Albert Curtz

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Albert Curtz (born October 14, 1600 in Munich ; † December 19, 1671 there ; Latin spelling: Albertus Curtius ) was a Bavarian Jesuit , writer and translator as well as an important astronomer.

After graduating from high school in 1616 at the Jesuit high school in Munich (today: Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich ) he entered the Jesuit order, was then a teacher of mathematics and ethics in Dillingen an der Donau (1626–1629), later cathedral preacher at St. Stephan in Vienna and from 1646 rector of the college in Nuremberg.

In his scientific works he dealt under the pseudonym Lucius Barrettus , an anagram of his Latinized name with allusion to the priestly headgear , especially with the exploration of the moon and continued the work of Tycho Brahe in his work Historia coelestis . Along with Johann Deckers , Johannes Kepler , Francesco Maria Grimaldi and Giambattista Riccioli, he is one of the most important researchers of the Earth's moon in the Baroque period.

His literary works, including his psalm translation Die Harpffen Davids mit Teutschen Saitenet (Augsburg, 1659), he published in German, using the Upper German writing language common in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland . In doing so, he consciously opposed the East Central German writing language, which was already associated with higher prestige in his time, such as that propagated by Martin Opitz , and justified this decision in his work. His writing style shows similarities to the language of his contemporary, the Bavarian Baroque poet Johannes Kuen .

In praise of God is his song Your praise, Lord of heaven cries out in an arrangement by Adolf Lohmann included (no. 381).

The lunar crater Curtius is named after him.

Works

  • Ad Problemata Vniversae Matheseos, Et Praesertim Architectvrae Militaris Explicata, A Sigefrido Hirsch SCMA Servitiis Cvbicvli . Monachii 1654, online edition of the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library
  • Harps of Dauids strung with German strings / Also for consolation / and refreshment of the devout soul. Singing white arranged . Printed for Augspurg / by Veronica Apergerin / Wittib / auff vnser L. Frau Thor. Anno M.DC.LIX (1659)
  • Historia Coelestis / ex libris commentariis manuscriptis observationum vicennalium viri generosi Tichonis Brahe Dani / Lucii Barretti / Utzschneiderus Simon: Augustæ Vindelicorum, 1666

literature

  • Georg Westermayer :  Curtz, Albert . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 654 f.
  • Karl A. Sedlmeyer, Der Dillinger Professor Albertus Curtius SJ and Johann Kepler, in: Annual Report of the Historical Association Dillingen, Volume 52 (1950), pp. 159–168.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leitschuh, Max: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vols., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 1, p. 30; there: Albert Frh. Kurz von Senftenau
  2. ↑ Walter Tauber: Dialect and written language in Bavaria (1450-1800) - studies on the language norm and language standardization in early New High German ; Introduction, page 4 ff. . Walter de Gruyter, 1993, ISBN 9783110135565
personal data
SURNAME Curtz, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Curtius, Albertus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian religious, Jesuit, writer and translator, as well as astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1600
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1671
Place of death Munich