Johann Gottlieb Schoch
Johann Gottlieb Schoch (born February 1, 1853 in Wörlitz , † October 8, 1905 in Magdeburg ) was garden architect and garden director of the city of Magdeburg.
Life
Schoch came from a family of gardeners from Wörlitz. From 1870 to 1872 he completed an apprenticeship in a commercial gardening company in Wittenberg and Gotha and until 1874 in the Royal Gardening School at the Wildlife Park near Potsdam . After working and studying in Muskau and Munich in 1875, England and France in 1876 and in Regensburg in 1880 , he became a ducal garden manager and court gardener in Wörlitz and Oranienbaum . In 1890 he succeeded Paul Viktor Niemeyer in the office of municipal gardening director for the city of Magdeburg. From 1890 to 1896 he was also chairman of the Magdeburg Horticultural Association . In 1903 he had to hand over his post to Wilhelm Lincke for health reasons and died two years later after a serious illness.
During his tenure, numerous green spaces in the city were expanded, rebuilt and planned, which still shape Magdeburg's face today. In 1894, under the direction of Schoch, in cooperation with city planner Otto Peters , the construction of the largest Magdeburg cemetery (Westfriedhof) began, which is characterized by a free, natural garden style. The paths, plantings and buildings laid out according to Schoch's plans still exist today in their appearance. Another important project was the conversion of the former Magdeburg fortress "Bastion Braunschweig" into the Queen Luise Garden (since 1951 Geschwister-Scholl-Park ). In 1897 Schoch created a general plan for the design of the Rotehorn Island , in 1898 he planned the use of the Biederitzer Busch as a city forest and thus laid the basis for the creation of the recreation area northeast of the city. In 1900 he published a detailed list of the trees in Magdeburg's public gardens and parks . The construction of an inner-city green corridor along the Schrote also went back to Schoch .
Schoch designed park landscapes and public green spaces under the conditions of a growing industrial city. The city of Magdeburg has named a street ( Johann-Gottlieb-Schoch-Straße ) after him.
Works (selection)
- Westfriedhof , 1894–1898
- Queen Luise Garden (today's name: Geschwister-Scholl-Park), 1895
- General plan Rotehorninsel, 1897
- Extension of the Buckau cemetery , 1897
- Conversion plan for Biederitzer Busch, 1898
- Systems at the Prussian tower ( Lukasklause ), 1898
- Green corridor on the Schrote, around 1900
- Fürstenwallpark, 1900
literature
- Heike Kriewald: Schoch, Johann Gottlieb. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 .
- Martin Wiehle : Magdeburg personalities. Published by the Magistrate of the City of Magdeburg, Department of Culture. imPuls Verlag, Magdeburg 1993, ISBN 3-910146-06-6 .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Schoch, Johann Gottlieb |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Garden architect and garden director of the city of Magdeburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Woerlitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1905 |
| Place of death | Magdeburg |