Carl Ludwig von Oesfeld
Carl Ludwig von Oesfeld (born March 4, 1741 in Potsdam , † November 2, 1804 on his winery near Potsdam) was a Royal Prussian Privy Councilor and a German cartographer .
Life
Oesfeld's father Johann Friedrich Oesfeld was a preacher in Berlin and Potsdam , his brother Friedrich Wilhelm was a lawyer in Frankfurt a. O. and later also in Potsdam. Carl Ludwig Oesfeld himself worked as a map draftsman , topographer , military writer and draftsman in the engineering corps . In 1772 he trained Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann . In 1786 he was ennobled together with his brother, and in 1788 he was appointed privy councilor.
In 1801 he had the Pomona Temple built by the 19-year-old Karl Friedrich Schinkel as a gift to his wife on the Pfingstberg near Potsdam, which he owned at the time .
Oesfeld collected maps and copperplate engravings . His son Karl Wilhelm von Oesfeld also worked as a cartographer and topographer.
Works
- Description of the newly built towers at the two churches on the Friedrich-stadtmarkt zu Berlin . 1784. (monograph)
- Advertisement of all works by Daniel Berger, Rector and teacher of copper engraving . 1792. (monograph)
- Area near Berlin and Potsdam . 1778. (map)
- New edition of the map series Grundriß der Königigl. Residence cities of Berlin . 1789.
literature
- M. v. Oesfeld .: Oesfeld, Karl Wilhelm von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, pp. 470-472. [also dealt with Carl Ludwig in it]
- Klaus Arlt: Oesfeld, Carl Ludwig von . In: Friedrich Beck and Eckart Henning (eds.): Brandenburgisches Biographisches Lexikon (= individual publication by the Brandenburg Historical Commission eV, Volume 5). Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam 2002, p. 300, ISBN 3-935035-39-X .
- Winfried Bliss: Carl Ludwig von Oesfeld . In: Circle of Friends for Cartographica in the Foundation Preussischer Kulturbesitz eV: Messages . Issue 18, 2005, pp. 6-16, ISSN 1612-9512
Web links
- Literature by and about Carl Ludwig von Oesfeld in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Oesfeld, Carl Ludwig von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cartographer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1741 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1804 |
Place of death | Pfingstberg (Potsdam) |