Martin Reuther

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Martin Reuther (born June 23, 1901 in Seidau , † May 28, 1975 in Bautzen ) was a German cartography historian and archivist .

After attending school, studying and doing his doctorate in Dresden, Reuther worked as a teacher in Dresden until 1945 , teaching history and geography. After the bombing , he went back to his hometown and worked in the Bautzen City Library under Jakob Jatzwauk in 1948/49 . From August 1, 1949, he worked at the Saxon regional branch archive for Upper Lusatia in Bautzen, which he took over from 1951 until his retirement in 1969. In January 1959, Reuther received a teaching position as a specialist in the field of map history at what was then the Institute for Cartography at the Technical University of Dresden . His lecture manuscripts are kept in the SLUB Dresden .

Publications

  • Map of Upper Lusatia from the 16th to 18th centuries: with special consideration of the German-Sorbian language border maps by Scultetus and Schreiber. In: Lětopis : annual journal of the Institute for Sorbian Folk Research. Series B, 1 (1953), pp. 154-172.
  • The mayor of Görlitz, mathematician, astronomer and cartographer Bartholomäus Scultetus (1540–1614) and his time. In: Scientific journal of the Technical University of Dresden. 5, pp. 1133-1161 (1955).
  • The representation of Upper and Lower Lusatia on the oldest maps of Germany. In: Lětopis: annual journal of the Institute for Sorbian Folk Research. Series B, 2 (1955), pp. 127-142.
  • Bartholomäus Scultetus (1540–1614), the creator of the first German language border map. In: Petermann's geographical communications. 101, pp. 61-65 (1957).
  • Metzker-Scharfenberg's 'Abkontrafeitung der Stadt Görlitz in the 1565 Jar' in the mirror of urban historical considerations. In: Local Studies and Regional History. for Rudolf Lehmann's 65th birthday . 65: 52-90 (1958).
  • Comments on some problems and open questions regarding the history of the card. In: Scientific journal of the Technical University of Dresden. 15/71 (1966), pp. 167-171.
  • The clay tablet map of Momignies in the light of historical cartography. In: The ancient world. 13 (1967) 1, pp. 50-56.
  • Development and problems of globe history up to Gerhard Mercator in the context of map history. In: Publications of the State Mathematical-Physical Salon, Research Center Dresden-Zwinger. 5, pp. 157-191 (1967).
  • Goethe's Relationship to Geography, especially to Landscape: A Contribution to the History of Geography. In: Studia z dziejow geografii i kartografii. (1973), pp. 367-384.

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SURNAME Reuther, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cartography historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Seidau
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1975
Place of death Bautzen