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Martin Zeiller
Martin Zeiler (also ''Zeiller'', born 17 April 1589 in Ranten, died 6 October 1661 in Ulm) was a Baroque era German author. Zeiler's father was an exile from Upper Styria, forced to emigrate due to his protestant confession. Zeiler was schooled in Ulm, moving to Wittenberg in 1608 to study jurisprudence and history. He worked several jobs as private teacher and notary. He lived in Ulm from 1629, working as teacher and inspector at local schools. Zeiler was very productive as an author, meeting the template of the Baroque polyhistor. The Ulm city library lists 90 works authored by Zeiler. His productivity was recognized by his contemporaries; Georg Philipp Harsdörffer mentions ''Herrn Zeillers'' proverbial industriousness in one of his poems. Zeiler is best known for his contribution to Matthäus Merian's '' Topographia Germaniae'' (16 vol., 1642–1654). Works see :wikisource:de:Martin Zeiller * (Trad.) François de Rosset: ''Theatrum tragicum ... in die Teutsche Sprache ...
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Ranten
Ranten is a municipality in the district of Murau in Styria, Austria. Geography Ranten lies 11 km northwest of Murau Murau is a town in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Styria. It is the administrative seat of Murau District. Geography The historic town is located in mountainous Upper Styria in the valley of the Mur river between the Lower Ta .... References Cities and towns in Murau District {{Styria-geo-stub ...
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Matthäus Merian
Matthäus is a given name or surname. Notable people with the name include: ;Surname * Lothar Matthäus, (born 1961), German former football player and manager ;Given name * Matthäus Aurogallus, Professor of Hebrew at the University of Wittenberg * Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German master builder who helped to rebuild Dresden after the fire of 1685 * Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and archbishop of Salzburg * Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver See also * Matthias * Matthew (name) Matthew is an English language male given name. It ultimately derives from the Hebrew name "" (''Matityahu'') which means "Gift of Yahweh". Etymology The Hebrew name "" (Matityahu) was transliterated into Greek to "Ματταθίας" (''Mattat ... * St Matthew Passion by Bach {{given name, type=both ...
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1589 Births
Events January–June * War of the Three Henrys: In France, the Catholic League (French), Catholic League is in rebellion against King Henry III of France, Henry III, in revenge for his murder of Henry I, Duke of Guise in December 1588. The King makes peace with his old rival, the Huguenot Henry IV of France, Henry of Navarre, his designated successor, and together they besiege Paris. * January 26 – Patriarch Job of Moscow, Job is elected as the first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. * February 26 – Valkendorfs Kollegium is founded in Copenhagen, Denmark. * April 13 – An English Armada, led by Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Norris (soldier), John Norreys, and largely financed by private investors, sets sail to attack the Iberian Peninsula's Atlantic coast, but fails to achieve any naval advantage. July–December * August 1 – King Henry III of France is stabbed by the fanatical Dominican Order, Dominican friar Jacques Clément (who ...
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Killy Literaturlexikon
The ''Killy Literaturlexikon - Autoren und Werke des deutschsprachigen Kulturraumes'' is an author's lexicon of German language literature. The latest edition of twelve volumes was published between 2008 and September 2011 by De Gruyter. A register volume followed in 2012. The encyclopaedia, originally published by Walther Killy, was named ''Literaturlexikon. Autoren und Werke deutscher Sprache (15 volumes)''. It was published by C. Bertelsmann Verlag from 1988 to 1993. The completely revised new edition by De Gruyter is edited by . The articles contain detailed information on the life and work of the authors as well as detailed and up-to-date information on secondary literature. Due to the high price, it is mainly found in libraries. The selection of the authors is based on a broad concept of literature, so that the encyclopaedia also contains an article on Eugen Drewermann. Editions * Walther Killy (ed.): ''Literaturlexikon''. Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verlag, Gütersloh & Munich 19 ...
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Walther Killy
Walther Killy (26 August 191728 December 1995) was a German literary scholar who specialised in poetry, especially that of Friedrich Hölderlin and Georg Trakl. He taught at the Free University of Berlin, the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, as founding rector of the University of Bremen, as visiting scholar at the University of California and Harvard University, and at the University of Bern. He became known as editor of literary encyclopedias, the '' Killy Literaturlexikon'' and the ''Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie''. Life Killy was born in Bonn, the son of the lawyer . He studied German, and wrote his doctoral thesis ''Die Überlieferung der Gedichte Hölderlins'', about the tradition of poems by Friedrich Hölderlin, with Julius Petersen in 1940. Killy and his father encouraged Petersen and in Weimar to produce a historical-critical edition of Hölderlin's works, planned to appear in time for the Hölderlin anniversary year 1943. Since Hölderlin was held in ...
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Topographia Galliae
Titel Champagne ''Topographia Galliae'' (1655–1661) is a German-language series of illustrated books created by engraver Matthäus Merian and writer Martin Zeiler, and published in Frankfurt. It describes cities and towns in 17th-century France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar .... Wenceslaus Hollar also contributed to its engravings. Volumes * 1655- (13 volumes) ** via Google Books *** Contents: Paris, Île-de-Franceindex** *** Contents: Picardy provinceindex* ** ** ** *** Contents: Lyon ** ** *** Contents: Chartres, Orléans, etc.index** ** ** *** Contents: Bayonne, Bordeaux, etc.index** *** Contents: Montpelier, Toulouse, etc. ** *** Contents: Avignon, etc. ** *** Contents: Grenoble, etc. See also * Merian map of Paris References Further rea ...
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Martin Opitz
Martin Opitz von Boberfeld (23 December 1597 – 20 August 1639) was a German poet, regarded as the greatest of that nation during his lifetime. Biography Opitz was born in Bunzlau (Bolesławiec) in Lower Silesia, in the Principality of Schweidnitz-Jauer, the son of a prosperous citizen. He received his early education at the gymnasium of his native town, of which his uncle was rector, and in 1617 attended the high school—"Schönaichianum"—at Beuthen an der Oder (Bytom Odrzański), where he made a special study of French, Dutch and Italian poetry. In 1618 he entered the University of Frankfurt-on-Oder as a student of ''literae humaniores'', and in the same year published his first essay, '' Aristarchus, sive De contemptu linguae Teutonicae'', which presented the German language as suitable for poetry. In 1619 Opitz went to Heidelberg, where he became the leader of the school of young poets which at that time made that university town remarkable. Visiting Leiden in t ...
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Topographia Germaniae
''Topographia Germaniae'' (1642 – c. 1660s) is a multi-volume series of books created by engraver Matthäus Merian and writer Martin Zeiler, and published in Frankfurt in 38 parts. Engravers Wenceslaus Hollar, Caspar Merian, and Matthäus Merian Jr. also contributed illustrations. In the 1960s Bärenreiter-Verlag reproduced the work. Volumes * ** Contents: Switzerlandindex* ** Contents: Swabia, including Augsburgindex* ** Contents: Alsace, includes Strassburg, etc.index* ** Contents: Bavariaindex* ** Contents: Rhine Palatinateindex* ** Contents: Archdioceses of Mainz, Trier and Cologneindex* ** Contents: Hesse, including Frankfurt etc.index* ** Contents: Westphalia, including Aachen etc.index* ** Contents: Franconia, including Nuremberg etc.index* ** Contents: Austriaindex* ** Contents: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, including Prague etc.index*1960 reprint* ** Contents: Upper Saxony, Thuringia, Meissen and Lusatia, including Dresden, etc.index* ** Contents ...
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Georg Philipp Harsdörffer
Georg Philipp Harsdörffer (1 November 1607 – 17 September 1658) was a Jurist, Baroque-period German poet and translator. Born in Nuremberg, he studied law at Altdorf and Strassburg. He studied at the University of Strassburg under professor Matthias Bernegger. He subsequently traveled through the Netherlands, England, France and Italy. While he was in Italy, he came into contact with members of learned academies. He shared his desire for reform in literary and linguistic for the improvement of moral and culture of the society. His knowledge of languages earned him the appellation "the learned." He was well-versed in contemporary French culture and literature. As an innovative poet, he was receptive to ideas from abroad. He is still known for his "Germanizations" of foreign-language terms. As a member of the Fruitbearing Society (Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft) he was called ''der Spielende'' (the player). In 1644 jointly with Johann Klaj Johann Klaj (Latiniz ...
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Archduchy Of Austria
The Archduchy of Austria (german: Erzherzogtum Österreich) was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire and the nucleus of the Habsburg monarchy. With its capital at Vienna, the archduchy was centered at the Empire's southeastern periphery. Its present name originates from the Frankish term ''Oustrich'' - Eastern Kingdom (east of the Frankish kingdom). The Archduchy developed out of the Bavarian Margraviate of Austria, elevated to the Duchy of Austria according to the 1156 '' Privilegium Minus'' by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. The House of Habsburg came to the Austrian throne in Vienna in 1282 and in 1453 Emperor Frederick III, also the ruler of Austria, officially adopted the archducal title. From the 15th century onwards, all Holy Roman Emperors but one were Austrian archdukes and with the acquisition of the Bohemian and Hungarian crown lands in 1526, the Habsburg hereditary lands became the centre of a major European power. The Archduchy's history as an imperial st ...
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Polyhistor
A polymath ( el, πολυμαθής, , "having learned much"; la, homo universalis, "universal human") is an individual whose knowledge spans a substantial number of subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems. In Western Europe, the first work to use the term polymathy in its title () was published in 1603 by Johann von Wowern, a Hamburg philosopher. Von Wowern defined polymathy as "knowledge of various matters, drawn from all kinds of studies ... ranging freely through all the fields of the disciplines, as far as the human mind, with unwearied industry, is able to pursue them". Von Wowern lists erudition, literature, philology, philomathy, and polyhistory as synonyms. The earliest recorded use of the term in the English language is from 1624, in the second edition of '' The Anatomy of Melancholy'' by Robert Burton; the form ''polymathist'' is slightly older, first appearing in the ''Diatribae upon the first part of the late H ...
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