Historedia
Person

Carl Gotthard Langhans

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1788–1791

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Carl Gotthard Langhans, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Completion of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

    1788–1791

    Role: Royal architect; designer of the gate and director of the Oberhofbauamt from 1788

    1. 1734 · Berlin Customs Wall, BerlinPredecessor gate by Philipp Gerlach

      After the 1734 Berlin Customs Wall enclosed the city and its suburbs, Court Architect Philipp Gerlach built a predecessor gate on the road to Brandenburg an der Havel.

    2. 1788 · Berlin, PrussiaLanghans appointed and construction begins

      Frederick William II summoned Carl Gotthard Langhans from Breslau to Berlin, appointing him director of the Oberhofbauamt in 1788 as construction of the gate began.

    3. August 1791 · Brandenburg Gate, BerlinCompletion and opening of the Brandenburg Gate

      The Brandenburg Gate, built from 1788 to 1791 for Frederick William II from Langhans's designs, opened unceremoniously to traffic in August 1791 before construction finished.

Sources

  1. Brandenburg Gate Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-05