Johann Conrad Sckell
Johann Conrad Sckell , (born June 22, 1768 in Wilhelmsthal , † December 4, 1834 in Belvedere near Weimar ), was the Saxon Grand Ducal garden inspector in Belvedere near Weimar and a member of the Sckell family of painters and gardeners .
Life
Sckell was the son of Johann Georg Sckell . He spent his apprenticeship as a gardener in Gotha . He also proved to be very skilled at making drawings and became senior assistant in the Hanau-Lichtenberg garden in Buchsweiler in Alsace. He worked there until it was destroyed by the Jacobins in 1793. Then he returned to Eisenach. The family of the head gardener, Saal, emigrated with him. Duke Karl August von Weimar became aware of him through his garden plans . In 1794 he married Louise (nee Saal, died 1801).
In 1796 Sckell succeeded Johann Friedrich Reichert as garden inspector in Belvedere near Weimar. He devoted himself to the beautification of the gardens, which he designed in the English style at the ducal request . In 1803 Sckell married for the second time, his wife was the eldest daughter of the messenger Heusinger. In the same year he visited the Netherlands. During the French invasion, Sckell managed to save the orangery from destruction. He took care of the construction of several new greenhouses .
Sckell was a member of various agricultural associations and a corresponding member of the Senckenberg Natural Research Society in Frankfurt am Main . He was the holder of the silver medal of merit. His sons were Friedrich Anton Louis Sckell (1796–1844) and Karl August Christian Sckell (1801–1874). After his death, his brother Johann Christian Sckell (1773–1857) took over the management of the Belvedere Gardens .
Around 1815, at Goethe's behest , he planted a ginkgo in Weimar behind the Princely House , which is still there. He was in close contact with Goethe on botanical questions. Goethe's poem Gingo biloba from the same year is probably related to this.
literature
- Johann Conrad Sckell . In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen . 12th year, 1834, 2nd part. Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Weimar 1836, p. 1026-1028 ( archive.org ).
- Sckell, Johann Conrad . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 398 .
- Gabriele Uerscheln, Michaela Kalusok: Dictionary of European garden art. 3. Edition. Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-15-018656-5 , p. 265.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sckell, Johann Conrad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sckell, Johann Konrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gardener and garden architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilhelmsthal |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 1834 |
| Place of death | Belvedere (Weimar) |