Friedrich August Vossberg

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Friedrich August Vossberg , also Friedrich August Vossberg (born October 31, 1800 in Strzelno , Province of Posen , † January 26, 1870 ) was a German numismatist , sphragistician and coin and seal collector.

Life

Vossberg initially attended the monastery school in Inowrazlaw in the province of Posen and then the grammar school in Marienwerder in West Prussia . When Napoleon returned , he volunteered for the military when he was barely fifteen. From spring 1815 to July 1818 he served in the artillery , but was no longer used. From November 1823 he worked as a chancellery and registrar for the Secret Finance Councilor Langner in Posen . On December 2, 1826, he took up a position as an assistant at the main bank in Berlin. He later became a secret registrar and in 1865 a chancellery.

As a part-time job, Voßberg dealt intensively with the history and interpretation of coins and seals, which he was busy collecting. He wrote a number of useful reference works in this field, which still contain usable illustrations and plates as well as references to literature references by important contemporary historians such as Johannes Voigt .

Vossberg's works are a valuable contribution to the recording of Central European, especially Prussian, cultural history. He rarely made mistakes in interpretation: he suspected a 'seal' behind the heraldic animal fish griffin in the city seal of Leba .

In 1835 Voßberg married a daughter of the academic artist Weyde. The marriage remained childless.

Honors

Vossberg was awarded the following decorations:

Fonts (selection)

  • Coins and seals of the Prussian cities of Danzig, Elbing, Thorn, as well as the dukes of Pomerellen in the Middle Ages. With many coins and seals. Berlin 1841 ( e-copy ) ( review, pp. 242–243 ).
  • History of Prussian coins and seals from the earliest times to the end of the rule of the Teutonic Order. Berlin 1843 ( e-copy ).
  • Banderia Prutenorum or flags of the Teutonic Order and its allies, which were the spoils of the Poles in battles and skirmishes of the 15th century. Edited from Dingoss's handwriting. With many pictures. Berlin 1849 ( e-copy ).
  • Coin history of the city of Gdansk. With 12 plates illustrations. Berlin 1852 (edition of 50 copies) ( e-copy ).
  • The seals of the Middle Ages of Poland, Lithuania, Silesia. Pomerania and Prussia. A contribution to the promotion of diplomatic, genealogical, numismatic and art historical studies on originally Slavic parts of the Prussian monarchy. With XXV copper plates. Berlin 1854 ( e-copy ).
  • Book of Arms of the Cities of the Grand Duchy of Poznan. With 16 plates illustrations. Berlin 1866 (edition of 200 copies) ( e-copy ).
  • The seal of the Mark Brandenburg. According to documents of the Geh. State Archives, the State Archives in Magdeburg, as well as municipal and other archives. 1. Delivery 1868. The extensive collections of plaster casts, drawings and notes on this work were kept in the Secret State Archives in Berlin. Using this collection, the “Herold” association published the second delivery of the book in 1867.
As a co-author
  • together with Theodor Hirsch : Caspar Weinreich's Danziger Chronik. A contribution to the history of Danzig, the Lands of Prussia and Poland, the Hansabund and the Nordic empires . Berlin 1855 ( e-copy ).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c B. von Koehne: Nekrolog - FA Vossberg . In: Berlin sheets for coin, seal and heraldry . Volume 5, Berlin 1870, pp. 320-324.
  2. ↑ Friedrich August Vossberg: History of the Prussian coins and seals from the earliest times to the end of the rule of the Teutonic Order . Berlin 1843, p. 44.
personal data
SURNAME Vossberg, Friedrich August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vossberg, Friedrich August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German numismatist, sphragistician and coin and seal collector
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Strzelno
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1870