Friedrich Dreyer (watchmaker)
Friedrich Dreyer (* 7. November 1822 in Rehna , † 20th November 1902 in Schwerin ) was a German court - watchmakers .
Life
Friedrich Dreyer received a patent on October 15, 1858 , which gave him the "character as a court watchmaker" in Rehna , but no right to the work to be carried out at court .
At the International Agricultural Exhibition in Cologne in 1865 he exhibited a tower clock machine which prevents the weights from falling .
In 1871 Dreyer changed his place of residence and moved to Schwerin. There he was referred to as "very old" in a source from 1884.
Well-known works (selection)
- 19th century: clock of the Schwerin Paulskirche
- around 1875: Tower clock for the Banzkow village church, which was inaugurated in Banzkow in 1875 according to plans by Schwerin Building Councilor Theodor Krüger
- around 1880: precision pendulum clock ; as an exhibit in Mecklenburg Folk Museum Schwerin-Mueß issued
Individual evidence
- ^ Based on the baptism entry of November 10, 1822 in the Rehana church book, accessed via ancestry. com on April 14, 2018
- ↑ a b c d Cornelia von Berswordt-Wallrabe : (Ed.): Everything is ticking. The clock collection of the State Museum Schwerin. Inventory catalog , ed. on the occasion of the exhibition "Alles Tickt" in the State Museum Schwerin from December 28, 1999 to March 5, 2000, Schwerin: State Museum, 2000, ISBN 978-3-86106-056-7 and ISBN 3-86106-056-6 , p 142, 146; limited preview in Google Book search
- ^ Catalog of the international agricultural exhibition in Cologne. Cologne: DuMont-Schauberg 1865, p. 102
- ↑ Anne-Dorle Hoffgaard: 105 defective mechanical timepieces / The ravages of time gnaw at many church tower clocks in Mecklenburg , article on the page kirche-mv.de of the Evangelical Lutheran Church District Mecklenburg and the Pomeranian Evangelical Church District in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany (North Church) of March 23, 2017, last accessed on April 14, 2018
- ↑ oV : The Banzkower seat Madonna returned to her Church / History of the Church Banzkower , illustrated article on the page gemeinde-banzkow.de [no date], as last accessed on 14 April 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dreyer, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German court watchmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rehna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 1902 |
| Place of death | Schwerin |