Peter Joseph Lenné
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Peter Joseph Lenné (the Younger) (29 September 1789 – 23 January 1866) was a Prussian gardener and landscape architect. As director general of the Royal Prussian palaces and parks in Potsdam and Berlin, his work shaped the development of 19th-century German garden design in the Neoclassical style. Laid out according to the principles of the English landscape garden, his parks are now World Heritage Sites.
Life and works
Lenné was born in
Childhood and development
Having obtained his Abitur degree, Peter Joseph Lenné decided to adopt the family tradition. He began his apprenticeship as a gardener in 1808 with his uncle, Josef Clemens Weyhe, court gardener at the electoral Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces, Brühl. At the instigation of his father, he also took university courses in botany.
From 1809 to 1812, his father paid for Lenné's many study trips to France, Switzerland, and Southern Germany. In 1811, he completed a long internship in Paris with Gabriel Thouin, who was then one of the most famous garden architects in Europe. This made him a master landscaper. On another of these trips, Lenné made the acquaintance of the creator of the English Garden in Munich, the landscape gardener Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell, who would have a lasting influence on Lenné's work.[1]
Assistant gardener
In 1812, Lenné followed his father to
While still working as an assistant gardener, in spring 1816 Lenné received a commission from the
Prussian Garden Director-General
The accomplishments of the garden architect are reflected in his career progression. In 1818 he was an employee of the Royal Garden Authority, and in 1822, he received a promotion to Gardening Director. That same year, Lenné became a founding member of the Prussian Society for the Promotion of Horticulture. Lenné also accepted the position of Manager of the Division of Orchard Cultivation and later of the Parks Division.
In 1823, the Gardener Academy in Schöneberg and Potsdam was founded under his management. Here garden architecture was taught in a scientific manner for the first time. In 1828, Lenné was named the sole Garden Director and in 1845, Prussian Garden Director-General. The Prussian Academy of Arts made Lenné an honorary member.
In 1840, the recently enthroned King
Despite centering his life around Potsdam and Berlin, Lenné remained attached to his Rhenish homeland and contributed to the further beautification of Koblenz, particularly in the
Busts of Peter Joseph Lenné are located at the Bonn Botanical Garden, on the bank of the Rhine (Alter Zoll), in the Landschaftspark Petzow that he himself designed, in Feldafing Park, in Park Sanssouci, and in the Kaiserin-Augusta-Anlagen in Koblenz (copy of a bust by Rauch). A recent bust was finished by Bad Homburg sculptor Otto Weber-Hartl.[1]
Main works
- Park of Neuhardenberg Palace
- Klosterbergegarten in Magdeburg
- Zwierzyniec Park, Złotów
- Park Sanssouci in Potsdam
- Garden of Caputh Palace at Potsdam
- Landscape park at Petzow Palace, Werder
- Park Glienicke, Berlin
- Design for the landscape park in Blumberg (now part of Ahrensfelde)
- Design for the Landwehrkanal
- Design for the Luisenstädtischer Kanal, Berlin
- Design for the Tiergarten, Berlin
- Design for the parks at Blankensee Palace, in Trebbin
- Design for the Spa Gardens at Bad Homburg
- Gardens of Schloss Liebenberg in the Löwenberger Land, described in Fontane's Fünf Schlösser (Volume 5 of Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg)
- Park of Remplin Palace
- Park of Wolfshagen Palace
- Park of Schloss Trebnitz (at Müncheberg)
- Lenné Park in Frankfurt (Oder)
- Kaiserin-Augusta-Anlagen on the Rhine and Electoral Palace Park in Koblenz
- Elisengarten, City Park and Spa Gardens in Aachen
- Park and Zehnthof in Sinzig
- Gardens of Tierpark Friedrichsfelde, in Berlin
- Clifftop gardens at Stolzenfels Castle, Koblenz
- Schlosspark, Brühl
- Design for the Spa Gardens at Bad Oeynhausen
- Park of Fürstlich Drehna, in Luckau (collaboration)
- Schillerpark (also called Lenné-Anlage, southeastern part of Promenadenring), and Johannapark, Leipzig
- Parts of Bürgerwiese gardens in Dresden
- Dresden Zoo[3]
References
Specific
- ^ a b c d Christa Hasselhorst (October 18, 2019). "Das Vermächnis des Peter Josef Lenné". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ James Stevens Curl, A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press 2006, ISBN 0-19-860678-8, p. 440
- ^ "Zoo Dresden". City of Dresden Press and Public Relations Office. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
General
- The information in this article is based on a translation of its German counterpart.
- Gerhard Hinz, P.J.L. Das Gesamtwerk des Gartenarchitekten und Städteplaners, 2 volumes, 1989, Hildesheim, Zürich, New York
- Petra Wißner, ISBN 3-933046-49-1
- F. v. Butlar (Ed.), Peter Joseph Lenné: Volkspark und Arkadien, 1989, Berlin
- Harri Günther, Peter Joseph Lenné: Gärten, Parke, Landschaften, 1985, Berlin
- Peter Joseph Lenné in the German National Library catalogue
- Gerhard Fischer: Er prägte das Gesicht Berlins, in: Berlinische Monatsschrift, Edition Luisenstadt, 1999 (in German)
External links
Media related to Peter Joseph Lenné at Wikimedia Commons