Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff was a painter and architect in Prussia.
Officer, architect and painter Georg Wenzeslaus Baron von Knobelsdorff, 1737 (by Antoine Pesne, 1738)
Design for the Apollo Temple in Neuruppin
View of Rheinsberg 1737, excerpt from a Knobelsdorff painting
Rheinsberg Castle around 1740, excerpt from an engraving
St. Hedwig's Cathedral
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St. Hedwig's Cathedral is the Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Berlin on Bebelplatz in the historic centre of Berlin. Dedicated in honor of Hedwig of Silesia, it was erected from 1747 to 1773
Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff
…became evident and the original plans moved into the background. Construction of the opera house moved in another direction. In 1747 work began on St. Hedwig's Cathedral, in 1748 on the Prince Heinrich Palace, and between 1775 and 1786 the Royal Library was erected. The final square bore little resemblance to the original…
St. Hedwig's Cathedral in 2018
Opernplatz with undone church before 1886
Drawing of the cathedral by Joseph Maximilian Kolb, 1850
Cathedral in 1886