Wilhelm Knechtel

Wilhelm Knechtel

Wilhelm Knechtel ( _es. Guillermo Knechtel; August 13, 1837, Pihl–October 22, 1924, Bucharest) was an ethnic German Austrian-Romanian gardener and botanist.

Biography

Born in the Czech lands, around Nový Bor, Knechtel worked in Prague, then entered into the service of Archduke Maximilian in 1860 at Miramare Castle in Trieste, Italy. When the Archduke was crowned emperor of Mexico, Wilhelm accompanied him and designed various gardens in Mexico City, including the roof garden in Chapultepec Castle.

After Maximilian's incarceration in June 1867, he briefly served in Lacroma (a small island in the Adriatic Sea), before going into the service of "Domnitor", later King Carol I of Romania, as Director of Gardens and Professor of Botany at the Bucharest School of Agriculture. He was knighted "Cavaler al Ordinului Coroanei României" (Knight of the Order of the Romanian Crown) by Carol I of Romania on January 17, 1883.

Besides his botanical work, Knechtel was also a professor of German, Czech, Latin, Italian, Spanish and Romanian.

He was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Bucharest.

Bibliography

*"Handschriftliche Aufzeichnungen meiner persönlichen Eindrücke und Erlebnisse in Mexiko in den Jahren 1864-1867 / Memorias del jardinero de Maximiliano de México" ("Written notes of my personal impressions and experiences in Mexico in the years between 1864-1867 / Memoires of the gardener to Maximilian of Mexico"). Translation by Susanne Igler, Prologue by Amparo Gómez Tepexicuapan, Edition by Jean-Gerard Sidaner. To be published in Mexico City by The National Museum of History, Castillo de Chapultepec, Mexico (2000/2001). German original published in approx. 1905 by Karl Bellmann (Prague).
*Gómez Tepexicuapan, Amparo: „Los jardines de Chapultepec en el siglo XIX“. in: "Arqueología mexicana" Vol. x, 57 (Sept.-Oct. 2002). S. 48-53. [http://www.revivechapultepec.org.mx/chapultepec_esp/pdf/doc_08.pdf]
*Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. "Traducción al español del jardinero de Maximiliano". in: "La Cultura, Sala de Prensa". 15.01.2001. [http://www.cnca.gob.mx/cnca/nuevo/2001/diarias/ene/150101/alcazar.html]
*Igler, Susanne. "'México es el México que yo invento' -La percepción europea de México en la época de la Intervención Francesa: las "Memorias manuscritas" del jardinero imperial Wilhelm Knechtel". ("Actas del III Congreso Internacional Alexander von Humboldt"). [ [http://www.gaviero.de/PUB_IGLER.htm Susanne Igler - Publikationen ] at www.gaviero.de]

Notes

External links

* [http://knegtel.fortunecity.com/engels/pafg126.htm "Descendants of the Family Knechtel"]


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