Joachim Daniel von Jauch
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Baroque
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development of the city of Warsaw
Warsaw
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Early life and work
Joachim Daniel von Jauch was born into the Jauch familyJauch family
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in Güstrow
Güstrow
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, Germany
Germany
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on 22 March 1688 as the youngest of fourteen children. Until 1704 von Jauch undertook military service for the States-General of the Netherlands
States-General of the Netherlands
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and served under Kings Augustus II
Augustus II the Strong
Frederick Augustus I or Augustus II the Strong was Elector of Saxony and King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania ....
and Augustus III of Poland
Augustus III of Poland
Augustus III, known as the Saxon ; ; also Prince-elector Friedrich August II was the Elector of Saxony in 1733-1763, as Frederick Augustus II , King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania in 1734-1763.-Biography:Augustus was the only legitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, Imperial Prince-Elector...
in the Saxon
Electorate of Saxony
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as well as the Polish
Poland
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armies. He was elevated to Electoral Saxon Lieutenant (1705), Electoral Saxon Captain in the engineer corps (1714), Royal Polish captain in the Royal Polish artillery regiment (1717) and Royal Polish Major and Electoral Saxon Major (both 1720).
Meanwhile, he was also a civilian engineer and baroque architect for the Kings. He was appointed inspector for the street lighting of the City of Dresden
Dresden
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in 1705 and authorized representative for Poland of the king in architectural matters (1715).
In 1720 von Jauch married Eva Maria Münnich, said to be the daughter of Burkhard Christoph von Münnich
Burkhard Christoph von Munnich
Count Burkhard Christoph von Münnich was a Danish-born German soldier-engineer who became a field marshal and political figure in the Russian Empire. He was the major Russian Army reformer and founder of several elite military formations during the reign of Anna of Russia. As a statesman, he is...
, his predecessor as superintendent of the Saxon building authority.
Architectural career
Joachim Daniel von Jauch was appointed superintendent of the Saxonian building authority in Poland (1721) and the following year bought land in the Solec quarter which was autonomous, and not subject to the City of Warsaw, where he then erected the Palais Jauch. He was commissioned to renovate several castle halls at the Royal Castle, WarsawRoyal Castle, Warsaw
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(1722-23). Between 1724-1730 he modified the Ujazdow Palace and erected the alley of the Ujazdow Palace in Warsaw. He was responsible for the 1726 rebuilding of the 'Blue Palace' at the Saxon Garden
Saxon Garden
The Saxon Garden is a 15.5–hectare public garden in downtown Warsaw, Poland, facing Piłsudski Square. It is the oldest public park in the city...
and the design of the hall of the Polish parliament in the Sapieha Palace. In 1727 he prepared a draft for the church of the Boni Fratelli at Warsaw and in 1729 began work to build the Casimirs Barracks in Warsaw. von Jauch was ennobled (1730) after which in 1731 he added a large festival room to his palais at Solec where he received the King.
Lubomirski Palace
Lubomirski Palace is the name of several palaces of the Lubomirski family:* Lubomirski Palace, Białystok :pl:Pałac Rüdigerów w Białymstoku* Lubomirski Palace, Warsaw :pl:Pałac Lubomirskich w Warszawie*: Presidential Palace, Warsaw...
and construction of the chapel of the Saxon Palace (both 1735) the erection of the theater in the royal palace at Warsaw (1736), the building of the crypt for King August II of Poland in the Capuchin Church at Warsaw (1736-1738) leading to his receipt of the title of governor of the Saxonian building authority in Poland (1736). This work was followed by a commission to rebuild the Kazimierzowski Palace
Kazimierzowski Palace
The Kazimierz Palace is a building in Warsaw, Poland, adjacent to the Royal Route, at Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28.Originally built in 1637-41, it was rebuilt in 1660 for King John II Casimir and again in 1765-68, by Domenico Merlini, for the Corps of Cadets established by King Stanisław August...
to a rococo
Rococo
Rococo , also referred to as "Late Baroque", is an 18th-century style which developed as Baroque artists gave up their symmetry and became increasingly ornate, florid, and playful...
design with co-architect Johann Sigmund Deybel (1737-39), the 1738 erection of the postal buildings at Dabrowa
Dabrowa
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and Boguszyce
Boguszyce
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in Poland and in 1745 construction of the portal of the Saxon Palace.
In his parallel military career, he rose to Electorial Saxonian Lieutenant-Colonel (1725), Royal Polish Lieutenant-Colonel (1729) and Royal Polish Colonel (1736).
Joachim Daniel von Jauch died in Warsaw on 3 May 1754. Between 1754 and 1759 the Brühl Palace, Warsaw
Brühl Palace, Warsaw
The Brühl Palace , otherwise known as Sandomierski Palace standing at Piłsudski Square. It was a large palace and one of the most beautiful rococo buildings in pre-World War II Warsaw.-History:...
was rebuilt to designs by von Jauch and Johann Friedrich Knöbel.
External links
- Wiederaufbau des sächsischen Palais in Warschau
- Polnisches Biographisches Jahrbuch (Polski Slownik Biograficzny) - Sippschaftstafel, d.h. Übersicht über die in das Polnische Biographische Jahrbuch in eigenen Artikeln aufgenommenen Nachkommen und Verwandten von Joachim Daniel v. Jauch
- Nachkommen von Jauchs Tochter Constance (Polish)
- Nachkommen von Jauchs Tochter Constance (Nachfahrentafel)