born Linden/Franken, 13. Apr 1819
died Nürnberg, 08. Jul 1884
Architect, architectural painter; attended since 1833 the Polytechnic in Nuremberg where he was a student of Karl Alexander Heideloff who got him orders (participation in the restoration of collegiate Church in Stuttgart and in creating the decór and furnishings of neo-Gothic palaces and castles Lichtenstein/Swabian Alps and Landsberg near Meiningen). From1855 to 1878 he was an academic teacher for gothic architecture (since 1863 professor) at the School of arts and crafts in Nuremberg.
Period: 19th c.