Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther (1737–1802) was a

Baltic German Baltic Germans ( or , later ) are Germans, ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950), their resettlement in 1945 after the end ...

architect, working in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

where he produced a number of buildings including

Tartu Town Hall Tartu Town Hall () is the seat of the city government of Tartu, Estonia. It is located on Town hall square, in the city centre. History and architecture The history of the town hall pre-dates the current town hall, as the present building is t ...

Life

Walther was born in

Rostock Rostock (; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Roztoc''), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (), is the largest city in the German States of Germany, state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the sta ...

in 1737. He moved to

in the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

where he was a master builder. Following the Great Fire of Tartu in 1775 he designed

and the

Von Bock House Von Bock House is in Ülikooli Street in Tartu in Estonia. The building is owned by Tartu University, and is on the same street as the university's main building. Von Bock house has a mural of the university's main building on one of its walls. ...

in the centre of the city.Phenomenological Alma Mater. Borders of the Visible and the Invisible in Heritage Protection
, Juban Maiste, 2009, p.195, Tartu University, utlib.ee, retrieved 30 December 2013 Walther was buried in

on 2 April 1802.

References

1737 births 1802 deaths Emigrants from the Holy Roman Empire Immigrants to the Russian Empire Architects from the Russian Empire People from Rostock {{Estonia-bio-stub