Oluf van Steenwinckel
Illustration — Monument in Jægersåris Memorial Park Oluf van Steenwinckel (died 1659) was a Danish building master and engineer, probably the son of Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger.
Oluf van Steenwinckel
Wiedewelt, Johannes (monument) Clemens, Johann Friderich (engraving) · Public domain
- Died
- 1659 · Helsingør.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- engineer · architect
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Illustration — Monument in Jægersåris Memorial Park Oluf van Steenwinckel (died 1659) was a Danish building master and engineer, probably the son of Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger.
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Oluf van Steenwinckel (died 1659) was a Danish architect and engineer. The architect died in Helsingør.
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In the 1640s he worked at Nykøbing Castle among other places and from 1651 to 52 he was Copenhagen's first City Surveyor (Danish: Stadskonduktør), involved in the cedestral registration and parcelling of Frederick III's New Copenhagen. In June 1659, during the Northern Wars, he participated in a failed attempt to recapture Kronborg Castle and was executed by the Swedish.
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A monument to Steenwinckel, Hans Lassen, Lorenz Tuxen and Henrik Gerner was later erected in the Jægersåris Memorial Park.
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