Carl Otto Hager
Carl Otto Hager (born October 16, 1813 in Dresden , Kingdom of Saxony ; † October 8, 1898 in Stellenbosch , Cape Colony ) was a German architect . He is considered one of the first important representatives of the neo-Gothic style in South Africa .
Life
Hager studied architecture at the Dresden Art Academy from 1828 to 1834 . He then studied for another three years. After a practical training, he emigrated to the Cape Colony in December 1838 with his fellow student Carel Sparmann . Both opened a design office in Cape Town . In 1840 they were entrusted with the planning of St. Mary's Cathedral there. After their completion, Sparmann and Hager parted ways.
Hager moved to Stellenbosch in 1841 , and the following year to Paarl , where he worked as a portrait painter . In April 1845 he returned to Germany, but in December 1846 he went back to South Africa with his widowed mother and opened a tobacco shop in Cape Town. In 1861 Hager settled in Stellenbosch again. His most famous building was erected there between 1862 and 1865 with the redesign of the Moederkerk , with which he significantly influenced the use of Gothic elements in church construction in South Africa.
buildings
- Lutheran Church, Stellenbosch
- Dutch Reformed Church, Caledon
- Dutch Reformed Church, Clanwilliam
- Dutch Reformed Church and Rectory, Fraserburg
- Dutch Reformed Church, Heidelberg
- Dutch Reformed Church, Hopedale
- Dutch Reformed Church, Jansenville
- Dutch Reformed Church, Kroonstad
- Dutch Reformed Church, Ladismith
- Dutch Reformed Church, Middelburg
- Dutch Reformed Church, Mosselbaai
- Dutch Reformed Church, Oudtshoorn
- Dutch Reformed Church, Pearston
- Dutch Reformed Church, Piketberg
- Dutch Reformed Church, Somerset East
- Dutch Reformed Moederkerk , Stellenbosch
- Dutch Reformed Church, Tulbagh
- Dutch Reformed Church, Willowmore
- Victoria College, Stellenbosch
- Wesleyan Church, Robertson
- YMCA Building, Stellenbosch
- Zion Mission Church, Paarl
- Second Dutch Reformed Church, Ceres
- Second Dutch Reformed Church, Heidelberg
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SURNAME | Hager, Carl Otto |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1813 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden , Kingdom of Saxony |
DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1898 |
Place of death | Stellenbosch , Cape Colony |