Ferdinand von Arnim (architect)

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Ferdinand von Arnim
One of Ferdinand von Arnim's ten Swiss houses in Klein Glienicke, from an architectural sketchbook

Ferdinand von Arnim (born September 15, 1814 in Treptow an der Rega , † March 23, 1866 in Berlin ) was a German architect and Prussian construction clerk who also worked as a watercolor painter . He was a student of Karl Friedrich Schinkel and worked mainly in Berlin and Potsdam .

From 1833 to 1838 he was trained as an architect at the Royal Building School in Berlin. In 1839 he became a member of the Berlin Architects' Association . From 1840 he worked as a construction manager under Ludwig Persius , in 1844 he became a building inspector, in 1845 a master builder in the palace building commission. He also worked as an architect for Prince Carl of Prussia .

From 1846 he worked as a teacher, from 1857 as a professor at the Berlin Building Academy . In 1848 he became a court architect. From 1855 to 1863 he worked for Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau in Branitz , among others . In 1862 he became court building officer in the Potsdam department of Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse (1795–1876).

He died on March 23, 1866 and was buried in the family cemetery of the Hofgärtner Hermann Sello family foundation , part of the Bornstedt cemetery .

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Web links

Commons : Ferdinand von Arnim  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. knerger.de: The grave of Ferdinand von Arnim