Heinrich Scheel
Heinrich Karl Scheel was a baltic German architect who lived and worked in Riga. He is considered one of the greatest 19th century Riga architects and has designed more thanpublic and private buildings there.
Heinrich Scheel is bornMay 1829 in Hamburg. In 1847, he started studies in St.Petersburg Academy of Arts. After graduation in 1851 he became assistant of the architect and academy professor Ludwig Bohnstedt. In 1853, Scheel supervised construction of Riga Great guild building . From 1860 to 1862 he, together with F.Hess, supervised construction of Riga First Theater In 1862 Scheel became lecturer in St. Peterburg Academy of arts although his main workplace was Riga.
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