Jakob Greiß

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Jakob Greiß (born September 20, 1800 in Pempelfort, today's Düsseldorf-Pempelfort ; † September 14, 1853 in Baden-Baden ) was garden director of the first botanical garden in Cologne and head of all urban green spaces.

Life

Jakob Greiß was a student of Maximilian Friedrich Weyhe . Under this he spent his apprenticeship years in the royal court garden in Düsseldorf . He later worked as an assistant in the Royal Gardens of Potsdam , Munich and Sanssouci . In 1836 he was appointed gardener of the old Cologne Botanical Garden by Minister Karl Freiherr von Stein on behalf of the state government and at the same time was entrusted with the management of all municipal gardens. Greiß gave lessons in botany and lived in a house he had freely available near the Cologne Central School in Marzellenstrasse (from which the Dreikönigsgymnasium emerged), at the Botanical Garden in Maximinenstrasse. His remuneration amounted to an annual salary of 850 thalers . Jakob Greiß brought his acquired experience and skills, especially in the field of landscape gardening, to Cologne and the surrounding area.

Act

Historical view of Brünninghausen Castle in the middle of the 19th century, Alexander Duncker collection
Obituary for Jacob Greiss

Greiß's early work included the management of the implementation of the plans of the Düsseldorf court gardener Maximilian Friedrich Weyhe for the layout of the English landscape garden at Brünninghausen Palace , today the Rombergpark Botanical Garden , between 1817 and 1824. In addition to his teaching activities in Cologne, he shaped this as a planner to this day Face of Cologne's green spaces such as the Blücherpark .

  • Management and teaching at the Botanical Garden Cologne,
  • Stadtgarten Cologne including the local tree nursery , 1827/28
  • The design of the Rheininsel "Werthchen", 1840 (later the area of ​​the Rheinauhafen )
  • Herdringen Castle Landscape Park , 1853
  • Park facilities Cologne-Marienburg on behalf of the Cologne businessman Paul Joseph Hagen
  • Park to Hohenlind
  • Systems at the Kitschburg (together with Maximilian Friedrich Weyhe), which were later integrated into the Cologne-Lindenthal city ​​forest by Adolf Kowallek .

Jakob Greiß, who died after frequent illnesses at the end of his 27 years working for Cologne, was buried in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne .

literature

  • GR Jung: The gardens at Cologne Cathedral, then and now. A contribution to the history of the uncovering of Cologne Cathedral . In: Journal of Horticulture and Garden Art . No. 1. 1896
  • Joachim Bauer and Carmen Kohls: Cologne under French and Prussian rule . In: Werner Adams and Joachim Bauer (eds.): From the Botanical Garden to the Big City Green - 200 Years of Cologne Green (Stadtspuren - Denkmäler in Köln, Volume 30) Bachem Verlag, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-7616-1460-8

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GR Young
  2. ↑ Joachim Bauer / Carmen Kohls, p. 22
  3. ^ Carsten Seick: Studies on landscaped gardens and parks in Westphalia-Lippe with special consideration of the facilities of private clients. Dissertation from the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster in 1996
  4. ↑ Joachim Bauer / Carmen Kohls, p. 22
personal data
SURNAME Greiß, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Garden director of the first botanical garden in Cologne and head of all urban green spaces
DATE OF BIRTH 20th September 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Pempelfort
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1853
Place of death Baden-Baden