Carl Friedrich Mosch

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Carl Friedrich Mosch (born January 6, 1784 in Hainichen , † December 2, 1859 in Herischdorf ) was a German mineralogist , draftsman and writer .

biography

The son of the Hainichen town clerk Johann Christoph Mosch began studying theology at the University of Leipzig after graduating from grammar school in Freiberg . The acquaintance with the Freiberg professor Abraham Gottlob Werner had a lasting effect on Mosch's further life. He decided not to continue studying theology and from then on studied the natural sciences , initially in Leipzig and from 1805 at the University of Jena .

After completing his studies, Mosch opened a private school in Hainichen with little success. In 1809 he got a job as a teacher at the Salzmann Institute in Schnepfenthal . After receiving his doctorate in 1814, he got a job as an assistant teacher for Latin, German, geography, religion and speech at the Knight Academy in Dresden , which, however, did not fill him.

In 1818 Mosch went to Prussia because of a promised chair for mineralogy, but instead of a professorship he was only given a teaching position at the Knight Academy in Liegnitz , which he held until his retirement in 1835.

In retirement he moved into his country house in Herischdorf near Warmbrunn in the Silesian Giant Mountains.

Create

Mosch was already doing mineralogical research during his time in Schnepfenthal. At the same time he recorded folk customs and linguistic features and drew the folk costumes.

In his descriptions of the Saxon lands, in addition to depictions of geology, botany and geography, in contrast to descriptions by other authors, Mosch also included explanations of folkloric and linguistic features for the first time and illustrated them with his own drawings.

A clear, generally understandable language is characteristic of Mosch's scientific works. His attempt at a history of mining in Germany in the Middle Ages was preceded by extensive research on site. In it he presented in particular the changes in the landscape caused by mining, the interaction between mine and handicraft, the mountain series and rhymes, the mining language and the social structure of the mines. This main work has been wrongly forgotten today.

During his lifetime, Mosch also enjoyed a good reputation as a painter and draftsman. a. In 1821, 1823 and 1824 shown at exhibitions in Breslau and Berlin and discussed by Ludwig von Schorn in the “Kunstblatt”.

Works (selection)

  • Mosch / Ziller: Description of the Saxe-Coburg-Gothaische Lande , 1813
  • Saxony, historically, topographically, statistically represented , Dresden and Leipzig 1816
  • The baths and healing wells of Germany and Switzerland. A pocket book for travelers in fountains and baths, 2 volumes, Leipzig 1819
  • The healing springs of Silesia and the County of Glatz , Leipzig 1821
  • An attempt at a history of mining in Germany in the Middle Ages , Liegnitz 1829
  • The old pagan sacrificial sites and stone antiquities in the Giant Mountains , 1855
  • The Giant Mountains, its valleys and foothills and the Jizera Mountains. Travel guide , Leipzig, 1858

literature

  • Paul Reinhard Beierlein: Carl Friedrich Mosch and his "attempt at a history of mining in Germany in the Middle Ages". In: "Bergakademie", 8th year 1956

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