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Schick was chosen to design [[Mea Shearim]], one of the first neighborhoods in Jerusalem built outside the walls of the [[Old City]]. Schick is chiefly remembered for his fifty years of archaeological investigations of Jerusalem and its surroundings. He worked for many years for the [[Palestine Exploration Fund]], publishing frequently in the Fund's journal. <ref>Measuring Jerusalem: the Palestine Exploration Fund and British interests in the Holy Land, John James Moscrop, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000, p. 101</ref>In 1872, Schick was permitted to conduct research on the [[Temple Mount]], which was generally off limits to foreigners. The wooden model he built was exhibited in the Turkish pavilion at the [[Vienna World Exposition]] of 1873 and later sold to a museum in Switzerland.<ref>[http://www.holidayinisrael.com/ViewPage.asp?lid=1&pid=374 Life of Conrad Schick]</ref>In 1887, Schick designed the Hansen Government Hospital for Lepers, a landmark building that can still be seen today near the [[Jerusalem Theater]].<ref>[http://www.holidayinisrael.com/ViewPage.asp?lid=1&pid=374 Life of Conrad Schick]</ref> |
Schick was chosen to design [[Mea Shearim]], one of the first neighborhoods in Jerusalem built outside the walls of the [[Old City]]. Schick is chiefly remembered for his fifty years of archaeological investigations of Jerusalem and its surroundings. He worked for many years for the [[Palestine Exploration Fund]], publishing frequently in the Fund's journal. <ref>Measuring Jerusalem: the Palestine Exploration Fund and British interests in the Holy Land, John James Moscrop, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000, p. 101</ref>In 1872, Schick was permitted to conduct research on the [[Temple Mount]], which was generally off limits to foreigners. The wooden model he built was exhibited in the Turkish pavilion at the [[Vienna World Exposition]] of 1873 and later sold to a museum in Switzerland.<ref>[http://www.holidayinisrael.com/ViewPage.asp?lid=1&pid=374 Life of Conrad Schick]</ref>In 1887, Schick designed the Hansen Government Hospital for Lepers, a landmark building that can still be seen today near the [[Jerusalem Theater]].<ref>[http://www.holidayinisrael.com/ViewPage.asp?lid=1&pid=374 Life of Conrad Schick]</ref>Other buildings designed by Schick are St. Paul's Anglican Chapel and the Deaconess Hospital (today a wing of [[Bikur Holim Hospital]] on Hanivi'im Street.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2000/1/Focus%20on%20Israel-%20Jerusalem%20-%20Christian%20Architectur Christian architecture in Jerusalem]</ref> |
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==Biblical models== |
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Revision as of 14:27, 11 June 2009
Conrad Schick (1822-1901) was a German architect, archaeologist and Protestant missionary who settled in Jerusalem in the late nineteenth century. [1]
Biography
Conrad Schick was born in Bitz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. At the age of 24, after completing his studies in Basel, he settled in Palestine. [2]
The house that Schick built for his family, Tabor House, or Beit Tabor, on Jerusalem's Hanevi'im Street, is still standing.[3]The name of the house is based on a verse from Psalms (89:12): "The north and the south, Thou has created them; Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in Thy name." The facade is decorated with carvings of palm leaves and the Greek letters Alpha and Omega, symbolizing the beginning and the end. [4]
When Schick died in Jerusalem in 1901, he was mourned by Jews, Moslems and Christians alike. He was buried in the Protestant cemetery on Mount Zion.[5]The house was bought in 1951 by Swedish Protestants, and now houses Swedish Theological Seminary for religious instruction and Land of Israel studies.[6]
Architecture and archaeology
Schick was chosen to design Mea Shearim, one of the first neighborhoods in Jerusalem built outside the walls of the Old City. Schick is chiefly remembered for his fifty years of archaeological investigations of Jerusalem and its surroundings. He worked for many years for the Palestine Exploration Fund, publishing frequently in the Fund's journal. [7]In 1872, Schick was permitted to conduct research on the Temple Mount, which was generally off limits to foreigners. The wooden model he built was exhibited in the Turkish pavilion at the Vienna World Exposition of 1873 and later sold to a museum in Switzerland.[8]In 1887, Schick designed the Hansen Government Hospital for Lepers, a landmark building that can still be seen today near the Jerusalem Theater.[9]Other buildings designed by Schick are St. Paul's Anglican Chapel and the Deaconess Hospital (today a wing of Bikur Holim Hospital on Hanivi'im Street.[10]
Biblical models
Schick constructed a notable series of Replicas of the Jewish Temple. His replica of the biblical Tabernacle was visited in Jerusalem by several crowned heads of state, toured the United Kingdom, and exhibited at the 1873 Vienna World's Fair. It was purchased by the King of Wurttemberg, who awarded Schick a knighthood in recognition of his work. Schick built a replica of the Temple Mount and Dome of the Rock for the Ottoman Sultan. His final model, in four sections, each representing the Temple Mount as it appeared in a particular era, was exhibited at the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904.[11]
Commemoration
The Conrad Schick Library in the Old City of Jerusalem is named for him.[12]
References
- ^ British mission to the Jews in nineteenth-century Palestine By Yaron Perry, Routledge, 2003, p. 110
- ^ Remembering Conrad Schick
- ^ Rehov Hanevi'im - Around the houses, Jerusalem Post
- ^ Jerusalem architecture
- ^ British mission to the Jews in nineteenth-century Palestine, Yaron Perry, Routledge, 2003, p. 110
- ^ Jerusalem architecture
- ^ Measuring Jerusalem: the Palestine Exploration Fund and British interests in the Holy Land, John James Moscrop, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000, p. 101
- ^ Life of Conrad Schick
- ^ Life of Conrad Schick
- ^ Christian architecture in Jerusalem
- ^ Simon Goldhill, The Temple of Jerusalem, Harvard University Press, 129
- ^ Rare books library