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Name
  
C. von

Role
  
Architect

Structures
  
Central Pori Church


C. J. von Heideken

Died
  
March 27, 1888, Turku, Finland

Carl Johan von Heideken (23 August 1832 Stockholm, Sweden – 27 March 1888 Turku, Finland) was a Swedish architect who made his career in Finland.

C. J. von Heideken C J von Heideken Wikipedia

He worked as the city architect of Pori from 1853 to 1853 after he moved to Helsinki and lived there for seven years. In 1865 he was selected the city architect of Turku and since 1868 he worked as the architect of Turku and Pori Province. Heideken had a strong influence in rebuilding the city of Pori after the great fire of 1852.

Selected works

  • Hotel Otava (1857)
  • Pori Weigh House (Pori Art Museum, 1860)
  • Central Pori Church (1863)
  • German Church of Helsinki (1864)
  • Kauvatsa Church, Kokemäki (1870)
  • Sippola Church, Kouvola (1879)

    • References

    C. J. von Heideken Wikipedia
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