Caspar Ratzenberger

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Caspar Ratzenberger (* 1533 in Saalfeld ; † November 22, 1603 in Ortrand ) was a city ​​doctor in Naumburg and a botanist . He studied at the University of Wittenberg and created the Ratzenberger herbarium .

Herbarium Ratzenberger

The herbarium , which consists of three books, is based on plants that Ratzenberger collected between 1555 and 1592 during his travels, which took him to France and Italy, among others. The dried and pressed plants were glued to paper pages that were bound to make books. The herbarium contains 700 named plants and was handed over in 1592 to the Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel interested in nature studies Wilhelm the Wise and his son Moritz the scholar , so that it came to Kassel , where it is exhibited today in the Ottoneum Natural History Museum.

literature

  • Adolf Brecher :  Ratzenberger, Caspar . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 372.
  • Hermann Friedrich Kessler : The oldest and first herbarium in Germany, in 1592 by Dr. Caspar Ratzenberger, currently still in the Royal Museum in Cassel . Freyschmidt, Cassel 1870 ( digitized version )
  • Kupler, Wolfgang: The Naumburg city doctor Caspar Ratzenberger, who comes from Saalfeld, Rudolstädter Heimathefte, issue 7/8, year 46, July / August 2000, p. 174 ff.
  • Wiefel, Bernd: On the genealogy of the Ratzenberger, Rudolstädter Heimathefte, issue 9/10, volume 46, September / October 2000, p. 240 ff.

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personal data
SURNAME Ratzenberger, Caspar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION City doctor in Naumburg (Saale) and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH 1533
PLACE OF BIRTH Saalfeld
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1603
Place of death Outskirts