Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walter

Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walter
Born 1734
Rostock
Died 1802
Tartu
Nationality Estonian

Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walter or Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther (1734 – 1802) was a German - Estonian master builder who moved to Tartu and built several significant 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. The Great Fire of Tartu was in 1775 and following this he constructed 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