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Friedrich Ludwig Sckell
Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell (13 September 1750, in Weilburg – 24 February 1823, in Munich) was a German landscape gardener from Weilburg an der Lahn. He is regarded as the founder of the English gardens in Germany, which he introduced to the German experts with his writings on garden design. His manner of grouping and choice of plants is still used to an extent in German landscaping today. Career Sckell was trained in the Court Market Garden in Schwetzingen near Mannheim and worked after his apprenticeship in Bruchsal, Paris, and Versailles. From 1773 to 1777, he was in England busying himself with English-style gardening. Upon his return, Sckell redesigned the gardens of Schönbusch Park in Aschaffenburg for the Prince-Electors of Mainz and Archbishop Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal in the English style, as well as those of Schöntal Park. Afterwards he was responsible for the beginning of the Schwetzinger Gardens as a scenic park, and along with Benjamin Thompson, was com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Ludwig Von Sckell
Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell (13 September 1750, in Weilburg – 24 February 1823, in Munich) was a German landscape gardener from Weilburg an der Lahn. He is regarded as the founder of the English gardens in Germany, which he introduced to the German experts with his writings on garden design. His manner of grouping and choice of plants is still used to an extent in German landscaping today. Career Sckell was trained in the Court Market Garden in Schwetzingen near Mannheim and worked after his apprenticeship in Bruchsal, Paris, and Versailles. From 1773 to 1777, he was in England busying himself with English-style gardening. Upon his return, Sckell redesigned the gardens of Schönbusch Park in Aschaffenburg for the Prince-Electors of Mainz and Archbishop Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal in the English style, as well as those of Schöntal Park. Afterwards he was responsible for the beginning of the Schwetzinger Gardens as a scenic park, and along with Benjamin Thompson, was commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Theodore, Elector Of Bavaria
Charles Theodore (german: link=no, Karl Theodor; 11 December 1724 – 16 February 1799) reigned as Prince-elector and Count Palatine from 1742, as Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1742 and also as prince-elector and Duke of Bavaria from 1777 to his death. He was a member of the House of Palatinate-Sulzbach, a branch of the House of Wittelsbach. Family and ascent Charles Theodore was of the Wittelsbach house Palatinate-Sulzbach. Brockhaus Geschichte Second Edition His father was Johann Christian, who later became Count Palatine of Sulzbach. His mother was Marie-Anne-Henriette-Leopoldine de La Tour d'Auvergne, Margravine of Bergen op Zoom, a grandniece of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne. Charles Theodore was born in Drogenbos near Brussels and educated in Mannheim. Charles Theodore was the Margrave of Bergen op Zoom from 1728 onwards. He then succeeded his father as Count Palatine of Sulzbach in 1733 and inherited the Electoral Palatinate and the duchies of Jülic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1750 Births
Year 175 ( CLXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Piso and Iulianus (or, less frequently, year 928 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 175 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Marcus Aurelius suppresses a revolt of Avidius Cassius, governor of Syria, after the latter proclaims himself emperor. * Avidius Cassius fails in seeking support for his rebellion and is assassinated by Roman officers. They send his head to Aurelius, who persuades the Senate to pardon Cassius's family. * Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius and his wife Faustina, is named Caesar. * M. Sattonius Iucundus, decurio in Colonia Ulpia Traiana, restores the Thermae of Coriovallum (modern Heerlen) there are sources that state this happe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutsche Verlag-Anstalt
Deutsch or Deutsche may refer to: *''Deutsch'' or ''(das) Deutsche'': the German language, in Germany and other places *''Deutsche'': Germans, as a weak masculine, feminine or plural demonym *Deutsch (word), originally referring to the Germanic vernaculars of the Early Middle Ages Businesses and organisations * André Deutsch, an imprint of Carlton Publishing Group *Deutsch Inc., a former American advertising agency that split in 2020 into: **Deutsch NY, a New York City-based advertising agency * d Age, June 13 ..., a New York City-based advertising agency *Deutsche Aerospace AG *Deutsche Akademie">Deutsche Aerospace AG">d Age, June 13 ..., a New York City-based advertising agency *Deutsche Aerospace AG *Deutsche Akademie, a cultural organisation, superseded by the Goethe-Institut *Deutsche Bahn, the German railway service *Deutsche Bank *Deutsche Börse, a German stock exchange *Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft, the German Geophysical Society *Deutsche Grammophon, a Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volker Hannwacker
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Volker may refer to: * Volker (name), including a list of people with the given name or surname * Volker, Kansas City, a historic neighborhood in Kansas City * Volker Boulevard, Kansas City * ''Alien Nations'' (German: ''Die Völker''), a real-time strategy video game released in 1999 See also * VolkerWessels, a Dutch construction company ** VolkerRail, a railway infrastructure services company based in Doncaster, England, owned by VolkerWessels * Voelcker (other) * Voelker (other) Voelker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Joe Voelker (Born 1987), and Mike Voelker (Born 1982), Famous brothers from Florida * Bobby Voelker (born 1979), American mixed martial artist * Christopher Voelker (born 1961), Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alter Südfriedhof
The Alter Südfriedhof (''Old South Cemetery'') also known as "Alter Südlicher Friedhof" is a cemetery in Munich, Germany. It was founded by Duke Albrecht V as a plague cemetery in 1563 about half a kilometer south of the Sendlinger Gate between Thalkirchner and Pestalozzistraße. History The cemetery was established in 1563, during the reign of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, for victims of the plague and located outside the city gates. It was also the burial ground of the dead from the Sendling uprising of 1705, in which over 1100 were killed after they had surrendered to the troops of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor. From 1788 to 1867 it was the single collective burial ground for the dead of the city. Notable interments From 1788 to 1868 it was the only cemetery for the whole metropolitan area of Munich, which is why it contains the graves of several prominent Munich figures of that period. * Max Emanuel Ainmiller – painter, 1807–1870 * Franz Xaver von Baader – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirmstein
Dirmstein ( pfl, Dermschdää) is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With its roughly 3,000 inhabitants, it is the third largest ''Ortsgemeinde'' in the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. Dirmstein lies in the outermost northeast of the district and the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration. In the 8th century, Dirmstein had its first documentary mention, although this was undated. The first dated documentary mention came in 842. Although it never belonged to the Counts of Leiningen, it is today counted as part of the ''Leiningerland'', the name used for those noblemen's old domain. The historical and well restored village centre has been raised to a monumental zone by the monument protection authority.Georg Peter Karn, Ulrike Weber: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oppenweiler
Oppenweiler is a town in the Rems-Murr district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History Oppenweiler merged with Reichenberg on 1 April 1938. Geography The municipality (''Gemeinde'') of Oppenweiler is located in the Rems-Murr district of Baden-Württemberg, one of the 16 States of the Federal Republic of Germany. Oppenweiler is situated between the Löwenstein Hills to the north and the to the south, in the greater region of the Swabian-Franconian Forest. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of Normalnull (NN) to a low of NN. Politics Oppenweiler has one borough (''Ortsteil''), Oppenweiler, and 12 villages: Aichelbach, Bernhalden, Ellenweiler, Reichenbach, Reichenberg, Reutenhof, Rohrbach, Rüflensmühle, Schiffrain, Unterstaigacker, Wilhelmsheim, and Zell. Also in the municipal area is the industrial district of Wachthäusle and the abandoned villages of Charlottenhof and Giselmar. Coat of arms Oppenweiler's coat of arms shows a field of yel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biebrich Palace
Biebrich Palace (german: link=no, Schloss Biebrich) is a Baroque residence (''Schloss'') in the borough of Wiesbaden-Biebrich, Biebrich in the city of Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. Built in 1702 by Prince George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein, Georg August Samuel of House of Nassau, Nassau-Idstein, it served as the ducal residence for the independent Nassau (state), Duchy of Nassau from 1816 until 1866. History Count George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein, Georg August Samuel of Nassau-Idstein, appointed Prince in 1688, wanted a more impressive seat of authority than his palace in Idstein in the Taunus. He moved first to Wiesbaden, and later to Wiesbaden-Biebrich, Biebrich (at that time a separate community from Wiesbaden). In the immediate vicinity of the Rhine, opposite the Rettbergsaue, Biebricher Wörth, he began construction of a chateau. The structure was designed by the Baroque architect Julius Ludwig Rothweil and was completed in 1702. It survives today as the West Pavilio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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