Carl Scheppig

German architect
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroGerman architect
A.K.A.Carl Friedrich Adolph Scheppig Scheppig
A.K.A.Carl Friedrich Adolph Scheppig Scheppig
PlacesGermany
wasArchitect
Work fieldEngineering
Gender
Male
Birth18 January 1803, Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg
Death22 February 1885Sondershausen, Germany (aged 82 years)
Star signCapricorn
The details

Biography

Carl Friedrich Adolph Scheppig (18 January 1803 in Berlin, † 22 February 1885 in Sondershausen) was a key architect of the late Neoclassicism in Germany and major student of the Berlin architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

He worked successfully mainly in Berlin and Sondershausen.

Some Works

  • Building repair at the German Cathedral and French Cathedral in Berlin
  • Construction manager in revamping the palace of Prince Karl of Prussia in Berlin
  • Construction manager for the remodeling of the Jerusalem's Church in Berlin
  • Transformation of the residential palace in Sondershausen
  • Construction of the district court, the prison and the stables of Sondershausen

Sources

  • Apfelstedt, F. Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Fürstenthums Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Erstes Heft: Die Unterherrschaft, 1886
  • Kulturamt der Stadt Sondershausen. Persönlichkeiten in Sondershausen, 1993
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