Christian Gottlob Langwagen

Christian Gottlob Langwagen (1752, Dresden13 August 1805, Braunschweig) was a German architect who served as a Master Builder for the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg).

Life and work He was originally a stonecutter, presumably from a poor background. Sometime in the 1770s, he was able to study copper engraving at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. There, he developed an interest in architecture and became a student of the Court Architect, Friedrich August Krubsacius.

Duke Charles William Ferdinand called him to the Royal Seat in 1777 and appointed him Court Architect. Later, he went on study trips to Berlin, Hamburg, and throughout rural Germany. He was also the first Chief Civil Engineer in the Duchy; serving until 1803, when he retired and was succeeded by Peter Joseph Krahe.

Most of the buildings he worked on personally have been demolished or destroyed. From 1786 to 1788, he built a palace for , which became a hotel in 1884 and was largely destroyed in World War II. In 1789, he designed the new interior of the , but most of his work was removed in 1868. The (Long Bridge, 1788 to 1791), in south Braunschweig, was demolished in 1879 during work on a canal.

Two outbuildings from the 1780s, at Schloss Richmond, have been preserved. At the , his portico was incorporated into the new District Court. Outside of Braunschweig, he created several schools, townhouses and industrial buildings, which have largely not survived. Most of the in Fallersleben is original.