Georg Hannig

Georg Hannig.

Georg Hannig (* 1872 in Berlin ; † November 14, 1934 there ) was a German landscape architect and horticulturist .

Hannig worked on the conception, creation and maintenance of parks throughout Europe and gained professional experience in Versailles. In the first years of the 20th century he moved to Szczecin . Here he designed the main cemetery together with the Szczecin city planner Wilhelm Meyer-Schwartau . Hannig was director of the main cemetery until 1932 and moved to Switzerland in 1932 . He died on November 14, 1934 and is buried in Berlin.

Georg Hannig is an honorary citizen of the city of Szczecin.

Fonts

• The cemetery and its art. Contemporary considerations about the design of our cemeteries. For laypeople and professionals. Bornträger Brothers, Berlin 1908.
• Pomerania's old tombs. At the same time a guide through the collection of tombs in the main cemetery in Szczecin. Szczecin 1917.
• Thoughts on cemetery art. Szczecin 1918.
• The main cemetery in Szczecin. Guide through the complex with numerous illustrations. Stettin-Grünhof 1918.
• Culture and art in horticulture. Szczecin 1926.
• The useful plants of the tropics. Extract from the lectures at the Szczecin Adult Education Center. Szczecin 1928.

Web links

• The history of the main cemetery in Szczecin (Polish)
• A film about the main cemetery (RealRlayer) (Polish)