Rudolph Siebeck
Rudolph Siebeck (born April 13, 1812 in Leipzig , † July 19, 1878 in Graz ) was a German-Austrian horticulturalist.
Life
Siebeck's father was Justus August David Heinrich Siebeck, organist at the Johanniskirche (Leipzig) .
From 1826 to 1829 he completed an apprenticeship as a gardener in Altenburg (in the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg ) . In 1829 he began studying botany at the University of Leipzig . He then went on several study trips. From 1837 Siebeck redesigned the Rosental in Leipzig from a baroque garden to a landscape garden . From 1842 to 1845 he was a gardener in Vienna for Carl Freiherr von Hügel , the founder of the Austrian Horticultural Society (ÖGG).
In 1846 Siebeck was appointed city gardener of Leipzig, so he was director of all public gardens and promenades in the city. However, due to a dispute with the city council, he resigned from his position in October 1857.
He returned to Vienna and was there from 1861 until his retirement in 1878 (initially subordinate to the city expansion commission, from 1871 first garden director, 1874–1876 he was responsible for all green spaces owned by the city). With the landscape painter Joseph Sellény he created his main work in 1862, the Vienna City Park . The "Siebeckpark" was the first large green area in Vienna. Other works in Vienna are the Schönbornpark (1862/63), the Esterházypark (1862–1869) and the avenues of the Vienna Ringstrasse (from 1863). Facilities outside Vienna designed by Siebeck are the redesigned garden of Mirabell Palace and Zrinjevac Square (1872) as part of an inner-city chain of green spaces in Zagreb .
Siebeck retired in 1878 at the age of 66 and died in the same year.
Honors
- Dr. phil. hc from the University of Leipzig
- Master of Fine Arts from the University of Leipzig
- Siebeckstrasse in Donaustadt (1960)
Fonts
- The visual garden art in its modern forms: On 20 colored plates m. detailed Explain. u. The necessary examples are presented in accordance with the preceding comprehensible theory of visual garden art. v. Rudolph Siebeck . Voigt, Leipzig 1853
- Drafts for gardens and parks of various characters in various situations: 20 plans for use in favorable conditions . Wiegandt & Hempel, Berlin approx. 1853
- The Decameron or 10 representations of excellent forms and character combinations from the field of landscape gardening . Arnold, Leipzig 1856
- Atlas of fine garden art in its modern forms . Schrag, Leipzig 1860
- Dr. Rudolph Siebeck's ideas for small gardens . Voigt, Leipzig 1860
- The use of flowers and shrubs to decorate the gardens: with details of their height, color, shape, flowering time and culture . Voigt, Leipzig 1860
- Eight colored garden plans: with explanatory text Wiegandt, Hempel & Parey, Berlin approx. 1873
- The elements of landscape gardening are shown in a tarpaulin and explained by the defining motifs: a guide to studying for gardeners and art-loving laypeople , Colorirte edition, Schrag, Leipzig 1861
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Siebeck, Rudolph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 34th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1877, pp. 223–226 ( digitized version ).
- Dietger Hagner: Hermann Rudolph Siebeck (1812–1878). Garden artist and garden writer between Warsaw and Vienna , in: Stadt + Grün. Das Gartenamt, April 2005, pp. 46-50, Berlin: Patzer Verlag
Web links
- Entry on Rudolph Siebeck in the Austrian Biographical Lexicon , 1815–1950, 56th delivery, 2003, p. 225 f., With further references.
- Short biography in the "Leipzig Lexicon" by André Loh-Kliesch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Siebeck, Rudolph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Siebeck, Hermann Rudolph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Austrian garden designer and garden theorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1878 |
| Place of death | Graz |