Carl Friedrich Richter
Carl Friedrich Richter (* 1701 in Berlin ; † October 8, 1766 there ) was a German builder and Baroque architect .
Life
Under the Prussian kings Friedrich Wilhelm I and Frederick the Great, Carl Friedrich Richter was presumably only active in Berlin in the rank of building conductor as a builder and architect. Little has been known about Richter's work, which is attributed to the successor to Schlüter . Two of his buildings were among the sights of Berlin until they were destroyed in World War II .
Works (selection)
- 1736–1739: Palais Schulenburg , later the Reich Chancellor's Palace , probably based on a design by an unknown architect, suffered severe damage in 1944 and 1945 from Allied air raids on Berlin ; the ruins were removed in 1961
- 1737: Ordenspalais on Wilhelmplatz , designed by Jean de Bodt , begun for Imperial Count Karl-Ludwig Truchseß zu Waldburg , acquired and completed in 1738 by the Order of St. John after his death , changed several times, destroyed on April 29, 1945 in the street fighting over the Imperial Chancellery, the ruins removed in 1949
- 1747: on behalf of Friedrich II. With Christian Friedrich Feldmann demolition of the medieval Berlin Cathedral
- 1749, 1751 and 1754: Brewery building for sugar production for David Splitgerber , no longer preserved
- 1750: The garden was laid out for Count Heinrich IX. von Reuss with water tower , "one of the most beautiful and largest gardens in Berlin", gradually disappeared from 1786 until 1835 after the state took over as a result of overbuilding with the veterinary school
- 1756: Barracks for the von Wedel infantry regiment , later the Kaiser Franz Garde Grenadiers in Neue Friedrichstrasse , used civilly from 1876, demolished when the Reichsmünze was built in 1935
literature
- Uwe Kieling: Berlin architects and master builders until 1800. Biographical lexicon. Kulturbund der DDR, Berlin 1983, (= Interest group for the preservation of monuments, culture and history of the capital Berlin [ed.]: Miniatures for the history, culture and preservation of Berlin monuments , No. 9), p. 45.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Götz Eckart (ed.): Fates of German architectural monuments in the Second World War. Vol. 1. Berlin, districts of Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Potsdam, Frankfurt / Oder, Cottbus, Magdeburg. Henschel, Berlin 1978, p. 32
- ↑ Folkwin Wendland: Berlin's gardens and parks of the founding of the city until the late nineteenth century. Propylaeen, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-549-06645-7 , pp. 262-267, cit. P. 262
- ^ Benedikt Goebel: The conversion of old Berlin into a modern city center, Verlagshaus Braun, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-935455-31-3 , pp. 93–96
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Richter, Carl Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and builder from Berlin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1701 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1766 |
| Place of death | Berlin |