Carl Alexander Heideloff (2 February 1789 – 28 September 1865), also known as Karl Alexander von Heideloff, was a

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, and master builder of

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

. He is also known for his restoration of buildings and monuments.

Life

Born in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

, he was son of the

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Victor Peter Heideloff. Heideloff initially studied at the Stuttgart Academy of Arts, then spent five years working as an architect in

Coburg Coburg () is a town located on the Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only in 1920. Until the revolution of 1918, it was ...

. In 1818 he was appointed as the city architect for Nuremberg, and in 1822 he became a professor of architecture at the polytechnic school there, a post he held until 1854. During this time he was also chosen as conservator of artistic monuments. Heideloff principally worked in the

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of architecture, and the buildings restored and erected by him at Nuremberg and in its neighborhood attest to both his original skill and his purity of taste. He also achieved some success as a painter of

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s. Heideloff died at Hassfurt in 1865.

Noted work

* Restoration of

Nuremberg Castle Nuremberg Castle (german: Nürnberger Burg) is a group of medieval fortified buildings on a sandstone ridge dominating the historical center of Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany. The castle, together with the city walls, is considered to be one ...

, 1834–35 * Restoration of Coburg Village, 1838–1844 * Lichtenstein Castle, 1840 * Reinhardsbrunn Castle * The Hall of the Knights in the fortress at Coburg * Landsberg castle * The mortuary chapel in

Meiningen Meiningen () is a town in the southern part of the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in the region of Franconia and has a population of around 25,000 (2021).

* Rosenburg Castle near

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* The chapel of Rheinstein Castle * Catholic church in

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* Restoration of

Bamberg Cathedral Bamberg Cathedral (german: Bamberger Dom, official name Bamberger Dom St. Peter und St. Georg) is a church in Bamberg, Germany, completed in the 13th century. The cathedral is under the administration of the Roman Catholic Church and is the se ...

* Restoration of the Knights Chapel (Ritter Kapelle) at Hassfurt * Restoration of the St. Aegidien Church at

Oschatz Oschatz () is a town in the district Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is located 60 km east of Leipzig and 60 km west of Dresden. Geography Site and climate Oschatz lies in the Saxon Lowland and is located on the river Döllni ...

, 1846-1849

Literary work

*''Die Lehre von den Säulenordnungen'' (1827) *''Die architektonischen Glieder, deren Konstruktion, Zusammenstellung und Verzierung'' (1831) 2 volumes *''Der Kleine Vignola'' (1832) *''Nürnbergs Baudenkmäler der Vorzeit'' (1838-1843), (complete edition 1854) - 'Nuremberg's architectural monuments of the Vorzeit' *''Die Ornamentik des Mittelalters'' (1838-1842) 24 volumes - 'The Ornamental art of the Middle Ages'

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heideloff, Carl Alexander 1789 births 1865 deaths 19th-century German architects Architects from Stuttgart 19th-century German educators