Axel Fintelmann
Axel Fintelmann (born September 27, 1848 in Sankt Olof, Elmhult, Sweden; † May 15, 1907 in Berlin ; full name Gustav Ferdinand Axel Fintelmann ) comes from the Fintelmann court gardening dynasty . He was a garden architect and (since 1904) royal horticultural director in Berlin and Potsdam. His best-known work is the design of the Friedrichsfelde central cemetery .
Life dates
The father, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Fintelmann, was already a royal court gardener in Prussia . One cousin, Gustav Adolf Fintelmann (1846–1918), was the court garden director and director of the Royal Gardening School at the Wildlife Park near Potsdam . Fintelmann was trained as a gardener under Peter Joseph Lenné in Potsdam.
From 1896 to 1904 Fintelmann was a board member of the German Garden Artists' Association, which was newly founded in 1887 . From 1898 to 1907 he was also a member of the board of trustees of the Royal Gardening School Wildpark near Potsdam (later Gardening School Berlin-Dahlem).
At the age of 63, Fintelmann retired because he had a severe hearing problem.
Fintelmann was married and had a son ( Axel Fintelmann ; * May 24, 1887 in Berlin - † August 18, 1956 Boffzen ). Fintelmann jun. He also started a career as a gardener: from 1907 to 1909 he attended the Horticultural College in Dahlem, passed the garden master's examination in 1919 and from 1921 worked as a garden technician for the Berlin horticultural company Franz Späth . He later moved to Potsdam and Höxter .
Gardening work (selection)
- From 1881, together with Hermann Mächtig , Fintelmann turned the Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery into a large landscape park.
- Botanical Garden Berlin : the information board in the central cemetery indicates that Fintelmann was involved in the planning of this large garden, but other sources have not yet been found.
Others
- Fintelmann's grave is a listed building and is carefully looked after. The relief with the copper portrait plate and a symbolized tree on the tomb was designed by the sculptor Albert Manthe in 1908 and bears the subtitle Patron of garden art .
Fonts
- Wredow's garden friend. A guide for the establishment and maintenance of the vegetable, fruit and flower garden as well as the room and window garden . Siegfried Cronbach Publishing House, Berlin 1905.
Sources and literature
- Georg Wacker, Harri Günther: Life and work of Georg Potentes . Edited by the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-050036-77-X .
- Timeline at Luise-Berlin
- Collection of the Fintelmann family in the archive of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg
Web links
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List with further information
- History of Berlin's urban green 1870 to 1920
- History of the gardening dynasty Fintelmann
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SURNAME | Fintelmann, Axel |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fintelmann, Gustav Ferdinand Axel (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Royal Horticultural Director |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1848 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sankt Olof, Elmhult, Sweden |
DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1907 |
Place of death | Berlin |