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Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther

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Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther
Born1737
Died1802
NationalityBaltic German
Tartu Town Hall from the collection of Johann Christoph Brotze.

Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther (1737–1802) was a Baltic German architect, working in Tartu where he produced a number of buildings including Tartu Town Hall.

Life

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Walther was born in Rostock in 1737. He moved to Tartu in the Russian Empire 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]

Walther was buried in Tartu on 2 April 1802.

References

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  1. ^ Phenomenological Alma Mater. Borders of the Visible and the Invisible in Heritage Protection Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine, Juban Maiste, 2009, p.195, Tartu University, utlib.ee, retrieved 30 December 2013