Dominicus Dreuer

Dominicus Dreuer (the elder), also Druer, Drewes (*? In Goslar ; † before 1568 in Lüneburg ?) Was a German court servant to Duke Heinrich the Younger of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and a Braunschweig regional historian .

Live and act

So far nothing is known about Dominicus Dreuer's family origins and youth. It is said that he was a court servant in the service of the Brunswick Duke Heinrich the Younger, who resided in Wolfenbüttel . Dreuer may later go to Lüneburg and work there as a bookseller until his death.

Dreuer's meaning is based on his writing "Genealogia - birth line and blood line of the [...] emperors, kings, electors, dukes, princes and all lords of Saxony, since Wedekint [...]", on which he worked for 12 years. According to a report by the Helmstedt university professor and historian Heinrich Meibom, it was a commissioned work for Duke Heinrich the Younger. In 1561 the Duke thanked Dreuer for the writing he had sent. Dreuer describes the genealogy and history of the princely and noble families in the Upper Saxon and Lower Saxon imperial circles from Widukind to the Guelphs and Wettins, citing at least 25 sources.

Dreuer's work was appreciated by the preacher and Brunswick regional historian Johann Michael Heineccius (1674–1722). From today's point of view, it is established that Dreuer's writing is "of considerable regional historical interest". Possibly the commissioned work is a late replica of Heinrich the Younger to the writing "Chronica and Coming of the Electors and Princes of the [...] House of Saxony against Duke Heinrich of Braunschweig" by the Electoral Saxon humanist and historiographer Georg Spalatin from 1541, in which historical claims of the Duke on Upper Saxony against the Wettins were refuted.

Fonts

Genealogia - birth line and blood line of the [...] emperors, kings, electors, dukes, princes and all lords of Saxony, since then Wedekint , approx. 1561. A manuscript is kept in the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel.

literature

Dieter Lent : Dreuer (also Druer, Drewes) (the elder), Dominicus . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 174 f.

Web links

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library : Database of People from Lower Saxony (search field Name: Dreuer, Dominicus)

Individual evidence

↑ Cf. Dieter Lent: Dreuer (also Druer, Drewes) (the Elder), Dominicus . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans, Braunschweig 2006, p. 174.
↑ ^a ^b cf. Dieter Lent: Dreuer (also Druer, Drewes) (the Elder), Dominicus . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans, Braunschweig 2006, pp. 174/175.
↑ See the proof of work in Wolf-Dieter Otte: The newer manuscripts of the Extravagantes group: 90.1 Extrav.-220 Extrav . Catalogs of the Herzog August Library Wolfenbüttel, New Series, Volume 17. Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 1986, pp. 44: 107 Extravagant. Dominikus Dreuer the Elder Ä. Genealogy and history of the Princely House of Saxony (1 + 166 sheets, format 29.5 X 20, dark leather strap); See also Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library : Database of Lower Saxony Persons (search field name: Dreuer, Dominicus)

personal data
SURNAME	Dreuer, Dominicus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dreuer the Elder, Dominic; Dreuer, Dominikus; Druer, Dominicus; Drewes, Dominicus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German court servant to Duke Heinrich the Younger of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Braunschweig regional historian
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century or 16th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Goslar
DATE OF DEATH	before 1568
Place of death	uncertain: Lüneburg

[1] Cf. Dieter Lent: Dreuer (also Druer, Drewes) (the Elder), Dominicus . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans, Braunschweig 2006, p. 174.

[lent-2] . Dieter Lent: Dreuer (also Druer, Drewes) (the Elder), Dominicus . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans, Braunschweig 2006, pp. 174/175.

[3] See the proof of work in Wolf-Dieter Otte: The newer manuscripts of the Extravagantes group: 90.1 Extrav.-220 Extrav . Catalogs of the Herzog August Library Wolfenbüttel, New Series, Volume 17. Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 1986, pp. 44: 107 Extravagant. Dominikus Dreuer the Elder Ä. Genealogy and history of the Princely House of Saxony (1 + 166 sheets, format 29.5 X 20, dark leather strap); See also Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library : Database of Lower Saxony Persons (search field name: Dreuer, Dominicus)