Balthasar Neumann

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50 Deutsche Mark banknote from Germany of 1991 showing Balthasar Neumann ([http://www.germannotes.com])

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

Schoenborn Chapel of Würzburg Cathedral by Balthasar Neumann.

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

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

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