Johannes Grotjan

Johannes Martin Friedrich Grotjan (18 October 1843, in Hamburg – 5 October 1922, in Hamburg) was a German architect. He was responsible for a large number of the municipal buildings constructed in Hamburg during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a period of great expansion and rise to global prominence for the city.

Johannes Grotjan
Grotjan from a sketch of four of the architects of the Hamburg Rathaus
Born(1843-10-18)18 October 1843
Hamburg, Free City of Hamburg, German Confederation
Died5 October 1922(1922-10-05) (aged 78)
Hamburg, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationArchitect
Buildings
  • Hamburg City Hall
  • Speicherstadtrathaus
  • Colonnaden
  • Gebr. Hirschfeld store
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