Johann Carl Stoltze


Johann Carl Stoltze was a Prussian architect and master builder. Under Frederick William I of Prussia, after Martin Heinrich Böhme's death, he was among the most renowned architects, alongside Philipp Gerlach, his employee Horst, and Johann Gottfried Kemmeter. He was married to Catharina Maria Kottler, with whom he had two children, Johann Ludwig and Charlotte Wilhelmine Catharina.

Life

Nothing is known of Stoltze's origins, education and early career. Having come from the military, he mainly worked as a construction supervisor. From 1718 to 1738 he led the reclamation of the royal district of Königshorst between Nauen and Fehrbellin, from 1734 onward in collaboration with Kemmeter. He also worked on the city hall and a school in Frankfurt an der Oder and an extension to the Garrison Church in Potsdam.
This work led to his appointment in 1734 as "Chief Building Director" and "War and Domains Councillor" in the Electoral March Chamber. Also in 1734 he, Friedrich Wilhelm Dieterichs, Philipp Wilhelm Nuglisch and Kemmeter formed the commission investigating the collapse of the tower of the Petriskirche, first built by Johann Friedrich Grael. One week after Grael's arrest, he was appointed his successor on 11 January 1735.
Fraud by Stoltze regarding the construction yard property was investigated by his successor Christian Friedrich Feldmann, who forced Stoltze's heirs to return the property to the state.

Buildings

  • 1723: Completion of the Cölln Rathaus
  • 1726–1730: Management of the regulation and expansion of Spandau
  • 1726–1730: Reconstruction of the Rathaus in Spandau
  • 1734–1736: Palais Osten, Unter den Linden 4
  • 1735: Johanneskirche in Spandau
  • 1735–1738: His own house, Wilhelmstraße 75
  • 1738: Tower of the Petrikirche
  • 1737–1739: Dreifaltigkeitskirche in Berlin
  • 1737: Continuation of the construction of the Palais Happe, Leipziger Straße 5–7
  • 1737–1739: three parsonages at the junction of Taubenstraße and Kanonierstraße