Heinrich Scheel
{{Short description|Baltic-German architect (1829–1909)}}
{{about|the German architect|the German historian|Heinrich Scheel (historian)}}
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| birth_name = Heinrich Karl Scheel
| birth_date = {{birth date|1829|05|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Hamburg, Germany
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1909|04|13|1829|05|17|df=yes}}
| death_place = Riga, Latvia
| nationality = Baltic German
| field = Architecture
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| movement = Eclecticism, Art Nouveau
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| education = St.Petersburg Academy of Arts
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Heinrich Karl Scheel ({{langx|lv|Heinrihs Kārlis Šēls}}; 17 May 1829 – 13 April 1909) was a Baltic German architect who lived and worked in Riga, Latvia. He is considered one of the greatest 19th century Riga architects and designed more than 40 public and private buildings there.
Biography
Heinrich Scheel was born 17 May 1829 in Hamburg. In 1847, he started studies at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. After graduation in 1851 he became assistant of the architect and academy professor Ludwig Bohnstedt. In 1853, Scheel supervised the construction of the Riga Great Guild building (architect K. Beine). From 1860 to 1862 he, together with F. Hess, supervised the construction of the First Riga German Theater (architect Ludwig Bohnstedt).{{Cite web|url=http://www.jugendstils.riga.lv/JugendstilsRiga//ssels/|title=Rīgas Jūgendstila Centrs}} In 1862 Scheel became lecturer at the St. Peterburg Academy of Arts although his main workplace was Riga.
In the second half of the 19th century, Heinrich Scheel designed buildings in Riga, Ventspils and also Estonia. He also restored many rooms at the Jelgava Palace. In 1899 he, together with Friedrich Scheefel, created their own building office Scheel&Scheefel which became one of the pioneers of Art Nouveau architecture in Riga.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jugendstils.riga.lv/JugendstilsRiga//ssels/|title=Rīgas Jūgendstila Centrs}}
Heinrich Scheel died on 13 April 1909 in Riga and is buried at the Riga Great Cemetery.
Architecture
Heinrich Scheel mostly worked in Eclectic styles. Most buildings are designed in Neo-Renaissance forms, but he also used Neo-Gothic or mixture of them both. In the beginning of the 20th century he was one of the first architects who started to work in Art Nouveau style.
Gallery
File:Deutsche Botschaft Riga.jpg|Building on Raiņa Blvd. in Riga. Today Embassy of Germany.
File:Smilšu iela 8 a.JPG|The building Smilšu Street 8a in Old Riga, built in 1902. Today Embassy of Slovakia.
File:Dome square in Riga - old building.jpg|Bank on the Dome Square, Riga. Built in 1887
File:Nometņu iela 45-3.JPG|The building Nometņu Street 45, Riga, built around 1903. Together with F. Scheefel.
File:RigaTerbatas86.jpg|Building on Tērbatas street 86 (together with F. Scheefel), Riga. (1900).
File:Schellhorn - Kapelle Sophienhof - S.JPG|{{ill|Kapelle Sophienhof|de}} in Schellhorn, Germany.
References
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Category:Baltic-German people from the Russian Empire
Category:Architects from Hamburg