Evariste Mertens
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Evariste François René Mertens (* 1846 in Breda , † 1907 in Zurich ) was a Swiss garden architect of Belgian origin.
Life
Evariste Mertens was born in 1846 and came from Belgium. After completing his studies at the Institut horticole in Gent and horticultural practice in England and France , he came to Switzerland at the age of 24 , where he and his fellow student Arnold Neher founded a horticultural company in Schaffhausen in 1870 .
With the son of Leopold Karl Theodor Fröbel , the horticultural architect Otto Karl Fröbel , he played a key role in the execution of the Zurich quay. In 1889 he founded his own horticultural company in Zurich, which was later continued by his sons, the brothers Walter and Oskar Mertens . In addition to public facilities, Mertens also designed numerous private gardens. He found his final resting place in the Enzenbühl cemetery in Zurich .
Works
- Park of the Villa Patumbah in Zurich- Riesbach
- Park of Sihlberg Castle in Zurich- Enge
- Quay facilities Zurich (arboretum and parks on the Zürichhorn )
- Redesign of the park on the Platzspitz during the construction of the Swiss National Museum , Zurich
- Gardens of the Kreuzkirche in Zurich-Hottingen
- Park of the Villa Boveri in Baden
- Spa gardens in Baden
- Spa gardens in Schinznach-Bad
- Quay facilities in Zug
- Park of the house "zum Komitee" in Weinfelden
literature
- Thomas Fuchs: Mertens, Evariste. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Eva Ruoff: Mertens, Evariste. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 181 f. ( Digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mertens, Evariste |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mertens, Evariste François René (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss garden architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Breda |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1907 |
| Place of death | Zurich |