Friedrich von Gärtner

Friedrich von Gärtner (10 December 1791 in Koblenz – 21 April 1847 in Munich) was a German architect.

His father was also an architect, and moved in 1804 to Munich, where young Gärtner received his first education in architecture.

In 1822 Friedrich von Gärtner was appointed artistic director of the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory.

Gärtner eventually became head government surveyor of buildings and from 1842 director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.

Gärtner's Ludwigskirche in the Ludwigstrasse in Munich strongly influenced other church architecture, especially in North America.