Blasius Hueber

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Blasius Hueber

Blasius Hueber (born January 29, 1735 in Oberperfuss , Tyrol ; † April 4, 1814 in Inzing near Innsbruck ) was a farmer and land surveyor , which is why he, like Peter Anich (1723–1766) and his nephew Anton Kirchebner, is one of the so-called peasant cartographers .

Life

Blasius Hueber was born on January 29, 1735 in Oberperfuss. He was the ninth of ten children of the farmer Franz Hueber (* March 31, 1691, † November 15, 1772) and his wife Gertrude, née Spiegl (* January 1, 1697, † May 29, 1775). In the literature, the 1st of February is often wrongly stated as the birthday, which is the date of baptism. His brother was the Tyrolean church builder Andreas Hueber (born November 26, 1725, † August 28, 1808).

Despite the low school education, Blasius Hueber succeeded in becoming a land surveyor with the encouragement and support of Peter Anich. From 1765 he worked on the Atlas Tyrolensis with Anich . Hueber completed this 20-sheet map series of Tyrol on a scale of 1: 103.888, which was exemplary for the regional surveying at that time , after Anicht's early death and provided it with an overview map of 1: 540,000. The Atlas Tyrolensis was published as a copper engraving in 1774 .

The work of the three peasant cartographers had satisfied the Viennese government so much that they decided to let Hueber also record the Austrian foreland. A court resolution in 1771 ordered the surveying of the rulers in front of the Arlberg , who had been subordinated to the government in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1752 . The work (as before the admission of Tyrol) was under the supervision of Innsbruck mathematics professor Ignaz von Weinhart SJ . The maps should also be included in the map series of the Josefinische Landesaufnahme (approx. 1765–1785) of the entire monarchy.

From 1771 to 1774 Hueber created a map of Vorarlberg , which was printed in 1783. In his ability to depict the terrain , he even surpassed Peter Anich a little. He then worked from 1775 to 1777 on the surveying of the Upper and Lower Swabian Bailiwick, but then fell seriously ill. His capable nephew and assistant Anton Kirchebner (1750–1831) completed the work and in 1782 it was printed.

On December 20, 1771, Blasius Hueber was awarded the seal of approval by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and his own coat of arms for his outstanding cartography . In addition, he was awarded a salary of 200 guilders annually.

After Huebers fell ill, his son Magnus Hueber was trained as Kirchebner's assistant and also as a surveyor around 1790 . With him the series of Tyrolean peasant cartographers ended. On the one hand, the war that broke out in front of Austria in 1793 ended the work; on the other hand, geodesy was increasingly practiced by military geographers. The Vienna University of Technology, founded in 1815, later took over the training of academic geodesists . In 1802 Blasius Hueber sold his farm in Oberperfuss and moved with his family to Inzing , where he died on April 4, 1814.

progeny

Blasius Hueber married twice in the course of his life: In his first marriage he was married to Magdalena, née Kremser (* July 16, 1738, † April 8, 1790). The two had seven children together:

  1. Johannes Nepomuk Ubaldus Hueber (born May 17, 1770 in Oberperfuss)
  2. Magnus Hueber (born September 4, 1771 in Oberperfuss)
  3. Margaritha Sophia Hueber (born May 14, 1773 in Oberperfuss)
  4. Ignatius Jacobus Hueber (born February 1, 1775 in Oberperfuss)
  5. Maria Hueber (born November 27, 1776 in Oberperfuss)
  6. Gertrude Hueber (born March 19, 1779 in Oberperfuss)
  7. Anna Amalia Theresia Hueber (born October 2, 1780 in Oberperfuss)

After the death of his first wife, Blasius Hueber married Magdalena, née Raich, from Silz on August 30, 1790 , with whom he had eleven other children:

  1. Margreth Hueber (born May 25, 1791 in Oberperfuss)
  2. Katharina Hueber (born February 29, 1792 in Oberperfuss)
  3. Rosina Susanna Hueber (born February 25, 1794 in Oberperfuss)
  4. Elisabeth Hueber (born November 1, 1795 in Oberperfuss)
  5. Anonymus Hueber (born April 27, 1797 in Oberperfuss)
  6. Vitalis Hueber (born April 27, 1797 in Oberperfuss)
  7. Theodora Hueber (born April 20, 1798 in Oberperfuss)
  8. Joseph Urbanus Hueber (born May 29, 1800 in Oberperfuss)
  9. Johann Nepomuk Hueber (born May 14, 1802 in Oberperfuss)
  10. Ursula Hueber (April 13, 1804 in Inzing)
  11. Gabriel Adam Hueber (December 24, 1806 in Inzing)

Of his total of 18 children, 11 reached adulthood. Among Hueber's children, besides Magnus Hueber, Johann Nepomuk Hueber (born May 14, 1802) became famous as a painter.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Parish Oberperfuss: Baptism book 1711 - 1787 .
  2. ^ Parish Oberperfuss: Baptismal register 1785 - 1799 .
  3. ^ Parish Oberperfuss: Baptismal register 1799 - 1817 .
  4. ↑ Parish Inzing: Baptismal register 1767 - 1819 .
personal data
SURNAME Hueber, Blasius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Land surveyor and farmer
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1735
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberperfuss , Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 1814
Place of death Inzing near Innsbruck