Heinrich Scharrer
Heinrich Scharrer (born July 21, 1828 in Magdeburg , † September 24, 1906 in Crossen an der Oder ) was a German botanist and landscape architect . He was the Imperial Russian Garden Director and from 1861 to 1889 director of the Botanical Garden in Tbilisi .
Life
Scharrer studied at the Georg-August University in Göttingen and was also senior assistant at the Botanical Garden . He later grew plants for the Higher Regional Court Judge Augustin in the Potsdam Wildlife Park , and then became the administrator of the court gardening department of the Prince of Stolberg-Wernigerode .
On the recommendation of the Berlin professor Karl Heinrich Koch , he moved to the Georgian capital Tbilisi as a garden inspector in 1859 . There he designed and built, on behalf of the Russian viceroy, Prince Alexander Ivanovich Baryatinsky , together with the architect Otto Simonson, the Alexandergarten , a large public park according to European standards, between the Golowin Boulevard promenade (now Rustawelis Gamsiri ) and the Kura River . It was opened in 1863 after four years of construction.
Scharrer was the Russian Imperial Court Garden Director- promoted, restored in the 1860s the garden of the residence of the Russian viceroy in Tbilisi, public parks created in Borjomi and Tetritskaro . When the Kutaisi horticultural school got into a crisis, Scharrer conceived a reform plan for further training for farmers and winemakers. The Caucasian Agricultural Society accepted him as a full member.
In 1861 he became director of the Tbilisi Botanical Garden . The garden was expanded considerably under his direction. He laid out new terraces and paths, built the first greenhouses in the 1870s , including one for tropical and subtropical plants, and built the Botanical Museum in 1886 . The first seed catalog of the garden, which recorded 457 trees and plants, goes back to him.
In 1889 Scharrer retired. Soon afterwards he moved back to Germany and spent the evening of his life with his daughter in Crossen an der Oder (today Krosno Odrzańskie). There he was the curator of the local wine and fruit growing school ; he was a member of the board of directors of the East German Winegrowing Association .
The Caucasian Agricultural Society awarded him a gold medal in 1875. The Russian viceroy in Georgia, Micheil Nikolajewitsch Romanow , awarded him the Order of St. Stanislaus 3rd Class with Swords and Ribbon in 1889 .
Scharrer had been married to Auguste Wilhelmine Miser since 1861 and had four children, Jenny, Helene, Gustav and Werner. He was Protestant.
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| SURNAME | Scharrer, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist and landscape architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 1906 |
| Place of death | Crossing the Oder |