Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell (13 September 1750, Weilburg – 24 February 1823) was a German landscape gardener from Weilburg an der Lahn.Sckell was trained in the Court Market Garden in Schwetzingen near Mannheim and worked after his apprenticeship in Bruchsal, Paris, and Versailles. From 1773 to 1777, he was in England busying himself with English-style gardening. Upon his return, Sckell redesigned the gardens of Schönbusch Park in Aschaffenburg for the Prince-Electors of Mainz and Archbishop Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal in the English style, as well as those of Schöntal Park. Afterwards he responsible for the beginning of the Schwetzinger Gardens as a scenic park, and along with Benjamin Thompson, was commissioned in 1789 to begin the Englischer Garten in Munich.In the time following the Englischer Garten, Sckell spent a short time in service of the rulers of Baden, before he was called back in 1803 to Munich, where, as the Director of Royal Gardens, he completed the Englischer Garten. He then transformed the regular garden of Nymphenburg Park into a more scenic arrangement.As a landscape gardener, Sckell was also responsible for beginning the castle gardens at Biebrich and Oppenweiler, and possibly those at Dirmstein as well.He is deemed to be the founder of the English gardens, which he introduced to the German experts with his writings on garden design. His manner with grouping and plants is still used to an extent in German landscaping today.In 1808, Sckell received the title Knight of Sckell. He died in 1823 in Munich as a Court Garden Director. A monument in the Englischer Garten was erected in his honor. He is buried in the Alter Südfriedhof in Munich.. }
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- Friedrich_Ludwig_von_Sckell abstract "Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell (13 September 1750, Weilburg – 24 February 1823) was a German landscape gardener from Weilburg an der Lahn.Sckell was trained in the Court Market Garden in Schwetzingen near Mannheim and worked after his apprenticeship in Bruchsal, Paris, and Versailles. From 1773 to 1777, he was in England busying himself with English-style gardening. Upon his return, Sckell redesigned the gardens of Schönbusch Park in Aschaffenburg for the Prince-Electors of Mainz and Archbishop Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal in the English style, as well as those of Schöntal Park. Afterwards he responsible for the beginning of the Schwetzinger Gardens as a scenic park, and along with Benjamin Thompson, was commissioned in 1789 to begin the Englischer Garten in Munich.In the time following the Englischer Garten, Sckell spent a short time in service of the rulers of Baden, before he was called back in 1803 to Munich, where, as the Director of Royal Gardens, he completed the Englischer Garten. He then transformed the regular garden of Nymphenburg Park into a more scenic arrangement.As a landscape gardener, Sckell was also responsible for beginning the castle gardens at Biebrich and Oppenweiler, and possibly those at Dirmstein as well.He is deemed to be the founder of the English gardens, which he introduced to the German experts with his writings on garden design. His manner with grouping and plants is still used to an extent in German landscaping today.In 1808, Sckell received the title Knight of Sckell. He died in 1823 in Munich as a Court Garden Director. A monument in the Englischer Garten was erected in his honor. He is buried in the Alter Südfriedhof in Munich.".