Carl Alexander Heideloff (2 February 1789 – 28 September 1865), also known as Karl Alexander von Heideloff, was a

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, and master builder of

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. He is also known for his restoration of buildings and monuments.

Life

Born in

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, he was son of the

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Victor Peter Heideloff. Heideloff initially studied at the Stuttgart Academy of Arts, then spent five years working as an architect in

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. In 1818 he was appointed as the city architect for Nuremberg, and in 1822 he became a professor of architecture at the polytechnic school there, a post he held until 1854. During this time he was also chosen as conservator of artistic monuments. Heideloff principally worked in the

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of architecture, and the buildings restored and erected by him at Nuremberg and in its neighborhood attest to both his original skill and his purity of taste. He also achieved some success as a painter of

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s. Heideloff died at Hassfurt in 1865.

Noted work

* Restoration of

Nuremberg Castle Nuremberg Castle () is a group of medieval fortified buildings on a sandstone ridge dominating the historical center of Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany. The castle, together with the City walls of Nuremberg, city walls, is considered to be one ...

, 1834–35 * Restoration of Coburg Village, 1838–1844 * Lichtenstein Castle, 1840 * Reinhardsbrunn Castle * The Hall of the Knights in the fortress at Coburg * Landsberg castle * The mortuary chapel in

Meiningen Meiningen () is a town in the southern part of the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in the region of Franconia and has a population of around 26,000 (2024).

* Rosenburg Castle near

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

* The chapel of Rheinstein Castle * Catholic church in

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

* Restoration of

Bamberg Cathedral Bamberg Cathedral (, official name Bamberger Dom St. Peter und St. Georg) is a church in Bamberg, Germany, completed in the 13th century. The cathedral is under the administration of the Archdiocese of Bamberg and is the seat of Archbishop of ...

* Restoration of the Knights Chapel (Ritter Kapelle) at Hassfurt * Restoration of the St. Aegidien Church at

Oschatz Oschatz () is a town in the district Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is located 60 km east of Leipzig and 60 km west of Dresden. Geography Site and climate Oschatz lies in the Saxon Lowland and is located on the river Döllnit ...

, 1846-1849

Literary work

*''Die Lehre von den Säulenordnungen'' (1827) *''Die architektonischen Glieder, deren Konstruktion, Zusammenstellung und Verzierung'' (1831) 2 volumes *''Der Kleine Vignola'' (1832) *''Nürnbergs Baudenkmäler der Vorzeit'' (1838-1843), (complete edition 1854) - 'Nuremberg's architectural monuments of the Vorzeit' *''Die Ornamentik des Mittelalters'' (1838-1842) 24 volumes - 'The Ornamental art of the Middle Ages'

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heideloff, Carl Alexander 1789 births 1865 deaths 19th-century German architects Architects from Stuttgart 19th-century German educators