Carl Schäfer
Carl Wilhelm Ernst Schäfer (born 18 January 1844 in Kassel - 5 May 1908 in Carlsfeld, district of Brehna in the former district of Bitterfeld) was a German architect and university professor. • Illustration — Schäfer in 1900 • Illustration — The spires added to Meissen Cathedral Schäfer became the most important representative of the late Gothic Revival in Germany. He created several churches: Modification of the Catholic Propsteikirche St. Gertrude of Brabant in Wattenscheid (1869-1872), Catholic parish church of St.
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Carl Schäfer
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- Kingdom of Prussia
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- architect · university teacher · general contractor
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- Institute building Deutschhausstraße 17a · Old University Marburg
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Carl Wilhelm Ernst Schäfer (born 18 January 1844 in Kassel - 5 May 1908 in Carlsfeld, district of Brehna in the former district of Bitterfeld) was a German architect and university professor. • Illustration — Schäfer in 1900 • Illustration — The spires added to Meissen Cathedral Schäfer became the most important representative of the late Gothic Revival in Germany. He created several churches: Modification of the Catholic Propsteikirche St. Gertrude of Brabant in Wattenscheid (1869-1872), Catholic parish church of St.
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Nikolai in Lippstadt (1873-1875), Protestant church in Bralitz (1889-1890), Catholic parish church of St. John Baptist in Birkung (1885-1893), Old Catholic Church in Karlsruhe (1895-1897). Gangolf in Münchenlohra in Nordhausen (1882-1885) and the Church of Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune in Strasbourg (1897-1901). He added the pair of 81 metre spires to the Meissen Cathedral in a highly convincing neo-Gothic style from 1903 to 1908. This now forms a critical part of the Meissen World Heritage Site. In 1871, he had built a fountain on the property of his lawyer Carl Grimm in Marburg.
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- 2.Archiweb - Carl Schäfer. www.archiweb.cz.
- 3.Personne:Carl Schäfer — Archi-Wiki. www.archi-wiki.org.
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- 5.Édouard Schimpf à Strasbourg, architecte d'une ville en renouveau. 2010.
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- 7.Carl Schäfer als Baumeister und Lehrer. www.uni-marburg.de.
- 8.15 Rempartstraße (Fribourg en Brisgau) — Archi-Wiki. www.archi-wiki.org.
- 9.Communiqués de presse: Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Baden-Württemberg. www.schloss-heidelberg.de.
- 10.Notice de Liliane Châtelet-Lange, in, Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne n° 33, page 3389
- 11.Eglise Saint Pierre le jeune (protestant) (Strasbourg) — Archi-Wiki. www.archi-wiki.org.
- 12.De la réforme au XIXe siècle. Saint Pierre le Jeune.
- 13.Der Architekt der Meißner Domtürme: Carl Schäfer. www.saechsische.de.
- 14.KIT - saai - Bestand - Personen. www.saai.kit.edu. 2023-04-25.
- 15.Hessische Biografie : Erweiterte Suche : LAGIS Hessen. www.lagis-hessen.de.
- 16.Biografie von Karl Schäfer (1844-1908) - Sächsische Biografie ISGV e.V. saebi.isgv.de.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 6
- Stefanie Fink, „Einer der bedeutendsten Lehrer aller Zeiten“. Carl Schäfer als Wegbereiter der modernen Architektur in Deutschland. In: Kunsttexte. Vol. 23, Nr. 1 (2023). (PDF auf journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de, abgerufen am 12. Mai 2023.)
- , Carl Schäfer und eine lebendige Baukunst. In: Kunstgewerbeblatt. N. F. Vol. 24, H. 4, Janvier 1913, p. 72–78, (Digitalisat Uni. Heidelberg).
- Karl Caesar, Karl Schäfer Dans: Badische Biographien Vol. 6, Winter, Heidelberg, 1927, p. 597–604 (Digitalisat).
- Jutta Schuchard, Carl Schäfer (1844–1908). Leben und Werk des Architekten der Neugotik. Dissertation. Université de Marbourg, 1974. Prestel, Munich, 1979, .
- Angela Karasch, Der Carl-Schäfer-Bau der Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg (1895–1903) (= Schriften der Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg im Breisgau Vol. 9). Fribourg, 1985 (Digitalisat).
- Lexikon der Kunst. Volume VI. Leipzig, 1994, .
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