page_title: Friedrich Weinbrenner
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Friedrich Weinbrenner / Career
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Pfarrkirche St. Stephan, Karlsruhe, nach Plänen des Architekten Friedrich Weinbrenner 1808–1814 erbaut. In 1944 zum Teil zerstört und in den Jahren 1951–55 wiederaufgebaut. English: St. Stephan Catholic Church, Karlsruhe (1808-14). Design by Friedrich Weinbrenner. Partially destroyed in 1944, rebuilt 1951-55. Français&#160;: L'église catholique Saint Stephane de Karlsruhe. Architecte: Friedrich Weinbrenner. Construite de 1808 à 1814, partiellement détruite en 1944, reconstruite en de 1951 à 1955.
context_page_description: Friedrich Weinbrenner was a German architect and city planner admired for his mastery of classical style.
context_section_description: Upon returning from Italy, Weinbrenner worked briefly in Strasbourg and Hanover, but established himself in Karlsruhe, where he would make his career as the official architect, working for both government and private clients. Karlsruhe was established in 1715 to replace a former capital and become the capital of the newly created Grand Duchy of Baden – now a central German state but then a sovereign principality. A generation of architects were trained under his supervision, and in 1825 he helped establish the Polytechnic School in Karlsruhe. With the architects he trained and the publication of his work, a "Weinbrenner style" of Classicism developed. Weinbrenner is, of course, the architect principally responsible for creating Karlsruhe as a Classical city and, beginning with his 1797 General Plan, for the development of the city plan with an official Protestant church (Stadtkirche) (1807–15), City Hall (1821–25) on the Triumphal Road leading to the Princely palace. Most of Weinbrenner's buildings were reconstructed in the 1950s following their destruction in the Second World War.
caption: Karlsruhe Catholic Church, 1808–14
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