August Wehrt (lithographer)

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Excerpt from Wehrt's 1844 map of Braunschweig and its immediate vicinity . The north-eastern part of the Okerum flood ditch (center) can be seen. Out of town on Petri Thor street, immediately to the left of it, the von Bülow villa and the Kreuzkloster . In the lower right corner of the Radeklint with Südklint , Bäckerklint and Petri-Kirche

Georg August Wehre (born January 9, 1795 in Braunschweig ; † March 16, 1856 there ) was a German mathematician , drawing teacher and lithographer . In 1826 he founded the August Wehre publishing house in Braunschweig , which existed until 1968.

biography

Georg Wehrt was the son of a clothes dealer. From 1817 he studied building sciences at the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig. He then earned his living as a private tutor for mathematics and drawing. Out of enthusiasm for the new technology of lithography , he founded a printing company in his hometown in 1826 , in which, among other things, maps , pictures of current events and illustrations for books were created. From 1843 on, he was also the editor of the illustrated magazine Gallerie des Schönen und Useful . His pictures of Braunschweig and the surrounding area based on designs by the Braunschweig landscape painter and lithographer Wilhelm Pätz were particularly popular . Wehrt's print shop was last at Kreuzstrasse 67. Wehrt's 1844 plan of Braunschweig with its immediate surroundings is of particular importance . A map on a scale of 1: 6300.

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personal data
SURNAME Fight back, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Defense, Georg August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician, drawing teacher and lithographer
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1856
Place of death Braunschweig