Johann Leopold Ludwig Schoch

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Johann Leopold Ludwig Schoch (born December 6, 1728 in Dessau , † July 11, 1793 in Wörlitz near Dessau) was a German court gardener , garden director and horticultural artist. Together with Leopold III. Friedrich Franz von Anhalt-Dessau designed large parts of the Wörlitz Park .

Live and act

The garden named after him (Schoch's garden)

Schoch initially worked in Großkühnau . Around 1764 he was involved in the work on the Elbaue in Wörlitz. With the design of the Elbaue he continued the suggestions of his sovereign Leopold III. Friedrich Franz von Anhalt-Dessau around. Leopold III had the suggestions. Friedrich Franz together with his advisor and friend Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff , he was an architect by profession, received during an educational trip to England . Schoch designed the floodplain landscape of the Elbe according to the wishes of his sovereign: An area that was identical to the landscape area of ​​the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau at that time was transformed into numerous landscape gardens, and buildings were designed in the style of classicism and neo-Gothic . The model was the rich garden area of ​​the London Thames .

In addition to the work on Wörlitzer Park, in which Johann Friedrich Eyserbeck and Erdmannsdorff were also involved, which also contains an area named after him, Schoch's Garden , he also worked in Neumark's garden and in the palace garden. But he paid special attention to the extensive tree nurseries that were required for the creation of the landscape park.

From 1765 onwards Schoch lived in a small building that was surrounded by a wall; it was the predecessor of the Gothic House . His house was enlarged several times between 1773 and 1813; these extensions were made at the request of Leopold III. carried out. The prince , Luise Schoch and their three children later lived in the building.

As a planner and horticultural artist, he had to plan the effects of his facilities and changes in advance; he is one of the first Germans to bring the ideas of the Enlightenment to effect in nature.

Johann Leopold Ludwig Schoch also designed a landscape park in Halle, which later became the Halle Zoological Garden .

He is one of those who laid the foundation for the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm through their work .

death

The gothic house

Schoch died on July 11, 1793 in Wörlitz. His grave is not far from the Gothic House and is today a monument and garden motif.

family

Schoch was born the son of the gardener Johann George Schoch, who later became the pleasure gardener of Prince Dietrich von Anhalt-Dessau . His mother was Johanna Sophie Closer. Schoch married Katharina Maria Adler, and later Johanna Sophie Schoch; Schoch fathered a total of ten children, four of whom were sons. This included Johann George Gottlieb Schoch , who continued his father's work at Wörlitzer Park. One of his six daughters was Leopoldine Luise Reichsfrau von Beringer, who had a morganatic marriage with Leopold III. Friedrich Franz received.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schoch, Johann Leopold in the German biography
  2. ^ The garden kingdom Dessau-Wörlitz: gardeners and artists. (No longer available online.) In: gartenreich.com. Archived from the original on August 23, 2015 ; accessed on September 29, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gartenreich.com
  3. ^ R. Alex: Johann Leopold Ludwig Schoch in the Oxfordter Index. In: oup.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b James Stevens Curl: A dictionary of architecture and landscape architecture. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006, ISBN 0-19-860678-8 , p. 681. ( books.google.de ).
  5. ^ Wilhelm Schalt:  Eyserbeck, Johann Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 712 ( digitized version ).
  6. ↑ James Stevens Curl: A dictionary of architecture and landscape architecture. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006, ISBN 0-19-860678-8 , p. 27.
  7. ↑ James Stevens Curl: A dictionary of architecture and landscape architecture. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006, ISBN 0-19-860678-8 , p. 272.
  8. ↑ a b Christiane Schillig: The green Lord von Wörlitz. In: monumente-online.de. Retrieved September 29, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Dessau-Roßlau: Garden Kingdom Dessau-Wörlitz. (No longer available online.) In: goruma.de. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed October 1, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.goruma.de
  10. ↑ LEO May 2014 issue - The Anhalt Magazine. In: leo-magazin.com. P. 5 , accessed October 1, 2015 .
  11. ↑ Discover Dessau - City of Dessau-Roßlau. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Anhalt-dessau-wittenberg.de. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016 ; accessed October 1, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.anhalt-dessau-wittenberg.de
  12. ^ Ludwig wedding slip:  Schoch, Johann Leopold Ludwig. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 348 f. ( Digitized version ).
  13. ^ Johann Leopold Ludwig and Luise Schoch. In: hs-anhalt.de. Retrieved October 1, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Schoch, Johann Leopold Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Court gardener in Wörlitz, garden director and horticultural artist
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1728
PLACE OF BIRTH Dessau
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1793
Place of death Woerlitz