Oluf van Steenwinckel
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Oluf van Steenwinckel (died 1659) was a Danish building master and engineer, probably the son of Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger.
Biography[]
In the 1640s he worked at Nykøbing Castle among other places and from 1651 to 52 he was Copenhagen's first City Surveyor (Danish: Stadskonduktør), involved in the cedestral registration and parcelling of Frederick III's New Copenhagen. In June 1659, during the Northern Wars, he participated in a failed attempt to recapture Kronborg Castle and was executed by the Swedish.[1]
Legacy[]
A monument to Steenwinckel, Hans Lassen, Lorenz Tuxen and Henrik Gerner was later erected in the Jægersåris Memorial Park.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Oluf van Steenwinckel" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
Categories:
- 1659 deaths
- Surveyors
- Executed Danish people
- 17th-century executions by Sweden
- Danish people of Belgian descent
- Danish people stubs