Ferdinand Orban

Ferdinand Orban SJ (born May 6 or 16, 1655 in Exing near Landshut ; † December 30, 1732 in Ingolstadt ) was a German Jesuit and collector.

Old government building on Mühlenstrasse with observatory, photo Erwin Quedenfeldt in 1911

From 1675 to 1678 he studied logic and metaphysics, later theology, in Ingolstadt at the Jesuit college. In 1688 he became professor of mathematics in Innsbruck, where he was court preacher from 1689 to 1692. Orban began building up a collection of art and natural objects in Innsbruck. He initially completed positions in Burghausen (1692–1695), Landshut (until 1703), Düsseldorf (as confessor to Elector Johann Wilhelm 1703–1716) and again Landshut (1719–1722). During his time in Düsseldorf, Orban used an observatory that had been built on the roof of the Jesuit college there.

In 1722 Orban was transferred to the Jesuit College in Ingolstadt. In 1725 the Jesuits built their own museum building for the Orbans Collection in the garden of the Ordenskolleg, the Orbansaal, a long hall with light on both sides. The collection included mathematical and physical instruments, handicrafts from the Far East, part of the Turkish booty from 1683, textiles, weapons, coins, small sculptures, stone carvings, paintings, minerals, shells and insects.

Fonts

Josue deß Andern Honorable Trophy Or Victory Sign , Augsburg [approx. 1690]. ( Digitized version )
Epitaphivm Grab-Schrifft und Ehren-Gebu der Freyen Reichs- Hoch- vnd Wolgebohrnen Frawen, women Maria Francisca Eleonora Frey-women from Tauffkirchen , Munich [1694]. ( Digitized version )
The Gulden branch , Landshut 1696. ( digitized version )

[Tabellae pretiosissimae a RP Orban SJ olim editae] , [approx. 1700]

[Tabellae pretiosissimae V - XIX] , [approx. 1700]

The other sermon. Wonderful contrafait both next to d. Seraphic Bundtbox set cherubim ... in e. Praise and Honor sermon , 1700.

Lapis philosophicus, the phil. Edel-Stein finally invented, tried ... on d. first day of ... 8 days. Festivities, so in d. Hochw. Collegiat-Stüfft-Ranshoven ... because of the happy closure of its eighth Saeculi ... also trimphirl. Collection of the 2 hl brought from Rome Leiber Marii and Coelestini Martt. was committed , Augsburg 1702. ( digitized version )

Apotheosis Leopoldi Primi Caesaris Deß Vollkommnesten Originals, Aller-Stand Tugenden , Augsburg 1705. ( digitized version )

Horoscopus Herculis Palatini Per Virtutes Et Labores Ad Astra Translati. That is: Change of virtue and life Joannis Wilhelmi Pfaltzgraffen bey Rhein, Des Heil. Rom. Reich Ertz-Truchsessen ... Beyer, Düsseldorf 1716 ( digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf ).

literature

Ulla Krempel: The Orban collection, a rarity from the 18th century . In: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst, Third Part 19, 1968, pp. 169–184.
Siegfried Hofmann: The Orban Museum . In: The Jesuits in Ingolstadt . Ingolstadt 1991, pp. 300-305.
Siegfried Hofmann: Orban, Ferdinand. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 582 f. ( Digitized version ).
Carlos Sommervogel : Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus. Nouvelle édition, vol. 5 , Bruxelles [ua], Schepens [et al.] 1894, col. 1927 ff.

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personal data
SURNAME	Orban, Ferdinand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Orban, Ferdinand SJ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Jesuit, mathematician, university professor and collector
DATE OF BIRTH	May 6, 1655 or May 16, 1655
PLACE OF BIRTH	Exing near Landshut
DATE OF DEATH	December 30, 1732
Place of death	Ingolstadt