Christoph Notnagel

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Christoph Notnagel (also: Nottnagel; Nothnagel ; * September 20, 1607 in Hildburghausen , † May 1, 1666 in Wittenberg ) was a German mathematician and astronomer.

Life

Notnagel was born as the son of the cloth maker Johannes (Hans) Nothnagel (* 1577 in Hildburghausen; † February 22, 1648 ibid.) And Dorothea (born Popp; † October 18, 1638 in Hildburghausen) in an "elegant and long-established family of the place" born. After attending school in his hometown, from 1626 he attended the grammar school in Coburg , where he acquired the maturity to attend a university. On March 4, 1629 he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg . moved to the University of Königsberg on June 20, 1629 and returned to Wittenberg in the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War . There he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy on September 21, 1630 and began studying theology.

After he had received permission to read for universities as a Magister legens on May 11, 1632, he developed such skills that he was appointed superintendent in Heldburg in 1634 . However, he did not take this office. The Wittenberg University offered its private lecturer a professorship in higher mathematics, and the Saxon court combined this position with that of a war commissioner. Notnagel was accepted on March 28, 1634 as an adjunct in the philosophical faculty. and took over the professorship for higher mathematics the following day. In the office of war commissioner he worked for seven years for the benefit of the Wittenberg Academy and the Wittenberg guarantee.

The university professor, who became famous through his synopsis of mathematics, not only trained students, notables and nobles, he also gave private lectures in German for soldiers and other persons of all classes who had not studied. Notnagel also took part in the organizational tasks of the Wittenberg University. In the summer semesters 1638, 1643, 1649 and 1655 he was dean of the philosophical faculty and in the summer semesters 1642 and 1660 rector of the academy . After his death, Notnagel was buried on May 6th in the Wittenberg Castle Church and an epitaph was erected for him, which is now heavily weathered.

family

He was married twice. His first marriage was on July 8, 1634 in Wittenberg with Dorothea Elisabeth (* July 15, 1619 in Wittenberg; † July 13, 1653 ibid.), The daughter of the pharmacist Kaspar Mühlich and his wife Elisabeth (née Fluth). After her death, on June 13, 1654 in Wittenberg, he married Elisabeth, the daughter of the assessor at the legal faculty Christian Kremberg. The children are known from these marriages:

  • 1. Marriage
Anna Katharina Notnagel (born December 15, 1637 in Wittenberg; † September 1672 ibid.) Married on November 14, 1654 with the Wittenberg city commander and widower Erasmus von Egerland († October 1667 in Wittenberg)
Johann Christoph (died early)
Johann Kasper Notnagel (* Wittenberg) matriculated on October 9, 1651 UWB
Christoph Notnagel (born February 3, 1648 in Wittenberg) matriculated on September 26, 1659 UWB
Gottfried (died before mother)
Dorothea Elisabeth († 1637)
Magaretha Sybilla
Elisabeth
Maria Magdalena married Sebastian Kichmaier (born March 18, 1641 in Uffenheim, † September 18, 1698 in Rotenburg ob der Tauber) as superintendent on September 22, 1668 in Regensburg.
Dorothea married 1st marriage with Andreas Sennert , 2nd marriage with Johann Karl Naeve
Anna Maria
Christina († July 13, 1653 in Wittenberg)
  • 2. marriage
Johannes Christian 26th September 1659 UWB enrolled, also enrolled in Leipzig Student Jur.
Johannes Paulus Notnagel (* Wittenberg) matriculated on October 6, 1674 UWB
Anna Magaretha Nottnagel (born November 19, 1658 in Wittenberg, † September 19, 1682 in Wittenberg) married. on August 17, 1680 with Professor Michael Walther the Younger

Selection of works

  • Diss. De hypothesibus astronomicis. Wittenberg 1635
  • Quaestiones physico mathematicas. Wittenberg 1644
  • Institutiones mathematicas Wittenberg 1645
  • De originibus astronomiae. Wittenberg 1650
  • Disp. De ortu et qceasu stellarum. Wittenberg 1651
  • De insperato solis exortum, qui Hollandis 1597, in Nova Zembla contigit. Wittenberg 1657,
  • Manuale fortificatorium or a short handbook on fortress architecture . Wittenberg 1659
  • Quadrigam controversiarum mathematicarum a.) De Calendario Gregoriano , b.) De Galaxia c.) De nominibus gentilium in coelo d.) De unirate aritmetica. Wittenberg 1660
  • Sceleton centum positionum mathematicarum. Wittenberg 1660
  • Synopsin mathematica contines Mathesin Generalem Aretmethicam Geometricam Astronomicam Geographiam. 3rd edition Wittenberg 1665
  • Thorough report / Of The bit in February this year 1665sten / seasoned in the sky importir union comet merck worthy Probably-/ And its meaning. Wittenberg 1665
  • Manuale archirecturae militaris
  • De hypothesibus Astronomicis
  • De religionibus, quarum in historia sacra sit mentio
  • De Geographiae requisitis
  • De ventis insotentibus

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WENDELER, M. (1666): Programma, In Funere Viri Amplissimi, Excellentissimique, DN. Christophori Nottnagelii, Mathem. Great. Professoris longe merrtissimi, et Academiae Witteb. Senioris Venerandi […], p. 455, quoted from Krohn 2014, p. 6, see also German Gender Book. Tape. 69, p. 719
  2. ↑ a b c d Bernhard Weissenborn: Album Academiae Vitebergensis. Younger Series Part 1 (1602–1660). Magdeburg, 1934, p. 329
  3. ^ Georg Euler: The register of the Albertus University in Königsberg in Prussia. Leipzig 1910, Volume 1, p. 314
  4. ^ Bernhard Weissenborn: Album Academiae Vitebergensis. Younger Series Part 1 (1602–1660). Magdeburg 1934, p. 378
  5. ↑ Andreas Sennert: Athenae Itemq; Inscriptiones Vittebergenses, Libri II.
  6. ↑ Ernst Zitzlaff: The burial sites of Wittenberg and its monuments. Paul Wunschmann, Wittenberg 1896, p. 11
  7. ↑ Funeral sermon by M. August Fleischhauer on July 17, 1653
  8. ↑ Otto Hübner: The Hilliger family. In: Communications of the Freiberger Altertumsverein with pictures from the past 42nd issue (see also issue 40, from p. 205), Gerlachsche Buchdruckerei, Freiberg (Saxony) 1904, p. 63, his first marriage was on July 22, 1628 in Wittenberg married to Anna Riebstein (* March 18, 1600 in Schweinfurt in Franconia; † March 28, 1654 in Wittenberg) cf. DGB. Vol. 69, p. 720
  9. ^ Church book Wittenberg: baptismal register
  10. ^ Fritz Juntke: Album Academiae Vitebergensis. Younger series part 2. Halle (Saale) 1952
  11. ^ Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Boppard Verlag, 1974, Volume 8, p. 224, R 7333
personal data
SURNAME Notnagel, Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nottnagel, Christoph; Nothnagel, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician and astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1607
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildburghausen
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1666
Place of death Wittenberg