Clemens August von Vagedes
Clemens August von Vagedes (* 1760 ; † December 3, 1795 in Bückeburg ) was a German builder .
On November 8, 1760, Clemens August Vagedes was baptized in Bonn. He spent his childhood and school days in Münster . From 1775 he received training from the chief building director Wilhelm Ferdinand Lipper from Münster . During his apprenticeship he was involved in various Lipper projects. He worked on the Romberger Hof , on the interior design of the Munster Castle , on the old office and on the Komödienhaus. In 1780 Vagedes enrolled as one of the first students at the newly founded University of Münster . Soon afterwards he was able to carry out his own construction work. His first building project was the palace on Engelenschanze in Münster, built in 1781 for the prince-bishop's Pfennigkammersecretary Joseph Engelen, later father-in-law of Maximilian-Friedrich von Droste zu Hülshoff , of which only the plans and the courtyard entrance are preserved today. Other buildings followed in the city; Vagedes also received several building contracts from the Westphalian nobility. In 1786 the Vagedes family themselves were raised to the nobility.
In 1790 Princess Juliane zu Schaumburg-Lippe called Vagedes to Bückeburg, where on May 19, 1790 he was appointed master builder in Schaumburg-Lippe. From this point on, he took over the entire construction supervision in the county of Schaumburg-Lippe . He was also responsible for purchasing building materials and taking control of the builders' wages. In addition, he was still allowed to carry out private construction contracts. He worked in Minden and Bad Nenndorf and made plans for the gardens of Schloss Philippsthal (near Hersfeld ) and Hovestadt . The latter, however, was not carried out. Clemens August von Vagedes not only designed buildings and gardens, but also furniture. In addition, he published articles on architecture and garden theory in various journals. Vagedes died of a hemorrhage in his Bückeburg apartment in 1795 at the age of only 35 .
His younger brother Adolph (1777–1842) also worked as an architect.
Works (selection)
- after 1780: Münster, house and garden Zurmühlen, Mauritzstraße 23 (broken off in 1911)
- 1781/82: Münster, Palais on Engelenschanze , Verspoel 11 (destroyed in World War II)
- 1784/85: St. Ida pilgrimage church (Herzfeld) , replaced by a new building in 1901
- around 1785: Münster, Nesselroder Hof (destroyed in World War II)
- 1787/88: Münster, Druffelscher Hof, Königstraße 1 (only the facade preserved after being destroyed in the war, today the Pablo Picasso Graphics Museum )
- 1788: Lippstadt , Epping house
- from 1791: Hagenburg Castle (reconstruction plans, interior only completed after his death from 1797 to 1800)
- 1791–94: Bückeburg, Marschvorwerk. Construction plans for the cattle house (canceled in 1987)
- 1794: Plans for the Klus inn
- 1795: Tieplitz estate near Prützen
literature
- Thorsten Albrecht: Plans and Buildings CA by Vagedes. Architect and master builder in Schaumburg-Lippe, 1760-1795 (publications by the Lower Saxony archive administration "Inventories and smaller publications of the State Archives in Bückeburg, volume 3"). Exhibition catalog, Bückeburg 1995
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vagedes, Clemens August von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized November 8, 1760 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1795 |
| Place of death | Buckeburg |