Friedrich Jacob Boßler

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Friedrich Jacob Boßler also called Bossler and Bosler (born March 18, 1717 in Darmstadt ; † April 7, 1793 there ) was a German arms manufacturer and artisan of the 18th century . He was in the service of the hunting landgrave Ludwig VIII of Hessen-Darmstadt as a court wind gun maker .

biography

Friedrich Jacob Boßler depicted in the family tree of the Lichtenberg tribe

Friedrich Jacob Boßler "the elder" was born as the only child of the Hesse-Darmstadt court gunsmith Johann Peter Boßler (* 1689, † 1742) from his marriage to Maria Dorothea. Like his father, he was a scion of the Boßler family , who had come from southern Hesse in what is now the Darmstadt-Dieburg district since 1616 .

He sprang from Lichtenberger tribe of the family Boßler, in Lichtenberg for generations the viscount turned and in the position of royal inspector's office winery Lichtenberg the Landgrave Kameralbeamten belonged. His grandfather as well as his uncles and cousins ​​from Lichtenberg also belonged to the artisan class of gunsmiths and gunsmiths. His father Johann Peter Boßler, who trained as a gunsmith journeyman in Zella and Suhl, founded the branch of the court gunsmith and court copper engraver family Boßler in Darmstadt.

Following tradition, Friedrich Jacob Boßler learned the handicraft of the gunsmith. The publication Guide to the Royal Gun Gallery in Dresden describes one of Boßler under the name Bosler made Flintlock . The technical details of the weapon described there reveal that it was a masterpiece by Boßler made in Zella St. Blasii.

The gunsmith Friedrich Jacob Boßler married Catharina Justina Fischer, a daughter of councilor Henrich Philipp Fischer, in Braubach in 1743 . Boßler's father-in-law was also Hubenschultheiß and Amtschirugus in Braubach .

The document describing the marriage between Friedrich Jacob Boßler and Catharina Justina Fischer is available as a digitized church register .

“On February 19th, Mr. Friedrich Jacob Boßler, Prince [licher] gunsmith in Darmstatt, Mr. Joh [ann] Peter Boßler, who was also the Prince [licher] gunsmith there, formerly behind ] Son, with boy [ung] f [e] r Catharina Justina, H [err] Henrich Philpp Fischers, right relatives here, former daughter, praev [ia] tr [ina] proclam [atione] in silence . Which then moved to Darmstatt. "

- Pastor of the parish Braubach : Parish register entry of the parish Braubach from February 19th, 1743 .

The gunsmith Friedrich Jacob Boßler from the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt had six children with his wife. His son Heinrich Philipp Boßler was one of the most renowned music publishers of his time and the impresario of Mariane Kirchgeßner . He associated with the greatest writers and composers of the 18th century. The famous playwright Friedrich Maximilian Klinger was a second cousin of Friedrich Jacob Boßler.

Court wind gunsmith

Wind rifles by the court wind rifle maker Friedrich Jacob Boßler in the Livrustkammaren Stockholm

Boßler's works as well as he himself enjoyed a high reputation at court as the royal court wind gun maker of Landgrave Ludwig VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt . The sovereign of Hessen-Darmstadt particularly valued Boßler's weapons.

Friedrich Jacob Boßler made several pistols , rifles and wind rifles for the Jagdlandgrave . Two of the pistols created by Friedrich Jacob Boßler were in the Bavarian Army Museum in 1914 . A wind rifle made by him in 1750, which can be seen today in the Kranichstein hunting lodge , shows the prince's mirror monogram in gold. Boßler always signed his weapons with FI Bosler .

The guns made by the court wind gun maker Boßler can also be found in Windsor Castle and other public and private collections. They have already been part of major auctions in London .

In many cases, attempts have been made to copy the high-quality and famous wind rifles that Friedrich Jacob Boßler created. The precision mechanic Johann Christian Breithaupt completed his training as a gunsmith with Friedrich Jacob Boßler in Darmstadt, financed by the court chamber .

literature

  • Hans Schneider : The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , pp. 15, 21, 22.
  • Christie's : FINE ANTIQUE FIREARMS FROM THE W. KEITH NEAL COLLECTION. London November 9, 2000, ( OCLC 1031227412 ), pp. 160-161.
  • Wolfgang Weitz: Bosler. Gunsmith and copper engraver in Darmstadt , Nidda 2001, ( OCLC 634901431 ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 15 .
  2. ↑ a b Marcel Bossler: A small text on the genealogy and ancestry of the court rifle maker in Darmstadt Johann Peter Boßler (Bosler) illuminating as well as the history, significance and origin of the early Boßler family via the Lichtenberg office to Darmstadt and Neckarsteinach . Ed .: Marcel Bossler. Volume I. - History of the Hessian Boßler family. Self-published by M. Bossler, Bad Rappenau 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063737-7 , p. 14-16 .
  3. ^ Max von Ehrenthal: Guide through the royal rifle gallery in Dresden . Ed .: General Directorate of the Royal Collections. Verlag Baensch, Dresden 1900, OCLC 11904535 , p. 81, 98 .
  4. ↑ Hessen-Darmstadt: High Princely Hessen-Darmstadt State and Address Calendar . Ed .: Verlag der Invaliden-Anstalt. 1796, ZDB -ID 514538-7 , p. 121 ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ Ralph Jackmuth: Parish Braubach: marriages 1735-1800 - Transcript. Genealogy Ralph Jackmuth, July 15, 2018, accessed November 30, 2019 (German).
  6. ↑ Marcel Boßler: The famous Sturm und Drang poet Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger from Frankfurt with clear Odenwald roots . In: Hessian Family History Association e. V. (Hrsg.): Hessische Genealogie . Volume 3, Issue 2, 2020, ISSN  2626-0220 , p. 28-29 .
  7. ^ A b Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744–1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 22 .
  8. ^ Association for historical weapons (ed.): Journal for historical weapons and costume science . tape 6 . Walter de Gruyter , 1914, ZDB -ID 202580-2 , p. 25 .
  9. ↑ Magistrate of the City of Darmstadt (ed.): Darmstadt in the time of the Baroque and Rococo . tape 1 - Catalog book for the exhibition in Darmstadt Mathildenhöhe from September 6 to November 9, 1980. Darmstadt 1980, OCLC 10857248 , p. 162 .
  10. ↑ Dr. Rainer Maaß: Handbook of cultural centers of the early modern times - cities and residences in the old German-speaking area . Ed .: Wolfgang Adam and Siegrid Westphal . tape 1 - Augsburg – Gottorf. de Gruyter , Berlin / Boston 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-020703-3 , p. 341 ( digitized version ).
  11. ↑ Arne Hoff: Dutch firearms . Ed .: Sotheby Parke Bernet . London 1978, ISBN 0-85667-041-3 , pp. 246 .
  12. ↑ Magistrate of the City of Darmstadt (ed.): Darmstadt in the time of the Baroque and Rococo . tape 1 - Catalog book for the exhibition in Darmstadt Mathildenhöhe from September 6 to November 9, 1980. Darmstadt 1980, OCLC 10857248 , p. 110 .
personal data
SURNAME Boßler, Friedrich Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bossler, Friedrich Jacob; Bosler, Friedrich Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German arms manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1717
PLACE OF BIRTH Lichtenberg
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1793
Place of death Darmstadt