Friedrich Ludwig Persius
Friedrich Ludwig Persius was a Prussian architect, born in Potsdam on 15 February 1803. He trained under the renowned Karl Friedrich Schinkel and became one of his most prominent students. In the first half of the nineteenth century, he played a major part in shaping how Potsdam looks.
He assisted Schinkel on key structures such as Charlottenhof Palace and the Roman Baths in Sanssouci Park. A work of his own stands out: the Heilandskirche, the Church of the Redeemer at Sacrow. Designed in the Italianate style, it carries a detached campanile and stands on an artificial terrace. An open arcade runs around it, and the walls answer with delicate patterning in variegated brick, a striking contrast. Persius also had a hand in the Great Fountain and the Church of Peace. On the Ruinenberg, opposite Sanssouci Palace, he likewise helped create the Orangery and its Observation Tower.
Persius died in Potsdam on 12 July 1845, and his influence still shows in the city's historic buildings today. Of them all, the Heilandskirche leaves the strongest impression. Rising from its terrace, it has the look of a ship in the water.
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