ARCHITECT

Balthasar Neumann

1687 - 1753

Photo of Balthasar Neumann

Icon of person Balthasar Neumann

Johann Balthasar Neumann (; c. 27 January 1687 – 19 August 1753), usually known as Balthasar Neumann, was a German architect and military artillery engineer who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Italian, and French elements to design some of the most impressive buildings of the period, including the Würzburg Residence and the Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (called Vierzehnheiligen in German). The Würzburg Residence is considered one of the most beautiful and well proportioned palaces in Europe and the Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers is considered by some as the crowning work of the period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Balthasar Neumann is the 124th most popular architect (down from 83rd in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Czechia (down from 99th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Architect.

Balthasar Neumann was a German architect and landscape architect who is most famous for designing the garden of Schloss Augustusburg in Brühl, Germany.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Balthasar Neumann by language

Loading...

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Balthasar Neumann ranks 124 out of 518. Before him are César Pelli, Minoru Yamasaki, Peter Eisenman, Hannes Meyer, Amenhotep, son of Hapu, and Eliel Saarinen. After him are Inigo Jones, Filippo Juvarra, Francesco di Giorgio Martini, James Stirling, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, and Sverre Fehn.

Most Popular Architects in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1687, Balthasar Neumann ranks 7. Before him are John William Friso, Prince of Orange, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Giambattista Pittoni, Francesco Geminiani, Johann Georg Pisendel, and Sylvius Leopold Weiss. After him are Johann Heinrich Schulze, Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Nicolaus I Bernoulli, William Stukeley, and Robert Simson. Among people deceased in 1753, Balthasar Neumann ranks 3. Before him are George Berkeley, and Hans Sloane. After him are Gottfried Silbermann, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Johann Nicolaus Bach, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, and Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington.

Others Born in 1687

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1753

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Balthasar Neumann ranks 171 out of 1,200. Before him are Victor Adler (1852), Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760), Věra Chytilová (1929), Karel Schwarzenberg (1937), Bretislav I (1005), and Blanche of Valois (1316). After him are Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia (1110), Leo Perutz (1882), Ivo Viktor (1942), Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg (1800), Josef Ressel (1793), and Milada Horáková (1901).

Others born in Czechia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ARCHITECTS In Czechia

Among architects born in Czechia, Balthasar Neumann ranks 4. Before him are Adolf Loos (1870), Josef Hoffmann (1870), and Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867). After him are Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (1689), Jan Santini Aichel (1677), Adolf Lang (1848), Josef Gočár (1880), Jan Kotěra (1871), and Jan Kaplický (1937).

Czech born Architects

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous