Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell
Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell (13 September 1750, in Weilburg – 24 February 1823, in Munich) was a German landscape gardener from Weilburg an der Lahn. He is regarded as the founder of the English gardens in Germany,[citation needed] which he introduced to the German experts with his writings on garden design. His manner of grouping and choice of plants is still used to an extent in German landscaping today.
Career
Sckell was trained in the Court Market Garden in
In the time following the Englischer Garten, Sckell spent a short time in service of the rulers of Baden, before he was called back in 1803 to Munich, where, as the Director of Royal Gardens, he completed the Englischer Garten. He then transformed the regular garden of Nymphenburg Park into a more scenic arrangement.
As a landscape gardener, Sckell was also responsible for beginning the castle gardens at Biebrich and Oppenweiler, and possibly those at Dirmstein as well.
In 1808, Sckell received the title Knight of Sckell, which added the "von" to his name. He died in 1823 in Munich as a Court Garden Director, and was buried in the Alter Südfriedhof there. A monument in the Englischer Garten was erected in his honor.
See also
- The House of Sckell[1]
Notes
References
- The information in this article is based on a translation of its German equivalent.
- Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell: Beiträge zur bildenden Gartenkunst für angehende Gartenkünstler. 2. Nachdruck der 2. Auflage von 1825, ISBN 3-88462-150-5
- ISBN 3-421-03012-X
External links
- Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell in the German National Library catalogue
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