Christian Gottlob Langwagen (1752, Dresden13 August 1805, Braunschweig) was a German architect who served as a Master Builder for the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg).Stadtchronik Braunschweig
Life and work He was originally a stonecutter, presumably from a poor background. Sometime in the 1770s, he was able to study copper engraving at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. There, he developed an interest in architecture and became a student of the Court Architect, Friedrich August Krubsacius.
Duke Charles William Ferdinand called him to the Royal Seat in 1777 and appointed him Court Architect.Peter Bessin: Der Regent als Architekt. Schloß Richmond und die Lustschloßbauten Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttels zwischen 1680 und 1780 als Paradigma fürstlicher Selbstdarstellung. Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, (Rekonstruktion der Künste. Band 5), S. 239 Later, he went on study trips to Berlin, Hamburg, and throughout rural Germany. He was also the first Chief Civil Engineer in the Duchy; serving until 1803, when he retired and was succeeded by Peter Joseph Krahe.
Most of the buildings he worked on personally have been demolished or destroyed. From 1786 to 1788, he built a palace for , which became a hotel in 1884 and was largely destroyed in World War II. In 1789, he designed the new interior of the , but most of his work was removed in 1868.Die Geschichte des Braunschweiger Schlosses. @ Braunschweig.de The (Long Bridge, 1788 to 1791), in south Braunschweig, was demolished in 1879 during work on a canal.
Two outbuildings from the 1780s, at Schloss Richmond, have been preserved.Schloss Richmond. @ Braunschweig.de At the , his portico was incorporated into the new District Court. Outside of Braunschweig, he created several schools, townhouses and industrial buildings, which have largely not survived. Most of the in Fallersleben is original.Nicole Froberg, Ulrich Knufinke, Susanne Kreykenboom: Wolfsburg. Der Architekturführer. Braun Publishing, Berlin 2011, , pg. 23.
References
Further reading Norman-Mathias Pingel: "Langwagen, Christian Gottlob". In: Luitgard Camerer, Manfred Garzmann, Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (Eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon. Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, , pg.141. Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Günter Scheel (Eds.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon – 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, , pg.370. Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Gerhard Schildt (Eds.): Die Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte. Jahrtausendrückblick einer Region. 2nd edition. Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2001,
External links
Langwagen, Christian Gottlieb 1753–1805. or Langwagen, Christian Gottlieb. @ WorldCat Landschaftsgebäude, Braunschweig, An der Martinikirche 8, von Christian Gottlieb Langwagen. @ Bildindex