Charles-Henri Petersen Explained

Charles-Henri Petersen, born Carl Heinrich Petersen (1792-1859), was a German paysagist architect from Altenburg, Saxe. Around 1820, he moved to Belgium,^[1] where many of his works still exist. The importance of his interventions in parks and gardens, at the time of the nascent Belgium, made him a defender of "English-style" gardens and a pioneer in the design of monumental greenhouses with a European reputation, starting with the one built in the Parc de Bierbais (1828), where Petersen lived until his death on December 2, 1859.^[2]

Works

• The park around the château de Bierbais, including the ancient monumental greenhouses, nowadays known as Les Orangeries de Bierbais, 1828 (pour C.J.G. de Man de Lennick)^[3]
• Botanical Garden of Brussels, opened in 1829 (reworked bur Jean-Baptiste Meeus-Wouters)
• Hof ter Mick at Brasschaat, 1830
• The park around the château de Leut, 1830 (in English style, only partially done)
• Park of the Domaine de Mariemont, 1832
• The park around the château de Merode in Westerlo, 1834 (plans executed in 1870)

See also

• Mariemont, Belgium
• Orangeries de Bierbais

References

• (nl) Xavier Duquenne, « Drie Duitse tuinarchitecten (Charles-Henri Petersen 1792-1859, Louis Fuchs 1818-1904, Édouard Keilig 1827-1895) », in Historische woonsteden & tuinen, 2008, 1, pp. 19–22.

Notes and References

1. Nathalie De Harlez De Deulin, « Les jardins du château de Freÿr. Etude historique et documentaire », in Freÿr-sur-Meuse. Un patrimoine exceptionnel en province de Namur, éd. Jacques Toussaint, 2013, p. 676.
2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acte_de_d%C3%A9c%C3%A8s_de_Charles-Henri_Petersen.jpg Archive publique de la province de Brabant, Arrondissement de Nivelles
3. Book: Service public de Wallonie . Court-Saint-Étienne, Mont-Saint-Guibert et Ottignies - Louvain-la-Neuve . Catherine Dhem et Geneviève Rulens . 2010 . Patrimoine architectural et territoires de Wallonie . 16 . 116. 9782804700652 .