Georgi Duchtew
Georgi Duchtew (scientific transcription: Georgi Duhtev , Bulgarian Георги Духтев ; * August 7, 1885 in Varna ; † November 9, 1955 ) was a Bulgarian landscape architect and head of the Sofia Gardens and Park Administration ( Bulgarian общинска слуажеа ) and of the garden department in Burgas . Under his direction the Boris Garden in Sofia and the Sea Garden in Burgas were created .
Duchtew lived in Evksinograd near Varna in the last years of the 19th century , where the summer residence of the Bulgarian Tsar Ferdinand was located with a large park. Duchtew was born in Varna, but then moved with his parents to Sofia, where he graduated from the renowned first boys' grammar school with "very good". His passion for exotic plants made him unexpectedly bump into Tsar Ferdinand in the Botanical Garden of Sofia. The tsar was so impressed by the boy's botanical knowledge and his great interest in nature and plants that, after graduating from high school, he took him to Eisgrub, Austria, with a personal scholarship from the tsar to study landscape architecture at the higher fruit and horticultural school Lednice in the Czech Republic).
This higher horticultural school was the leading and oldest institution of its kind in the empire. It was founded in 1895 as the first horticultural school on the initiative of Prince Johann II and the Imperial and Royal Horticultural Society. Although his training should serve as preparation for taking over the management of the park and gardens in Evksinograd, Duchtew did not return to Varna, but took over the management of the garden department in Burgas in 1910, where he also laid out the sea garden. This park is located in the city center next to the city beach of Burgas.
In 1923 Duchtew married Elena Kalpaktschiew in Burgas.
From 1934 he was in charge of the expansion of the Boris Gardens in Sofia. The old rosarium was expanded and now covered an area of 0.7 hectares. Duchtew had 1400 new, grafted rose varieties planted. In 1940 he had a Japanese garden laid out around the fish pond . The Japanese plants used were a gift from Japan, which was on friendly terms with Bulgaria as an Axis power during World War II .
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Duchtew's house in the Burgas Sea Garden is a protected monument.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Duchtew, Georgi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Duchtew, Georgi; Duchtev, Georgi; Духтев, Георги (Bulgarian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | bulgarian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Varna , Bulgaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1955 |
| Place of death | Sofia |