Friedrich August von Lawrence

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Friedrich August von Lawrence (born July 12, 1761 in Dresden , † November 10, 1810 in Hamburg ) was a German officer and cartographer .

Life and military career

Friedrich August von Lawrence served in the Saxon Army for eight years . He held the ranks of corporal and sergeant . In 1785 he went to Hamburg, where he began as a non-commissioned officer in the Hamburg garrison. In 1787 he was appointed lieutenant and in 1795 lieutenant. In 1803 he received the title of staff captain. He achieved the highest rank in 1808 when he was appointed captain .

Work as a cartographer

During his military career, von Lawrence developed maps. In 1789 he drew the layout of the Kayserl. Free imperial and trade city of Hamburg along with the Königl. Danish territory adjoining Altona . Thomas Albrecht Pingeling created a copperplate for this in 1791 . Heinrich Stück, who later worked as a senior geometer in Hamburg, described this map as the best floor plan that had ever been created up to that time. The work shows the old and new parts of Hamburg. Are listed not only the roads but also detailed passages, Twieten and backyards. Around the same time, Johann Friedrich Ludwig Maier created a copperplate engraving showing parts of Altona and a side view of Hamburg. This work, entitled Prospect, bears a coat of arms of Lawrence in the lower center, who most likely created the template.

Between 1789 and 1797 von Lawrence drew numerous colored maps showing parts of Hamburg. They were often based on surveying work by Johann Theodor Reinke . This includes a map made in 1789/90 that shows Volksdorf , Farmsen , Wohldorf-Ohlstedt and Großhansdorf-Schmalenbeck in the state before the coupling . In 1792, Lawrence took over the surveying and mapping of Hoisbüttel , which at the time was half part of Hamburg. 1790 mapped by Lawrence Winterhude and Waltershof , 1791 Fuhlsbüttel , Ohlsdorf Klein Borstel and Groß Borstel as well as the Alster between the Wellingsbüttler lock and the Fuhlsbüttler lock and the island of Neuwerk . In 1792 the cartographer Eppendorf and Harvestehude drew , two years later Bilsen . From 1795 to 1797 he mapped the Bille , Billwerder and Billwerder Ausschlag and in 1796 Barmbek. Maps are also known that include the Kleine Veddel and Müggenburg . In 1803, Lawrence took over surveying work on Christian Matthias Schröder's country estate , which was in Eimsbüttel.

During the French period in Hamburg in 1809, Lawrence was to create an overall topographical map of Hamburg and the surrounding areas. When he died on November 10, 1810, he had not completed the work. Paridom Gottlob Heinrich continued this work.

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SURNAME Lawrence, Friedrich August von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and cartographer
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1810
Place of death Hamburg