Codex Welser
The Codex Welser is a country description and inventory of the Duchy of Jülich that was created around 1720 . The codex is named after its author Johann Franz von Welser and contains 39 stately portraits and 28 maps of the offices and cities as well as 242 colored drawings of fortified cities and Burglehn (“Ritter / Adeliche und Lehn-Stätt and Flecke Der Gülicher Provintz which in good The construction status is / has been designed here according to the University Library ”) in alphabetical order. The first country table shows the towns of Aldenhoven to Dülcken in 46 miniatures . In addition to the location, under the pictures at castles there is also the information of the former owner, which makes it easier to assign and date the pictures.
Two only slightly different copies are in the Bavarian State Library ( call number Cgm 2635) and in the Historical Archives of the City of Cologne . The Munich copy has now been completely digitized; Structural data within the digital presentation facilitate the search. In addition, the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek offers a detailed list of all maps, portraits of people and images of places in its online catalog ( OPAC ).
literature
- Peter H. Meurer : The "Codex Welser". An early topography of the Duchy of Jülich from 1723 . In: Contributions to the history of Jülich. Announcements of the history association 44, 1977, ISSN 0572-6123 , pp. 1-42.
- Wilhelm Gütling: Jülich-Bergische land survey in the 18th century . In: Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch 40, 1938, ISSN 0342-0019 , pp. 289-313.
- Joachim Deeters: Cities and municipalities of the district of Heinsberg in the Codex Welser . In: Local calendar of the district of Heinsberg 1974, ISSN 1615-7761 , p. 25.
- Severin Corsten : Manor houses in the Heinsberg district in the Welser Codex . In: Heimatkalender des Kreis Heinsberg 1975, ISSN 1615-7761 , pp. 96-101.
- Everhard Kleinertz: Old hand-drawn maps of Cologne . Historical Archive, Cologne 1977, (Exhibition, Cologne, Historical Archive, August 26 - November 15, 1977), plate 4.
