Friedrich Karl von Hardenberg

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Portrait of Friedrich Karl von Hardenberg around 1760 painted by Johann Georg Ziesenis.

Friedrich Karl von Hardenberg (born January 6, 1696 at Hardenberg Castle ; † May 24, 1763 ) was a Hanoverian diplomat , war president and garden architect .

Life

Hardenberg came from the Lower Saxon noble family of Hardenberg . He was the son of Christian Ludwig von Hardenberg (1663–1736) and Catharina Sybille Freiin von Dörnberg (1669–1767), was a Hanoverian Privy Councilor and Real Privy Councilor . His younger brothers were Field Marshal Christian Ludwig von Hardenberg and Privy Councilor August Ulrich von Hardenberg and the officers Hans Christoph (1703–1747) and Georg Wilhelm (1705–1774).

In 1741 Hardenberg became the Oberhof building and gardening director of Herrenhausen near Hanover and was in charge of the design of the famous Herrenhausen Gardens .

Hardenbergsches Haus , Hanover-Herrenhausen

From 1747 to 1750, the architect Johann Paul Heumann built the Hardenbergsche Haus, named after him, for Hardenberg on the spot where the garden designer Martin Charbonnier's building had previously stood.

“For more than 35 years, 22 of which he was solely responsible, he has administered this office without even mentioning his work in the literature. This can be explained by the fact that only a few files relating to Hardenberg's work as building and gardening director have survived, and the actual scope of this work and also the question of whether the decisions made were mainly based on his suggestions or the monarch are largely in the dark remains."

In 1751 he was elected honorary member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

literature

  • Hans Haussherr, Walter Bussmann:  Hardenberg, Carl August. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , pp. 658-663 ( digitized version ). (Secondary entry)
  • Marcus Köhler: Friedrich Karl Von Hardenberg's (1696–1763) Journeys to England and his contribution to the introduction of the English landscape garden to Germany , In: Journal "Garden History" (Engl.), Volume 25/2, Garden History Society, Great Britain
  • Wilken von Bothmer, Marcus Köhler (ed.): On behalf of the crown. Friedrich Karl von Hardenberg and life in Hanover around 1750 , 1st edition, Hinstorff Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01377-1

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helmut Knocke : HEUMANN, (2) Johann Paul. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen : Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 168 f .; online through google books
  2. ↑ Gerd Weiß: Hardenbergsches Haus (Alte Herrenhäuser Strasse 10) In: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, City of Hanover, Part 1, [Bd.] 10.1 , ed. by Hans-Herbert Möller, ISBN 3-528-06203-7 , p. 207., as well as Herrenhausen Annex . In: List of architectural monuments according to § 4 (NDSchG) (except for architectural monuments of the archaeological monument preservation), as of July 1, 1985, City of Hanover, Lower Saxony State Administration Office - Institute for Monument Preservation , p. 15 f.
  3. ^ Gustava Alice Klausa: Friedrich Karl von Hardenberg (1696–1763). A Hanoverian courtier and public servant in the Age of Enlightenment , publications by the Institute for Historical Research at the University of Göttingen, Volume 28, Hildesheim 1990, ISBN 3-7848-3658-5 .
  4. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 103.
personal data
SURNAME Hardenberg, Friedrich Karl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat and garden architect
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1696
PLACE OF BIRTH Hardenberg Castle , Nörten-Hardenberg , Lower Saxony
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1763