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.

Floor plan of the royal. Residence cities of Berlin from 1789

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.

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