Georg Moller
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Georg Moller, prior to 1852
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21 January 1784 Diepholz |
| Died | 13 March 1852 (aged 68) Darmstadt |
| Occupation | Architect |
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Georg Moller (21 January 1784 – 13 March 1852) was an architect and a town planner who worked in the South of Germany, mostly in the region today known as Hessen.
Moller was born in Diepholz, a descendant of an old Norwegian family of clergy, who were known in the 17th century for publishing evangelical songbooks. His father, Levin Adolf Moller, grew up in Westphalia and became a notary in Celle, and by 1777 worked as an advocate and attorney-at-law in Diepholz. Moller's mother, Elisabeth von Castelmur, originated in an old Swiss family of nobility from the Upper Engadin district of Switzerland. Therefore, Moller grew up in a well-situated family.
In 1800, after finishing grammar-school Moller began studying architecture with Christian Ludwig Witte in Hannover. Here he was introduced to Friedrich Weinbrenner whom he followed to Karlsruhe in 1802, to continue studies at a school for building trades. During the years 1807–1809 Moller took a study trip to Rome where he gained crucial insight from members of the Romancolony of German artists. After finishing this journey he became a construction superintendent in 1810 and was hired as court master builder of the Grand Duchy of Hesse.
Between his major works in this function are St. Ludwig, the first Roman Catholic church building in Darmstadt since the Reformation—a building whose forms were inspired by the Pantheon in Rome—the former Landestheater, the Luisenplatz and the Masonic Lodge, what today is the „Moller-Haus“. Furthermore, he designed the Staatstheater Mainz, which created some stir because of its half-round facade and the Stadtschloss Wiesbaden of the Dukes of Nassau, today the seat of the Landtag of Hesse. 1843–1847 Moller was commissioned by Grand-Duke Ludwig II. to overview the restoration of Schloss Biedenkopf.
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