Personnalité historique

Heinrich Schickhardt

Landbaumeister of the Duchy of Württemberg (1608)

Heinrich Schickhardt (Herrenberg, 1558 – Stuttgart, 1635) was the leading architect and engineer at the court of Württemberg at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. Trained as a joiner and then assistant to master builder Georg Beer from 1578, he became the trusted adviser of Duke Frédéric Ier, accompanied him to Italy in 1599–1600 and was appointed Landbaumeister in 1608. He is credited with the plan of Freudenstadt, the Neuer Bau in Stuttgart, numerous buildings in Montbéliard (including the Saint-Martin temple) and the bridge over the Neckar at Köngen. At Köngen Castle, owned by the Thumb von Neuburg family, he directed alterations in 1614 and 1620. He died in January 1635, mortally wounded by soldiers during the Thirty Years' War.

Portrait de Heinrich Schickhardt
Naissance5 février 1558, Herrenberg
Décèsjanvier 1635 (14/24 janvier selon la NDB), Stuttgart
FonctionLandbaumeister of the Duchy of Württemberg (1608)
ÉpoqueLate Renaissance, Duchy of Württemberg
Histoire & patrimoine

A builder between Stuttgart and Montbéliard

In the service of Duke Frédéric Ier, who ruled both Württemberg and the County of Montbéliard, Schickhardt divided his life between the two territories after 1600. There he delivered court buildings, a college, a temple and a large map of the county (1616), destroyed in 1944.

Schloss KöngenSchloss Köngen
Frise chronologique

Repères dans sa vie

1558-02-05

Born in Herrenberg.

1578

Becomes assistant to court architect Georg Beer; works with him on Stammheim Castle (1579–1581).

1586-1589

Former town hall of Esslingen, his first major independent commission.

1590

Rebuilding of Schiltach after a fire, together with Georg Beer.

1599-1600

Travels to Italy alongside Duke Frédéric Ier, recorded in a detailed journal; start of work on Freudenstadt (1599).

1600-1602

Construction of the Ulrich Bridge (Ulrichsbrücke) over the Neckar at Köngen, still standing (1600–1603 according to the NDB).

1601-1607

Saint-Martin Temple in Montbéliard, an early model of a Protestant church.

1608

Appointed Landbaumeister of the duchy under Jean-Frédéric and returns permanently to Württemberg.

1614

First campaign of alterations at Köngen Castle.

1620

Second intervention at Köngen Castle.

1635-01

Dies in Stuttgart from the effects of violence by soldiers during the Thirty Years' War (the ADB gives a different date and place).

Patrimoine associé

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Personnalités liées

Portrait de Georg Beer
Georg Beermaster and collaborator (from 1578)→
Portrait de Frédéric Ier de Wurtemberg
Frédéric Ier de Wurtembergprincipal patron, the duke he accompanies to Italy→
Portrait de Hans Friedrich Thumb von Neuburg
Hans Friedrich Thumb von NeuburgChâteau en commun→
Portrait de Jakob Friedrich Weishaar
Jakob Friedrich WeishaarChâteau en commun→
Portrait de Karl Marcell Heigelin
Karl Marcell HeigelinChâteau en commun→
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Heinrich Schickhardt dans l’histoire

Köngen: bridge and castle

Schickhardt's name is doubly linked to Köngen: at the beginning of the 17th century he built a stone bridge over the Neckar, still in use, and then intervened in 1614 and 1620 at the Thumb von Neuburg castle, which had been remodelled in Renaissance style from 1538–1539 onwards.

Construction of the bridge over the Neckar at Köngen

1600-1602 · Ulrichsbrücke, still standing; the NDB gives 1600–1603.

Köngen
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