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Johann George Schmidt

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Johann George Schmidt or Johann Georg(e) Schmi(e)d (1707 – 24 July 1774) was a German architect of the Dresden Baroque. He was born in Fürstenwalde bei Geising, and became the brother-in-law, student and successor of George Bähr. He died in Dresden.

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Schmidt became well known for his building, in the reconstruction of Dresden after the Seven Years' War. He designed Dresden's second Annenkirche, and cooperated with Christian Friedrich Exner [de] as designer of the Kreuzkirche and with Johann Gottfried Fehre [de] to build the Dreikönigskirche. The new church at the Schloss Weesenstein is also attributed to him.

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