Carl Schnitzler

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Carl Joseph Heinrich Schnitzler (born January 25, 1789 in Düsseldorf , † April 25, 1864 in Cologne ) was an engineer officer in the Prussian Army . He began his career building the Koblenz Fortress , but was also involved in civil projects.

Career

In 1816 Schnitzler came to the topographic office in Koblenz as an engineer-geographer . In 1817 he was assigned to the fortification service in Koblenz as a second lieutenant of the 3rd Engineer Brigade. Between 1818 and 1828 Schnitzler was in charge of construction at the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress . There is evidence that he designed the rear facades of the main wall. Promoted to prime lieutenant in 1819 and engineer captain in 1824 , in 1837 he took over the garrison construction management in the 8th Army Corps in Koblenz. In 1844 he became major and field engineer at Cologne Fortress . For on June 27, 1852 Lt. Col. transported, Schnitzler was with the character as a colonel retired on February 23 1856th

During the reconstruction of Stolzenfels Castle near Koblenz, Schnitzler continued Karl Friedrich Schinkel's plans and designed the castle chapel, which was completed in 1845. He was also involved in the construction of the castle's hermitage, completed in 1843. The expansion of Sooneck Castle on the Rhine into a hunting castle took place from 1842 to 1861 entirely according to Schnitzler's plans. In 1846, the Prussian king appointed him general construction director of the Royal Palaces of Sanssouci while retaining his post in the engineering corps . Finally, he planned to rebuild the basilica in Trier to become a Protestant church, which took place from 1846 to 1856.

Marienfels Castle, aerial view
Koblenz, Ehrenbreitstein Fortress

Other buildings that were built according to Schnitzler's plans are the reconstruction of the Electoral Palace in Trier (construction began in 1841) and the Malakoffturm in Cologne (1852). The planning and construction management of Marienfels Castle in Remagen (1859–1864) was his last work.

literature

  • Udo von Bonin: History of the Engineer Corps and the Pioneers. Reprint of the Berlin edition: Mittler 1877–1878. - Wiesbaden: LTR-Verlag 1981. ISBN 3-88706-021-0
  • Manfred Böckling: Ehrenbreitstein Fortress . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2004, ISBN 3-7954-1443-1 (= Edition Castles, Palaces, Antiquities Rhineland-Palatinate. Guide booklet 17).
  • Klaus T. Weber: The Prussian fortifications of Koblenz (1815-1834). Publishing house and database for the humanities, Weimar 2003, ISBN 3-89739-340-9 (= research on art and cultural studies. Volume 1).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rebecca Mellone: Marienfels Castle. Remagen am Mittelrhein on regionalgeschichte.net, February 25, 2010, accessed on May 31, 2013 . - an arrangement by Paul-Georg Custodis: Marienfels Castle in Remagen . In: Rheinische Kunststätten. Issue 382. Neuss 1993.
personal data
SURNAME Schnitzler, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schnitzler, Carl Joseph Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Engineer officer in the Prussian Army
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1864
Place of death Cologne