Albrecht von Bonstetten
Albrecht von Bonstetten (* around 1442/43; † around 1504) was dean of the monastery in Einsiedeln and an early humanist .
Coming from the Swiss baron family von Bonstetten , Albrecht von Bonstetten entered the Einsiedeln monastery around 1454 at the earliest. After studying in Freiburg and Basel, he became dean of the monastery in 1469. In Pavia he studied canon law . In 1474 he was ordained a priest. In 1498 Maximilian made him Dr. appointed utriusque iuris.
Bonstetten wrote a number of historical and religious writings, mostly in Latin.
In 1479 Bonstetten wrote the Superioris Germaniae Confoederationis Descriptio , a country description of the federal territory. It contains the first cartographic representation of the Swiss Confederation. Bonstetten wanted to present the eight-member alliance as a politically uniform and historically legitimized entity. Following the example of the world map ( mappae mundi ), the map shows the area of the Confederation as a closed circle, the center of which is the Rigi as a “royal mountain” (Regina mons) . Several copies of the work were sent to the European rulers. The font, originally written in Latin, was translated into German in 1485.
literature
- Hans Fueglister: in: Author's Lexicon , 2nd Edition, Volume 1, 1978, Col. 176–179.
- Albert Hug: Albrecht von Bonstetten. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Richard Newald: Bonstetten, Albert Freiherr von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 450 ( digitized version ).
- Regine Schweers: Albrecht von Bonstetten and the foreland historiography between the Burgundy and Swabian Wars (= studies and texts on the Middle Ages and early modern times , volume 6). Waxmann, Münster et al. 2005, ISBN 3-8309-1453-9 (also: Münster (Westphalia), Univ., Diss., 2002–2003).
- Claudius Sieber-Lehmann : Albrecht von Bonstetten's geographical representation of Switzerland. In: Cartographica Helvetica , Issue 16 (1997) pp. 39-46 ( online ).
Web links
- Publications by and about Albrecht von Bonstetten in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Albrecht von Bonstetten in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bonstetten, Albertus de in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
- Repertory fontium (PDF file; 1.07 MB)
- Albrecht von Bonstetten's travelogue about Niklaus von Flüe (December 31, 1478)
- Commendable Foundation of the House of God in Einsiedeln 1492
Remarks
- ↑ Martina Stercken , Ralph Ruch: Albrecht von Bonstetten: Map of the Confederation. In: Christian Kiening, Martina Stercken (eds.): SchriftRäume , Zurich 2008, p. 248 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bonstetten, Albrecht von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Early Swiss humanist and Dean of the Einsiedeln Monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1442–1443 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1504 |