Bernhard Mitterbacher

Bernhard Mitterbacher (born August 17, 1767 in Karlsbad , Bohemia , † May 27, 1839 in Berlin ) was a Bohemian physician . He became known as the bath doctor of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .

Mitterbacher was born in Karlsbad as the son of Dr. med. Franz Mitterbacher, district physician and his wife Catharina, b. Jungwirth from Prague, born. He studied at the Universitas Carolo-Ferdinandea in Prague the subject medicine and received his doctorate there in 1792. He worked from 1793 as a doctor in his home town of Carlsbad, where he was director of tourism hospital. In addition, as a senior physician, he was responsible for overseeing the Carlsbad sparkling salt production. When Goethe stayed in Karlsbad several times, Mitterbacher was his personal spa doctor.

literature

Weinmann, Josef, Dr .: Egerländer Biografisches Lexikon , Vol. 1 (A – M), p. 354.

Individual evidence

^ Baptismal register Karlsbad 1746–1787, fol. 217: August 17, 1767: Bernardus Maria David Franciscus, born August 17, parents: the noble, strict and highly learned Mr. Franciscus Mitterbacher, Medicinae Doctor and CreysPhysicus and the woman's mother Catharina; Sponsors: the noble, strict and highly learned Mr. David Becher, Medicinae Doctor in Karlsbad; Johann Thomas Matthes; Anna Magdalena Trump;

personal data
SURNAME	Mitterbacher, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bohemian bath doctor
DATE OF BIRTH	17th August 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH	Carlsbad , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH	May 27, 1839
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Baptismal register Karlsbad 1746–1787, fol. 217: August 17, 1767: Bernardus Maria David Franciscus, born August 17, parents: the noble, strict and highly learned Mr. Franciscus Mitterbacher, Medicinae Doctor and CreysPhysicus and the woman's mother Catharina; Sponsors: the noble, strict and highly learned Mr. David Becher, Medicinae Doctor in Karlsbad; Johann Thomas Matthes; Anna Magdalena Trump;