Henry Perronet

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Henry Perronet (also: Henri Perronet * 17th century, † 1690 ) was a gardener of the Baroque in Germany .

life and work

Eleonore d'Olbreuse , wife of the last Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg residing in Celle , Georg Wilhelm , brought the gardener to the royal seat. There he - together with three journeymen - created a new French garden on the area of ​​the pleasure garden .

Perronet advised Duke Johann Friedrich from 1674–1678 on the layout of the pleasure garden in Herrenhausen .

literature

  • RWLE Möller : Celle Lexicon. From Abbensen to between. Lax, Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 978-3-7848-4039-0 , p. 174.
  • Rainer Schomann (ed.), Urs Boeck : Historical gardens in Lower Saxony. Catalog for the national exhibition. Opening on June 9th, 2000 in the foyer of the Lower Saxony State Parliament ... Accompanying publication on the occasion of the State Exhibition Historical Gardens in Lower Saxony. Heimatbund Niedersachsen, Hannover 2000, p. 76.
  • Wilhelm Rothert : General Hanoverian biography. Volume 3: Hanover under the electoral hat 1646-1815. Sponholtz, Hannover 1916, p. 511.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hubert Rettich, Michael Rohde, "Great gardeners Herrenhausen", in: Marieanne von König (Ed.): Herrenhausen. The Royal Gardens in Hanover . Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8353-0053-8 and ISBN 3-8353-0053-9 , p. 271 and others; Preview over google books
personal data
SURNAME Perronet, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Perronet, Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baroque gardener in Germany
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
DATE OF DEATH 1690