Background
Gustav Langenscheidt was the son of Johann Ludwig Langenscheidt, a decorator, and his wife Sophie Caroline Schwartze.
Gustav Langenscheidt was the son of Johann Ludwig Langenscheidt, a decorator, and his wife Sophie Caroline Schwartze.
After graduating from high school in 1850 Langenscheidt started a commercial apprenticeship, which he completed in two years. During his time in the military Langenscheidt extensively studied the different ways of learning the French language.
Between 1851 and the spring of 1853 Langenscheidt traveled to almost all the neighboring countries of Germany and covered around 7000 kilometers on foot and by stagecoach. After returning to Germany he joined the army in summer of 1853. Gustav Langenscheidt died on November 11, 1895, at the age of nearly 63 years.
He was first buried in the old Saint Matthew"s Cemetery in Schöneberg, and then in his final resting place in the family grave in West Stahnsdorf in 1935.
The family"s mausoleum is in Department Doctorate of the cemetery.