Daniel Gottlob Reymann
Daniel Gottlob Reymann (born November 24, 1759 in Lüben (Silesia) , † October 20, 1837 in Berlin ) was a German military cartographer and planning chamber inspector in Berlin.
Life
As the son of a carpenter, Reymann was familiar with drawing up room plans and measuring work from an early age. After successfully completing school, he completed an apprenticeship as a surveyor at the building inspection in Liegnitz .
When the Bavarian War of Succession threatened in 1778 , he joined the army as a conductor , i.e. engineer-geographer . His previous knowledge made it easier for Reymann to work in military topography and earned him the praise of the then highly respected major engineer W. Müller. Appointed to Potsdam , Reymann began producing military maps, such as the large war map in 240 sheets and the war map of Silesia. In 1788 Daniel Gottlob Reymann was appointed inspector of the planning chamber in the administration of the map collection of the King of Prussia.
By 1806 Reymann published the first sections of his most extensive work, the Geographical Special Atlas of Germany and the neighboring countries on a scale of 1: 200,000 : Sections Wieck, Arcona, Stralsund, Bergen, Demmin, Anclam.
During the Fourth Coalition War until Napoleon's entry into Berlin on October 27, 1806, Reymann relocated the plan chamber to Königsberg and saved the holdings of the chamber from certain loss to the French. It was not until 1815 that he and the collection of the planning chamber returned to Berlin.
In 1836 he handed over the management of his work to Professor Berghaus with the publication of the 142nd sheet, the Reymann's Special-Karte von Central-Europa. In his 40th year of service (1837) Daniel Gottlob Reymann was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class awarded. He retired as captain a few months before his death due to weak eyes.
After the death of Reymann Friedrich Wilhelm III. initially continue the work of Karl Wilhelm von Oesfeld (1781–1843), the son of Carl Ludwig von Oesfeld . Friedrich Handtke later took over the map series , which then comprised more than 330 sheets.
Emil von Sydow wrote about the work: “The basis of Reymann's map is so thoroughly solid, the yardstick for the right balance between topographical specialty and general overview is so well chosen ... that it replaces the lack of topographical special maps for many needs . “Daniel Gottlob Reymann's map series is considered to be one of the best and most precisely recorded of its time. In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, the Prussian officers were provided with cards from Reymann and particularly praised their accuracy and attention to detail.
literature
- Friedrich Ratzel : Reymann, Daniel Gottlob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 358 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Daniel Gottlob Reymann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gerd Krüger and Jörg Schnadt: German Empire, Chapter 4.2: The Royal Prussian Land Registration in the Empire 1871-1919. Institute for Geographical Sciences, Free University of Berlin
- 972 single sheets of Reymann's Special-Karte von Central-Europa, 1896-1908 Landkartenarchiv.de
- Reymann's Special-Karte, 1832-1870, translated in PDF by Martin Johnson
- Archiwum Map Wojskowego Instytutu Geograficznego 1919-1939 (Polish)
- Reymann cards (nlds.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reymann, Daniel Gottlob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German military cartographer and planning chamber inspector in Berlin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1759 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lubin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 1837 |
| Place of death | Berlin |