Friedrich Knoll

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Friedrich Knoll

Friedrich Knoll (born August 10, 1841 in Braunschweig ; † March 16, 1900 there ) was a German city ​​geometer and author of historical and topographical studies on the city of Braunschweig and its immediate surroundings.

Life

Local plan of the city of Braunschweig according to Ludwig Winter , mapped by Friedrich Knoll in 1889

Knoll's training took place in Braunschweig. From 1861 he worked in Hanover . Between 1862 and 1864 Knoll attended mathematics lectures at the Collegium Carolinum , the forerunner of today's Technical University of Braunschweig . From 1877 onwards, Knoll was employed in the municipal construction office in his hometown, where he was used to draw up the Braunschweig site plan . On January 1, 1880, he was employed there as a “city geometer”. In the years 1882/83 and 1886 to 1889, Knoll was entrusted with the mapping of the local building plans drawn up by Ludwig Winter , the town planning officer, which formed the basis for the expansion of Braunschweig's city in the coming decades . Knoll published the knowledge gained in the course of his professional activity in several books on the history of the city of Braunschweig and the Duchy of Braunschweig .

A street was named in his honor in the Braunschweig district of Gliesmarode .

Works (selection)

Knoll's Topography of the Duchy of Braunschweig , published in 1897
  • Braunschweig and the surrounding area: Historical-topographical manual with a plan of the city of Braunschweig. 1877.
  • Braunschweig and the surrounding area: historical-topographical manual and guide through the monuments and art treasures of the city. 1881.
  • The Duchy of Braunschweig: a handbook of all regional studies. 1891 (together with Rudolf Bode).
  • The Duchy of Braunschweig: Local history for school and home. 1881 (together with Rudolf Bode).
  • The churches of the city of Braunschweig. 1898.
  • Topography of the Duchy of Braunschweig. 1897.

In 1861 Knoll began collecting newspaper clippings on the history of Braunschweig. After his death, his nephew Paul Schadt and later surveying inspector Wilhelm Schadt continued this work until 1955. The "Knoll-Schadtsche Collection" consisting of 205 folders is in the Braunschweig city archive .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friedrich-Knoll-Straße on strassenkatalog.de
  2. ↑ Overview of the holdings of the Braunschweig City Archives (PDF file; 73 kB) at braunschweig.de
personal data
SURNAME Knoll, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geometer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1900
Place of death Braunschweig