Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662–1736) was a German master builder and architect who helped to rebuild

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

after the fire of 1685. His most famous work is the Zwinger Palace.

Life

Pöppelmann was born in

Herford Herford (; ) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the hill chains of the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest. It is situated in the cultural region of Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL) and the Detmold (administrat ...

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on 3 May 1662 the son of a shopkeeper. In 1680, he began working on an unpaid basis as a building designer in the court of

Dresden Castle Dresden Castle or Royal Palace ( or ) is one of the oldest buildings in Dresden, Germany. For almost 400 years, it was the residence of the electors (1547–1806) and List of rulers of Saxony, kings (1806–1918) of Kingdom of Saxony, Saxony from ...

. As court architect for the King of Poland and Elector of Saxony,

Augustus II the Strong Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the H ...

, he designed the grandiose Zwinger palace in Dresden. He was also in charge of major works at

, Pillnitz Castle and he designed the Vineyard Church (''Weinbergkirche'') in Pillnitz. Pöppelmann, together with Johann Christoph Naumann, developed an urban plan for a portion of the city of

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, which was only partially realized, including the Saxon Axis and other important streetscapes. He died in

on 17 January 1736. He is buried in the Matthauskirche in Dresden. He was the grandfather of the famous actress Friederike Sophie Seyler.Mertens, Klaus,
Pöppelmann, Matthaeus Daniel
in: ''Neue Deutsche Biographie'' 20 (2001), pp. 570–572

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1662 births 1737 deaths People from Herford German urban planners 17th-century German architects 18th-century German architects Rococo architects Architects from Dresden {{Germany-architect-stub