Carl Scheppig Explained

Carl Friedrich Adolph Scheppig (18 January 1803 in Berlin, † 22 February 1885 in Sondershausen) was a key architect of the late Neoclassicism in Germany and major student of the Berlin architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

He worked successfully mainly in Berlin and Sondershausen.

Some Works

• Building repair at the German Cathedral and French Cathedral in Berlin
• Construction manager in revamping the palace of Prince Karl of Prussia in Berlin
• Construction manager for the remodeling of the Jerusalem's Church in Berlin
• Transformation of the residential palace in Sondershausen
• Construction of the district court, the prison and the stables of Sondershausen

Sources

• Apfelstedt, F. Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Fürstenthums Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Erstes Heft: Die Unterherrschaft, 1886
• Kulturamt der Stadt Sondershausen. Persönlichkeiten in Sondershausen, 1993