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Baltic German architect
Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther
Born1737
Rostock
Died1802
Tartu
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

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.

Walther was buried in Tartu on 2 April 1802.

References

  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


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