Christian Gottlob Langwagen

Christian Gottlob Langwagen (1752, Dresden – 13 August 1805, Braunschweig) was a German architect who served as a Master Builder for the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg).

Duke Charles William Ferdinand called him to the Royal Seat in 1777 and appointed him Court Architect.

He was also the first Chief Civil Engineer in the Duchy; serving until 1803, when he retired and was succeeded by Peter Joseph Krahe.

From 1786 to 1788, he built a palace for Johann Conrad Riedesel zu Eisenbach [de], which became a hotel in 1884 and was largely destroyed in World War II.

[3] The Lange Brücke [de] (Long Bridge, 1788 to 1791), in south Braunschweig, was demolished in 1879 during work on a canal.