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[[File:К. И. Эшлиман (1808-1893) Архитектор Южного берега Крыма.jpg|thumb|Karl Eduard Aeschlimann (1808-1893)]]
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'''Karl Eduard Aeschlimann''' (17 February 1808 in [[Burgdorf, Switzerland|Burgdorf]] – 4 April 1893 in [[Yalta]]) was a Swiss architect. He was a court architect of the Russian royal family.
Aeschlimann was a son of the potter Johann Heinrich Aeschlimann and his wife Marie. He attended the Burgerschulen in [[Burgdorf, Switzerland|Burgdorf]] and the [[Académie des Beaux-Arts]] in Paris, and worked as assistant to architects in the city of [[Bern]]. In 1828, he traveled to the [[Black Sea]] and ended up in [[Crimea]].<ref name="SchweizArchivare1998">{{cite book|author1=Allgemeine Geschichtforschende Gesellschaft der Schweiz|author2=Vereinigung Schweizerischer Archivare|title=Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Geschichte|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9JBmAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=13 December 2011|year=1998|publisher=Leemann|page=305}}</ref> He was a traveling companion of the Spanish Count [[Orlando de la Blanca]]. Between about 1830 to 1860 he worked as court architect of the Russian royal family on the south coast of Crimea, especially in the district of [[Greater Yalta]]. For this area, he created a general plan and designed a number of private and public buildings, including the first hotel of Yalta. Aeshlimann was involved in construction of the castle in [[Alupka]] for the [[Vorontsov]] family.
Aeschlimann married Elisa Maurer, a daughter of Johann Jakob Maurer-Fischer of [[Schaffhausen]], in [[Simferopol]] in 1836 and was knighted in 1850.
== Literature ==
* Helena A. Aeschlimann: ''Die Burgdorfer Familie Aeschlimann in Russland.'' In: Burgdorfer Jahrbuch, 60 (1993), S. 59–89.
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