Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff

Architect

1736 – 1800

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Who was Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff?

Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Erdmannsdorff was a German architect and architectural theoretician, and one of the most significant representatives of early German Neoclassicism. His work included Wörlitz House in Wörlitzer Park near Dessau, one of the earliest classical houses on the European continent. His most well-known student was Friedrich Gilly, the teacher of Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

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Born
May 18, 1736
Dresden
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Lived in
  • Dessau
Died
Mar 9, 1800
Dessau

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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