Carl Christoph Besser
Carl Christoph Besser (* 1724 in Dresden ; † March 8, 1800 in Gotha ) was a German engineer , builder and architect .
Life
Besser grew up in Dresden. In 1756 he worked as a construction manager at the Oberbauamt in Dresden and from 1758 to 1761 he was employed by General von Gersdorf as a tutor for geometric drawing . Then he became an Elector of Mainz officer in Erfurt .
Besser worked in the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg from 1763 . He had the first functioning steam engine in Thuringia built in a small vitriol mine near Mühlberg . It served for the permanent pumping of the pit water and was kept running day and night by two stokers or machinists. Later Besser was employed by Duke Ernst II as an engineer and architect in the construction of the Seeberg observatory and other projects in Gotha, and he lost interest in mechanical engineering. In 1774 the duke appointed him engineer-lieutenant and building commissioner for all technical buildings in his duchy.
Buildings
- Merkur Temple in Gotha Castle Park (1775–1777)
- Crypt vault of the ducal family on the burial island of the Great Pond in Gotha Castle Park (1779)
- Bark house in the garden of the Duchess in Gotha (1780; no longer preserved today)
- Teeschlösschen in Gotha (1780/81)
- Garden house for Ernst II in the English Garden in Gotha (1781; no longer preserved today)
- Philanthropinum in Schnepfenthal (1784)
- Seeberg observatory near Gotha (1787–1789, no longer preserved today)
- Grand piano at the Prinzenpalais in Gotha (1784; no longer preserved today)
gallery
Merkur temple in the castle park, Gotha
Teeschlösschen Gotha
Salzmann School (Philanthropinum), Schnepfenthal
Seeberg Observatory, Gotha
Teeschlösschen, Gotha
Kavaliershaus am Prinzenpalais, Gotha
Other services
- Establishment of a coal and vitriol mine near Mühlberg (am Bergmannsteich) with the first Thuringian coal steam engine (1764)
- Consolidation of the Friedenstein Castle in Gotha and redesign of the castle park (from 1769)
Essays
- Wooden houses without thresholds and bars, to be built permanently and cheaply , in: Dillenburgische Intellektiven-Nachrichten, XXXII. Piece, August 11, 1792
literature
- Udo Hopf: Carl Christoph Beßer, the master builder of Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and his park architecture buildings in Gotha. In: The Gotha residence at the time of Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Gotha 2004, ISBN 3-00-013939-7 , pp. 59-70.
- Udo Hopf, Heiko Lass: Merkur-Tempel, Teeschlösschen and the garden architecture in Gothaer Park. In: In the realm of the goddess freedom. Gotha's princely gardens in five centuries. Gotha 2007, ISBN 978-3-89807-106-2 , pp. 145-154.
- Julia Burbulla: All-encompassing order. Garden art and science in Gotha under Ernst II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Bern 2010, ISBN 978-3-0343-0038-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Julia Burbulla, All-encompassing order. Garden art and science in Gotha under Ernst II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg , Bern 2010, p. 87.
- ↑ Max Berdig: The first steam engine in Thuringia . In: From the Coburg-Gotha lands . Booklet 3. Justus-Perthes-Verlag, Gotha 1905, p. 14-18 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Better, Carl Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1724 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1800 |
| Place of death | Gotha |