Johann Carl Friedrich Dauthe (26 September 1746 – 13 July 1816) was a German architect and

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who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. Dauthe was born in

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and educated by

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. In his hometown, where he had been the city's construction official most of his buildings have been built, such as the first concert chamber of the

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(1781), the square now known as the

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(1785) and the interior of the St. Nicholas Church (1794). Dauthe became member of the Lodge ''Minerva zu den drei Palmen'' Leipzig in 1778. He died at the age of 70 in the small

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n city of Bad Flinsberg. see also: Promenadenring (Leipzig)

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Masonic Lodge ''Minerva zu den drei Palmen'' Leipzig
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