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This article deals with the work and inventions of Balthasar Neumann for his purchaser, the princely provost of Ellwangen. Rediscovered letters and plans in the Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg prove the thesis of art historical research that he was the main inventor of the new town hall. They also document clearly that he was the sole planner of the seminary on the Schönenberg. The local building administrator...