Paul Buchner

Paul Buchner (June 1531 – 13 November 1607) was a German architect, geometer, carpenter and screw maker from Nuremberg.

Buchner grew up in Nuremberg and was an apprentice carpenter and screw maker, training under his cousin, Leonhard Danner.

On a recommendation from Leonhard Danner, who supplied military equipment for the Saxon court, August of Saxony invited Buchner in 1558 to Dresden.

Due to his extensive knowledge of fortress construction and weapons technology, Buchner was appointed as a master of the house and land of Dresden in 1575.

[1] It is likely that he collaborated with the Italo Swiss artist Giovanni Maria Nosseni on various buildings, such as the Langer Gang at the Stallhof in Dresden and the gate to the Kleiner Schlosshof.

The Stable Building at the Jüdenhof, designed by Paul Buchner, in a picture from 1680
Dresden Portal Schlossgasse of the Residenzschloss, engraving from the Weck Chronicle 1680