Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walter

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Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walter
Born1734
Died1802
NationalityEstonian

Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walter or Walther (1734 – 1802) was a Baltic German architect, working in Tartu where he produced a number of buildings including Tartu Town Hall.

Life

Tartu Town Hall from the collection of Johann Christoph Brotze.

Walter was born in Rostock in 1734. He moved to Tartu in what is now Estonia where he was a master builder. Following the Great Fire of Tartu in 1775 he designed Tartu Town Hall and the Von Bock House in the centre of the city.[1]

Walter was buried in Tartu on 2 April 1802.

References

  1. ^ Phenomenological Alma Mater. Borders of the Visible and the Invisible in Heritage Protection, Juban Maiste, 2009, p.195, Tartu University, utlib.ee, retrieved 30 December 2013