Daniel Specklin
Daniel Specklin (* 1536 in Strasbourg , † October 18, 1589 ibid) was an Alsatian fortress builder , engineer and cartographer . Son of the form cutter Veit Rudolf Specklin, who u. a. worked for the famous herbal book by Leonhard Fuchs .
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Specklin first learned the trade of silk embroidery, a prosperous craft that not only included embroidery with gold and silver threads, but also required designs and drawings for the same. He finished his apprenticeship in 1552 at the age of sixteen, followed by the usual years of traveling. In 1554 he was in Hungary , where he got to know the fortress building in Komorn and apparently began to work in this profession. In 1555 he was present at the construction of the new fortifications in Vienna . He made rapid progress in his new profession, became a site manager in Vienna and had his own construction sites to look after. In 1560 he was in Antwerp , then again in Vienna. In 1564 he returned to Strasbourg. There he worked in his old trade as a silk embroiderer, but also acquired knowledge of cartography and tried his hand at a map of the city of Strasbourg . Then he was traveling again, u. a. to Düsseldorf, Regensburg and Hungary. In 1573 he received an order from the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand to map the whole of Alsace ; he worked on it until 1576. The large map, printed on three plates, then appeared in 1577 (engraved by Franz Hogenberg). In 1576 he set out for Ingolstadt on behalf of the Bavarian Duke Albrecht V in order to renew the fortifications there; In 1577 he stayed in Ulm for similar purposes. In the same year, on October 5, 1577, he was appointed city architect of his hometown - for an annual salary of 250 guilders.
In addition to the design and implementation of a large number of construction works - also in other Alsatian cities, e.g. B. Ensisheim - he also wrote theoretical treatises (main work: Architectura von Vestungen , 1589) and wrote a Strasbourg chronicle based on the famous Schedelsche Weltchronik . At the age of 53 he died on October 18, 1589 in Strasbourg in the house of his niece Katharina, who was married to the printer Lazarus Zetzner .
Specklin was married to Susanna Wegranft (widowed entringer) since 1565. There were no children from the marriage. His legacy was shared between his brothers Josias, Zacharias and Jeremias and Specklin's niece Katharina.
The family name "Specklin" has been recorded in Strasbourg since 1399; Specklin called itself "Speckle", was sometimes also called "Speckel".
literature
- Guido von Büren: Bulwarks made of paper. Daniel Specklin's views and plans of Lower Rhine fortresses from the second half of the 16th century . In: INSITU. Zeitschrift für Architekturgeschichte 3 (1/2011), pp. 55–72.
- Sebastian Fitzner: memory, memory value and building instructions. The architectural representations of Daniel Specklin in the context of fortress construction in the early modern period . In: Jülicher Geschichtsblätter 74/75 (2006/07), pp. 65–92.
- Peter H. Meurer : Specklin, Daniel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 638 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Albert Fischer: Daniel Specklin from Strasbourg (1536–1589): fortress builder, engineer and cartographer. Sigmaringen, 1996.
- Rodolphe Peter: Daniel Specklin (1536–1589) et l'art des fortifications. In: Grandes Figures de l'Humanisme Alsacien: courants, milieux, destins. Strasbourg 1978, pp. 203-219.
- Franz Grenacher: Daniel Specklin created his Alsace map four hundred years ago. In: Basler Geographische Hefte, No. 2, 1973.
- Alexander Kabza: Handwritten plans by Daniel Specklin as contributions to the building history of Rhenish and Dutch fortresses. In addition to a study on Specklin's biography. Vlg. Heinrich Ludwig, Bonn 1911 (also Diss. Phil. University of Bonn 1911; Reprint Gyan Books, Delhi 2016, ISBN 8000210142 ; full text ).
- Otto Winckelmann: On the life and family history of Daniel Specklin. In: ZGO 59 (1905), pp. 605-620.
- Richard Schadow: Daniel Specklin, his life and his work as a builder. In: Yearbook of the Vosges Club, 2 (1886), pp. 5-60.
- Hubert Janitschek: Specklin, Daniel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 82-84.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Specklin, Daniel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Speckel, Daniel; Bacon, Daniel; Spekel, Daniel; Speeckle, Daniel; Specchelius, Daniel; Speckle, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Alsatian fortress builder, engineer and cartographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1536 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1589 |
| Place of death | Strasbourg |