Carl Ludwig von Oesfeld, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German cartographer
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Place of Birth: Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
About Carl Ludwig von Oesfeld
- Carl Ludwig von Oesfeld (4 March 1741 – 4 November 1804) was the Royal Prussian Privy Councillor and a German cartographer. Oesfeld's father Johann Friedrich Oesfeld was a preacher in Berlin and Potsdam, and his brother Frederick William was a lawyer in Frankfurt.
- Carl Ludwig Oesfeld himself practiced the profession of a country cartographer, topographer, military writer and illustrator in the engineer corps.
- He trained the cartographer Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann in 1772.
- In 1786 he was knighted along with his brother, and in 1788 then appointed Privy Councillor.
- Oesfeld also collected maps and prints.
- His son Karl Wilhelm von Oesfeld also worked as a cartographer and topographer.
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