Joachim Ernst Burmeister ( –1806) was a German-Danish architect and master carpenter. He made a significant contribution to the rebuilding of

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

in the years after the

Copenhagen Fire of 1795 The Copenhagen Fire of 1795 (''Københavns brandes 1795'') started on Friday, 5 June 1795, at or around 3 pm by the Navy's old base south east of Kongens Nytorv on Gammelholm, in the Navy's magazine for coal and timber, the so-called Dellehave. A ...

. He was the father of master builder Andreas Burmeister:

Early life and education

Burmeister was born in

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but the year of his birth is not known. He moved to

in an early age where worked as a carpenter for

Andreas Kirkerup Andreas Johannes Kirkerup (9 June 1749 – 22 October 1810) was a Danish architect and master builder, one of the most significant pupils of Caspar Frederik Harsdorff. Together with architects such as Andreas Hallander and Johan Martin Quist, he ...

and attended the

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark. History The Royal Dani ...

, winning its large gold medal in 1774.

Career

Burmeister was licensed as a master carpenter in 1790. He employed a total of 77 carpenters in 1794. He was very active in the rebuilding of the city during the years after the

. His buildings were designed with inspiration from

Caspar Frederik Harsdorff Caspar Frederik (Friedrich) Harsdorff, also known as C.F. Harsdorff, (26 May 1735 – 24 May 1799) was a Danish neoclassical architect considered to have been the leading Danish architect in the late 18th century. Early life and training ...

Neoclassicism Neoclassicism (also spelled Neo-classicism) was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassicism was ...

Personal life

Burmeister married Anna Catherina Gockler (Gorgler, Kochler) in 1780. She was a daughter of beer vendor (''øltapper'') Valentin Gockler.

Selected works

Burmeisters works include: * Fortunstræde 3, Copenhagen (1796) * Admiralgade 20, Copenhagen (1797-98) *

Vestergade Vestergade ( lit. "West Street") is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, linking Gammeltorv in the northeast with the City Hall Square in the southwest. The street defines the southern boundary of Copenhagen's Latin Quarter. Most of the build ...

8, Copenhagen (1798) * Lille Kirkestræde 3, Copenhagen (1798-99. with M. Bälchow) * Badstuestræde 10A, Copenhagen (1798-99) * Badstuestræde 12, Copenhagen (1799-1800) *

Knabrostræde Knabrostræde is a street in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Strøget (Vimmelskaftet/Nygade) in the northwest to Nybrogade at Slotsholmen Canal in the southeast, crossing Strædet (Kompagnistræde) on the way. History The st ...

9, Copenhagen (1799-1800)

Gallery

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9, Copenhagen

References

External links

Ernst Burmeister
at

Kunstindeks Danmark ''Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon'' (Weilbach's Biographical Dictionary of Artists) is a Danish biographical dictionary of artists and architects. The current edition, which is also freely accessible online, contains the biographies of some 8,000 Danis ...

Joachim Ernst Burmeister
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