Johannes Hültz (c 1390,

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- 1449,

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) was a German

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of the

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. Believed to have been apprenticed to the Parler family, he succeeded Ulrich von Ensingen as city architect of Strasbourg on the latter's death in 1419. He also designed the spire on the north tower of

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. A city and square are named after him in his birthplace, whilst Strasbourg has an 1846-1847 memorial to him by

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hultz, Johannes Architects from Cologne 1390 births 1449 deaths