Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Karl Friedrich Schinkel
	Prussian architect, city planner, and painter
	Wikipedia; Wikiquote
Date of birth	13 March 1781; Neuruppin
Date of death	9 October 1841; Berlin (Prussia)
Place of burial	Dorotheenstadt cemetery;
Country of citizenship	Germany;
Educated at	Bauakademie (1799); Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster;
Occupation	architect; painter; urban planner;
Member of	German Archaeological Institute; Accademia di San Luca (1825); National Academy Museum and School (1834); Royal Institute of British Architects (1835); Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (1836); Imperial Academy of Arts (1838); Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (1840); Prussian Academy of Arts (1811); Académie des Beaux-Arts (1823);
Movement	Greek Revival architecture;
Father	Cuno Christian Schinkel;
Notable work	Alte Nazarethkirche (Berlin-Wedding); Q321105; Iron Cross; Glienicke Palace; Charlottenhof Palace; Schlossbrücke;
Award received	Order of the Red Eagle 3rd Class (1821); Commander of the order of the Redeemer (1836); Order of the White Falcon (6 June 1838); Order of the Polar Star - Knight 2nd Class (1939); commander of the Order of the Dannebrog (1840); Knight second class of the Order of the Red Eagle (1836);
Authority control
	: Q151759; VIAF: 17298593; ISNI: 0000 0001 0855 5834; ULAN: 500028174; LCCN: n81068088; NLA: 35480385; WGA: SCHINKEL, Karl Friedrich; Open Library: OL576586A; Oxford Dict.: 42206; GND: 118607782; SELIBR: 250482; SUDOC: 032504500; BNF: 12352169q; NDL: 00621445; NKC: jn20040102007; BNE: XX864651; KulturNav: 3aba3520-4b6e-48fb-b46d-2eb509c51c0a; RKD: 70548; Koninklijke: 068301472; WorldCat;
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Alternative names	Carl Friedrich Schinkel; K. F. Schinkel; karl friedrich schinkel; Karl Fr. Schinkel; C. F. Schinkel
Description	German architect and painter
Date of birth/death	13 March 1781	9 October 1841
Location of birth/death	Neuruppin	Berlin
Authority control	: Q151759 VIAF: 17298593 ISNI: 0000 0001 0855 5834 ULAN: 500028174 LCCN: n81068088 NLA: 35480385 WGA: SCHINKEL, Karl Friedrich Open Library: OL576586A Oxford Dict.: 42206 GND: 118607782 SELIBR: 250482 SUDOC: 032504500 BNF: 12352169q NDL: 00621445 NKC: jn20040102007 BNE: XX864651 KulturNav: 3aba3520-4b6e-48fb-b46d-2eb509c51c0a RKD: 70548 Koninklijke: 068301472 WorldCat

Portraits of Schinkel[edit]

Zeichnung von Franz Krüger 1836
Portrait in "200 deutsche Männer"
Ehrung auf Berliner Briefmarke von 1952
Schinkel, by Christian Friedrich Tieck
by Friedrich Drake (marble)
by Friedrich Drake (bronze)
(2)
Schinkel statue in Neuruppin, by Max Wiese
Statue in Berlin-Mitte

Palaces[edit]

Antonin Castle
Neuhardenberg
Schloss Glienicke

Secular buildings[edit]

Berliner Sternwarte
Entwurf Sing-Akademie zu Berlin, 1821
Altes Museum am Lustgarten
Die Bauakademie am Werderschen Markt
Das Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt
Das Konzerthaus
English: Lighthouse at Kap Arkona, Rügen
Deutsch: Leuchtturm in Kap Arkona auf Rügen
Palais Redern, Berlin

Churches[edit]

Elisabethkirche, 1832-1834, Berlin, Invalidenstraße
de:Dorfkirche Straupitz
Kreuzkirche, Joachimsthal
Kreuzkirche, Joachimsthal (Brandenburg)
Kreuzkirche in Joachimsthal
St. Nikolaikirche, 1830-1850, Potsdam (1)
(2) Dome
(3) Entrance
Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin (1824-1830), now Schinkel Museum
concept for churches, Oranienburger Vorstadt (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Schinkel, Projekt für einen nationalen Befreiungsdom, ca1815, nicht ausgeführt
Church of St Martin of Tours in Krzeszowice, Kraków County, Poland
old Nazareth Church, Berlin-Wedding (1)
(2)
Die Schinkelkirche in Neuhardenberg, Brandenburg
Die Schinkelkirche in Neuhardenberg, Brandenburg
Kirche und weitere Gebäude in Neuhardenberg
Schinkelkirche in Heiligengrabe-Glienicke
Schinkelkirche in Heiligengrabe-Glienicke

Gates and Parks[edit]

Pomonatempel (Potsdam). His first realized work.
sketch for redesigning Großer Stern at Tiergarten park in Berlin, 1816 (not used)
plan for redesigning eastern parts of Tiergarten park and the square in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, 1835 (not used)

Memorials[edit]

Nationaldenkmal auf dem Kreuzberg
Queen Louise Memorial in Gransee
Memorial of the battle of Dennewitz, Brandenburg
Unter den Linden 67, in Berlin-Mitte
Lützen: cast-iron baldachin over the Gustav Adolf memorial stone (1837)
Schwichow monument in Minden
Cenotaphs for Franz Johann Ludwig Alberthal in Gölsdorf, Niedergörsdorf

Grave Monuments[edit]

design by Schinkel for the grave of Karl Leopold von Köckritz at Invalidenfriedhof cemetery in Berlin
design for the grave of Gerhard von Scharnhorst (around 1826)
grave monument for Gerhard von Scharnhorst on Invalidenfriedhof cemetery in Berlin (1834)
grave monument for Gerhard von Scharnhorst
grave of Graf Tauentzien von Wittenberg at Invalidenfriedhof cemetery in Berlin, designed by Schinkel (1835)
grave monument for Job von Witzleben (1837) on Invalidenfriedhof cemetery in Berlin
grave Job von Witzleben
grave monuments for Otto Carl Lorenz von Pirch and Georg Dubislaw Ludwig von Pirch (1838) on Invalidenfriedhof cemetery in Berlin