Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves
Encyclopedia
Uslar
Uslar is a town and a municipality in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, in the south-western part of the district of Northeim, and in the south of the hills of Solling forest which are part of the Weser Uplands.Uslar is located on the German Framework Road....
, Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
, he lived and worked most time in the city of Hanover
Hanover
Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
and also died there. Being the leading architect (since 1852 Oberhofbaudirektor, "court master builder") of the Kingdom of Hanover
Kingdom of Hanover
The Kingdom of Hanover was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era. It succeeded the former Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg , and joined with 38 other sovereign states in the German...
, he has had great influence on the urban development of this town. Laves was, beside Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Karl Friedrich Schinkel was a Prussian architect, city planner, and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the most prominent architects of Germany and designed both neoclassical and neogothic buildings.-Biography:Schinkel was born in Neuruppin, Margraviate of...
in Prussia and Leo von Klenze
Leo von Klenze
Leo von Klenze was a German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer...
in Bavaria, one of the most renowned neoclassical style
Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...
architects of Germany. As an engineer he developed a special bridge construction principle with a typical fish belly design, the so called "Lavesbrücke". Laves has found his last resting place at Engesohde Cemetery (Engesohder Friedhof) in Hanover.
Among his most important works are:
- Fully re-built of the LeineschlossLeineschlossThe Leineschloss , situated on the Leine in Hanover, Germany, is the former residence of the Hanoverian kings and the current seat of the Landtag of Lower Saxony....
(LeineLeineThe Leine is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Aller river and 281 km in length.The river's source is located close to the town of Leinefelde in Thuringia...
Palace or Leine Castle), between 1816 and 1844 (badly damaged in World War II and again re-built by Dieter OesterlenDieter OesterlenDieter Oesterlen was German architect. He re-built the Leineschloss, the Marktkirche, and the opera house all in Hanover after the destruction of World War II....
between 1957 and 1962). - Hanover Opera House, home base of Staatsoper HannoverStaatsoper HannoverStaatsoper Hannover is an opera house and opera company in Hanover. It is one of the leading opera companies in Germany.During the course of its season from September to June, Staatsoper Hannover mounts productions of a variety of operas from the standard operatic repertoire as well as 20th century...
, built between 1845 and 1852 (badly damaged in World War II and re-built in 1948). - Wangenheim palace for Count Georg von Wangenheim, built between 1829 and 1832.
- Facade of Herrenhausen Castle (Schloss Herrenhausen) in neoclassical style, about 1820/21 (destroyed in World War II)
- Palmenhaus ("Palm-house"), a conservatory, built between 1846 and 1849. The building housed the most valuable and extensive collection of palms in all of Europe. It was located in the Berggarten, but is destroyed.
- Mausoleum for king Ernest Augustus I of HanoverErnest Augustus I of HanoverErnest Augustus I was King of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until his death. He was the fifth son and eighth child of George III, who reigned in both the United Kingdom and Hanover...
and his wife Frederica of Mecklenburg-StrelitzFrederica of Mecklenburg-StrelitzFrederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , Duchess of Cumberland and later Queen of Hanover , was the consort of Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, the fifth son and eighth child of George III and Queen Charlotte.She was born in the Altes Palais of Hanover as the fifth...
in the garden of the Chapel at Schloss Herrenhausen (the mausoleum today is situated in the Berggarten, part of the Herrenhausen GardensHerrenhausen GardensThe Herrenhausen Gardens , located in Lower Saxony's capital of Hanover are made up of the Great Garden , the Berggarten, the Georgengarten and the Welfengarten. The gardens are a heritage of the Kings of Hanover.The Great Garden has always been one of the most distinguished baroque formal gardens...
), built between 1842 an 1847. - Waterloo Place with Waterloo Column, built between 1826 and 1832.
- Some structures designed or remodeled in the landscape garden around the Derneburg Castle near Hildesheim, owned by Count Ernst zu MünsterErnst zu MünsterCount Ernst Friedrich Herbert zu Münster was a German statesman, politician and minister in the service of the House of Hanover....