Balthasar Neumann
Johann Balthasar Neumann (January 27, 1687 – August 19, 1753) was a German Baroque architect who designed the Vierzehnheiligen and several churches in Würzburg.
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.
50 Deutsche Mark banknote from Germany of 1991 showing Balthasar Neumann (http://www.germannotes.com)
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