Christoph Gottlieb von Murr

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Portrait of Christoph Gottlieb von Murr, 1791

Christoph Gottlieb von Murr , also cited as Christopherus Theophilus de Murr (born August 6, 1733 in Nuremberg ; † April 8, 1811, ibid) was a German lawyer, customs officer, bibliographer and polymath .

Life

Christoph Gottlieb von Murr studied at the University of Altdorf , including with Johann Heumann von Teutschenbrunn , and received his doctorate in law in 1754. In addition to his major in law, Murr, who was interested in many things, also studied philosophy, mathematics, archeology and history. After completing his doctorate, he initially devoted himself to a history of the Hohenstaufen emperors , especially Frederick II . On his study trips through the Netherlands, England, Austria and Italy from 1756 to 1761, he established relationships with numerous scholars with whom he was in lively correspondence throughout his life, and acquired an extensive collection of art and autographs. During a stay in Strasbourg, the Protestant Murr also came into contact with the Jesuit order , which was repealed in 1773 and for which he was to use himself as a journalist from then on.

After returning from his travels, Murr became a customs and weighing officer in Nuremberg. In addition, he published numerous works on literature, art and general history, in particular on Nuremberg's art, craft and cultural history. He was also the editor of the Journal on Art History and General Literature (1775–89) and the New Journal on Literature and Art History (1798–99). His monograph on the history of the Thirty Years' War, published in 1790, was later available to Friedrich Schiller when he was writing his Wallenstein . Murr was among other things a member of the royal historical institute in Göttingen, the Society of Friends of Natural Sciences in Berlin and the Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

Works

  • Notes on Mr. Lessing's Laocoon. 1769.
  • Bibliothèque de peinture, de sculpture et de gravure. 1770.
  • Letters from a Protestant about the repeal of the Jesuit order. 1773/74.
  • Description of the most distinguished peculiarities in the imperial city of Nuremberg, in its districts and at the University of Altdorf. 1778/1802.
  • Contributions to the history of the Thirty Years' War: in particular the state of the imperial city of Nuremberg during it: together with documents and explanations on the history of the imperial generalissimo Albrecht Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland. 1790.

literature

  • Christoph Nebgen : Christoph Gottlieb von Murr , in: RGG, 4th ed., Vol. 5, col. 1590.
  • Christoph Nebgen: Inter spem et metum - The Vita of the Mainz Jesuit Anselm Eckart (1721-1809) , in: Archive for Middle Rhine Church History 2003, pp. 297–323.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph von Imhoff (ed.): Famous Nürnberger from nine centuries. 1984.
  2. ↑ Walther Killy (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia. Vol. 7 1998.
  3. ↑ Ernst Mummenhoff : Murr, Christoph Gottlieb. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (1886; excerpt online ).
personal data
SURNAME Murr, Christoph Gottlieb from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German scholar
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1733
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1811
Place of death Nuremberg