Georg Theodor Chiewitz
Georg Theodor Policron Chiewitz (born October 5, 1815 in Stockholm , Sweden , † December 28, 1862 in Åbo / Turku, Finland ) was a Swedish-Finnish architect and civil engineer of the Neo-Gothic.
Life
He was the son of the engraver Johan Georg Chiewitz and Karin Acrel, and the grandson of the court musician Paul Johansson Chiewitz . Chiewitz first studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and then abroad. He moved to Åbo in the Grand Duchy of Finland in 1850 , where he was the provincial architect of Åbo och Björneborgs län (Turku-Pori) and Åland from 1852 until his death in 1862.
Chiewitz was one of the most important architects of his time and strove to introduce a more noble taste into Swedish architecture. In Stockholm he designed the Folcker House on Brunkebergplatz and the Djurgårdsbron bridge . He dedicated his greatest achievements to Finland , where he planned several churches, private houses and factory buildings as well as renovation plans in the cities of Pori , Loviisa , Mariehamn and Uusikaupunki (Nystad). Perhaps his most important works were the Finnish House of Knights (1862) in Helsinki and the Swedish Theater in the same city (1860, burned down in 1863, rebuilt in 1866).
Among the curiosities of his architectural practice of abortion, which he counts for visiting Czar Alexander II. In Träskända Park in Espoo planned.
literature
- Georg Theodor Policron Chiewitz . In: Bernhard Meijer, Theodor Westrin (ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 5 : Cestius-Degas . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1906, Sp. 182 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Georg Theodor Chiewitz . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 185 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ see Träskända gård in the Swedish language Wikipedia
- ↑ Information board in the garden
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chiewitz, Georg Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chiewitz, Georg Theodor Policron (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish-Finnish architect and neo-Gothic civil engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1862 |
| Place of death | Åbo , Turku, Finland |