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Michael Leveilly
Michael Leveilly (also Michel Leveilly, Michael Leveillé; 1694 – 23 January 1762) was a French architect who was active essentially in Germany. Life Leveilly was probably a pupil of François Blondel or of Robert de Cotte. In 1717, at the behest of Elector Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, he came to Bonn as an architectural and decorative draftsman to help realize the buildings designed by the Parisian court architect Robert de Cotte. In 1722, he then moved to Bonn entirely. After the death of the Elector in 1723, he was taken into the service of the succeeding Elector Clemens August of Bavaria. In 1728, Leveilly was appointed sub-architect and was also responsible for the gardens, then in 1733 he became senior architect. There, Leveilly was mainly active as executive architect, realizing the plans of François de Cuvilliés, but also contributing and implementing his own ideas, especially for the interior finishes. In addition to his work as court architect, he also worked for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Palace, Bonn
The Electoral Palace () in Bonn is the former residential palace of the Electorate of Cologne, Prince-Electors of Cologne. Since 1818, it has been the University of Bonn's main building in the city center, home to the University administration and the faculty of humanities and theology. It was built by Enrico Zuccalli for the prince-elector Joseph Clemens of Bavaria from 1697 to 1705. The ''Hofgarten'', a large park in front of the main building, is a popular place for students to meet, study and relax. The Hofgarten was repeatedly a place for political demonstrations, as for example the demonstration against the NATO Double-Track Decision on 22 October 1981, with about 250,000 participants. History The predecessor to the current palace was built from 1567 to 1577 for Archbishop of Cologne, Archbishop-Elector Salentin IX of Isenburg-Grenzau, Salentin of Isenburg. The structure was bounded to its south by the Defensive wall, city wall of Bonn. It was destroyed during the Siege o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1694 Births
Events January–March * January 16 – Francesco Morosini, the Doge of Venice since 1688, dies after ruling the Republic for more than five years and a few months after an unsuccessful attempt to capture the island of Negropont from the Ottoman Empire during the Morean War. * January 18 – Sir James Montgomery of Scotland, who had been arrested on January 11 for conspiracy to restore King James to the throne, escapes and flees to France. * January 21 (January 11 O.S.) – The Kiev Academy, now the national university of Ukraine, receives official recognition by Tsar Ivan V of Russia. * January 28 – '' Pirro e Demetrio'', an opera by Alessandro Scarlatti, is given its first performance, debuting at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples. The opera is adapted in 1708 in London as Pyrrhus and Demetrius and becomes the second most popular opera in 18th century London. * January 29 – French missionary Jean-Baptiste Labat arrives in the "New World", landing at the Caribb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th-century French Architects
The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the Atlantic Revolutions. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures. The Industrial Revolution began mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. The European colonization of the Americas and other parts of the world intensified and associated mass migrations of people grew in size as part of the Age of Sail. During the century, slave trading expanded across the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, while declining in Russia and China. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kölnische Rundschau
The ''Kölnische Rundschau'' is a regional, independent daily newspaper for the Cologne/Bonn area. It is edited by Cologne Heinen-Verlag, which has its own independent local editorial office. The production of the national section was taken over by the Bonn General-Anzeiger during the first quarter of 2010. In the first quarter of 2018, the joint edition with the ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger'' sold 251,994 copies, a loss of 40% since 1999. Since 1999 the title and publishing rights have been held by the publishing group M. DuMont Schauberg, which also publishes the ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger'', the ''Express'', the ''Berliner Zeitung'', the ''Berliner Kurier'', the ''Mitteldeutsche Zeitung'' and the ''Hamburger Morgenpost''. On Fridays, the Rundschau includes the TV guide ''Prisma''. In the past, the ''Kölnische Rundschau'' was regarded as conservative in comparison with the left oriented and liberal ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger''. History The ''Kölnische Rundschau'' was founded by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General-Anzeiger
The ''General-Anzeiger'' is a regional daily newspaper based in the city of Bonn, the former West German capital in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The paper was first published in April 1888. In addition to the city and its surroundings, the distribution of the newspaper and its local editions extends to the neighboring districts of Rhein-Sieg, Ahrweiler and Neuwied Neuwied (, ) is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the Neuwied (district), District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt .... It is published daily, except Sundays. In the fourth quarter of 2020, the ''General-Anzeiger'' recorded average daily circulation figures of 58,837. References External links ''General-Anzeiger''website German-language newspapers Mass media in Bonn Daily newspapers published in Germany Newspapers established in 1888 {{Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Satzinger
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Schloss Türnich
Schloss Türnich is a schloss located in , now part of Kerpen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The present main building was built from 1757 to 1766 in Baroque style, with an adjacent English landscape park. It has belonged to the Hoensbroech family since 1850. A richly decorated chapel was added in 1895. The building was closed in 1979 because of structural damage caused by groundwater-related subsidence and has since then been restored. Its spacious park with a cafe is open to the public. History Türnich had a medieval moated castle, mentioned in 898. It was one of a chain of castles in the border region between the Duchy of Jülich and the Electorate of Cologne. It was first a possession of Essen Abbey but then became a possession of the Duke of Jülich, who lent it to House of Haas. Possession of the castle then passed into the joint custody of the Houses of and Rolshausen until the latter became the castle's sole owners in 1707. In 1757, Carl Ludwig Anton von Rolshau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boeselager Hof
The Boeselager (or Böselager) family is an old German noble family that originated from Magdeburg. History The members of this noble house whose line begins with one Squire ''Boeselager'' of by Magdeburgon first appearing in the documents on April 12, 1363. The first fully documented member is ''Henning von Boeselager'' holding a knight's fief in Wolmirsleben from April 12, 1466. By decree of the Royal Prussian throne, members of the ''Heesen'' Line entered the ranks of the barons on December 20, 1823; the members of the '' Eggermühlen'' branch were thereafter styled "barons" according to customary law. Notable members are active in the Order of Malta, amongst them Grand Chancellor, Albrecht von Boeselager and Csilla von Boeselager. Notable members * (1608–1668), Diplomat * Georg Freiherr von Boeselager (1915–1944), German officer, member of the 20 July Plot against Hitler * Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager (1917–2008), German officer, member of the 20 July P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poppelsdorf Palace
Poppelsdorf Palace (German: ''Poppelsdorfer Schloss'') is a Baroque building in the Poppelsdorf district of Bonn, western Germany, which is now part of the University of Bonn. Design and construction The design of a new structure to replace the old ruined castle of Poppelsdorf commenced in 1715 at the request of the owner, Joseph Clemens, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, who engaged the French architect Robert de Cotte. Clemens wanted a ''maison de plaisance'' that would be near his remodeled Bonn Palace to the north. There was to be a canal between the two, following the example of the Palace of Versailles and the Trianon de Marbre.Neuman 1994, pp. 83–86. De Cotte himself never travelled to Bonn to inspect the site, and on 24 May 1715 Clemens wrote to him: "I received your project for my Maison de Poppelsdorf, which pleased me infinitely, and I know nothing more beautiful or better conceived, but we are now obliged to consider the site on which it must be built." No drawin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schloss Arff
Schloss Arff is a former water castle in the locality of Roggendorf/Thenhoven which belongs to Cologne. It is located 20 km northwest of Cologne city centre and directly on the border with the city of Dormagen in the Rhine district of Neuss. History A first documentary mention of the Knights van der Arffe, the namesake of the castle, occurred in 1366. Albrecht von Baexen acquired the estate in 1572 through marriage to Catharina von der Arff. However, in the Cologne War from 1583 to 1586, the previous building was destroyed. In 1750, Adam von Blittersdorf sold the estate to the von Buschmann family, who then arranged for the construction of the present castle within five years from 1750 to 1755. The architect was most likely the Frenchman Michael Leveilly. In 1803, the castle came to the family. After the death of Christoph Freiherr von Geyr zu Schweppenburg, his heirs sold the castle in 2015 to his niece Caroline and her husband Friedhelm von , who also run the leisure pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Blondel
François Blondel (; June 1618 – 21 January 1686) was a soldier, engineer of fortifications, mathematician, diplomat, military and civil engineer and architect, called "the Great Blondel", to distinguish him in a dynasty of Architecture in France, French architects. He is remembered for his ''Cours d'architecture'' which remained a central text for over a century. His precepts placed him in opposition with Claude Perrault in the larger culture war known under the heading ''Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns, Querelle des anciens et des modernes''. If François Blondel was not the most highly reputed among the ''académiciens'' of his day, his were the writings that most generally circulated among the general public, the ''Cours de Mathématiques'', the ''Art de jetter les Bombes'', the ''Nouvelle manière de fortifier les places'' and, above all his '' Cours d'Architecture''. Early life Born Nicolas-François Blondel at Ribemont in the Picardy region of France, he was bap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
