architektur der Zeit Augusts des Starken (Veranstaltung : 1987 : Dresden).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- 1.Döring/Ermisch 1930, S. 10.
- 2.Hagen Bächler und Monika Schlechte: Führer zum Barock in Dresden, Dortmund 1991, S. 184.
- 3.Hermann Heckmann: Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann und die Barockbaukunst in Dresden. Berlin 1986, S. 44–45.
- 4.Michael Kirsten: Der Dresdner Zwinger. (DKV-Kunstführer Nr. 576/0). 1. Auflage. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München / Berlin o. J., S. 20f.
- 5.Hermann Heckmann: Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann und die Barockbaukunst in Dresden. Berlin 1986, S. 90–93.
- 6.Bächler/Schlechte, Führer zum Barock in Dresden, S. 20f.
- 7.Webseite des Jagdhauses Kössern
- 8.Die Geschichte des Dresdner Christstollen.
- 9.Georg Dehio: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Dresden bearb. v. Friedrich Kobler, Heinrich Magirius, Mathis Nitzsche und Hartmut Ritschel. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München/Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03110-3, S. 123.
- 10.Stefan Hertzig: Das Dresdner Bürgerhaus in der Zeit Augusts des Starken. Gesellschaft Historischer Neumarkt Dresden e. V., Dresden 2001, ISBN 3-9807739-0-6, S. 162f.
- 11.Stefan Hertzig: Das Dresdner Bürgerhaus in der Zeit Augusts des Starken. Gesellschaft Historischer Neumarkt Dresden e. V., Dresden 2001, ISBN 3-9807739-0-6, S. 130–133.
- 12.Gottfried Kiesow, Barock in Sachsen (Vorwort), Monumente Edition, Seite 2
- 13.Über uns – Herforder Kunstverein
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Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann und das Japanische Palais in Dresden, Bücherwelten - Raumwelten, 2015Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q62637: Matthäus Daniel PöppelmannWikimedia Foundation
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 109125981X, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, 1662 bis 1736, und die Architektur der Zeit Augusts des Starken (Veranstaltung : 1987 : Dresden).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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