Karl Eduard Aeschlimann
Karl Eduard Aeschlimann (17 February 1808 in Burgdorf; † 4. April 1893 in Yalta) was a Swiss architect. He was a court architect of the Russian royal family.
Aeschlimann was a son of the potter Johann Heinrich Aeschlimann and his wife Marie. He attended the Burgerschulen in
Greater Yalta. For this area, he created a general plan and designed a number of private and public buildings, including the first hotel of Yalta. Aeshlimann was involved in construction of the castle in Alupka for the Vorontsov
family.
Aeschlimann married Elisa Maurer, a daughter of Johann Jakob Maurer-Fischer of Schaffhausen, in Simferopol in 1836 and was knighted in 1850.
Literature
- Helena A. Aeschlimann: Die Burgdorfer Familie Aeschlimann in Russland. In: Burgdorfer Jahrbuch, 60 (1993), S. 59–89.
References
- ^ Allgemeine Geschichtforschende Gesellschaft der Schweiz; Vereinigung Schweizerischer Archivare (1998). Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Geschichte. Leemann. p. 305. Retrieved 13 December 2011.