Balthasar Neumann

Johann Balthasar Neumann (January 27, 1687 - August 19, 1753) was a German Baroque architect who designed the Vierzehnheiligen and several churches in W?rzburg.

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Neumann was born in Cheb (Eger), Bohemia. He moved to W?rzburg in 1711 and became a patron of the Sch?nborn family in 1717. In W?rzburg he built the Residenz, residential palace of the Schonborn prince-bishop of W?rzburg. He died in W?rzburg, Germany.

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A picture of him could be seen on the former 50-DM note together with the famous staircase located in the Residenz of W?rzburg.

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