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Kurtzhals was born in
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Kurtzhals was established as a master mason in 1796 and profited from the enormous need for construction services that had followed from the extensive destruction caused by the
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Kurtzhals was married tp Cathrine Elisabeth Kurtzhals.
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Kurtzhals died on 4 June 1829 in
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