Friedrich Ludwig Aster

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Friedrich Ludwig Aster on a painting by Gustav Möller (1898, probably a copy of an older painting)

Friedrich Ludwig Aster (born November 28, 1732 in Dresden ; † December 1, 1804 there ) was an Electoral Saxon officer and cartographer , most recently major general and head of the engineering corps .

Life

Aster was married to Susanne Ludowike, née Hennig († 1817). The couple had sons Ernst Ludwig and Carl Heinrich .

He served under Friedrich August I. from 1778 as a major , from 1787 as a lieutenant colonel and was assessor of the Obermilitaryamt zu Dresden from 1792. Elector Friedrich August III. commissioned his engineering corps under the direction of Aster with the production of a situation map, which should be suitable for military purposes.

Saxon miles sheets
Extract from a map of the Meilen Blätter - Berlin copy from 1792 - taken under Friedrich Ludwig Aster's direction

Aster was in charge of the topographical survey of the State of Saxony based on triangulation and basic measurements between Sonnenstein and Königstein based on the French model. 424 Saxon mile sheets on a scale of 1: 12,000 were created from the topographical survey of the country carried out between 1780 and 1806. These maps are made available to the public by the Dresden State and University Library (SLUB Dresden) , are downloadable and represent a rich fund for researchers. There are three different editions, the Berlin copy (so-called king copy) with 370 parts (1791 to 1810), the Freiberg copy with 394 sheets (with supplements up to 1876) and the Dresden copy with around 445 sheets (from 1792 with supplements and additions up to the last quarter of the 19th century).

The grave of the Aster family

Aster is buried in the Inner Neustädter Friedhof in Dresden.

Works

  • Collected news of the cement used in the United Dutch Provinces from Trassen or ground Cölln and Andernach tuff stones , Gerlachische Buchhandlung, Leipzig and Dresden 1773 ( digitized )
  • Collected news of the method of the Dutch when they make waterproof masonry , Gerlachische Buchhandlung, Leipzig and Dresden 1774 ( digitized version )
  • Detailed report on how the strange battle at Siptitz near Torgau happened on November 3, 1760 , by Christian Gottlob Hilscher, Leipzig 1776 ( digitized version )
  • Saxon mile sheets “Berliner Exemplar”, recorded 1780–1806, initially under the direction of Friedrich Ludwig Aster. - 1: 12000. - Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage, box M 14433 ( digitized version )
  • Reproductions of Aster's leaflets from Saxony in the archives of the Schlossmuseum Hinterglauchau (large topographical survey of Saxony 1780–1804 under Major Friedrich Ludwig Aster)

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Ludwig Aster  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Weltchronik des Messens: Universal history of measure and number ... , Heinz Dieter Haustein, ISBN 3-11017-173-2 , De Gruyter
  2. ↑ Access to the three issues in the so-called Map Forum Saxony
  3. ↑ Berlin copy in the SLUB Dresden
  4. ^ Freiberg copy in the SLUB Dresden
  5. ^ Dresden copy in the SLUB Dresden
  6. ↑ Notes on the Aster'schen Meilenbl Blätter, In: Schriftenreihe Heft 7, Museum und Kunstsammlung Schloß Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1988, GDR, p. 46, point 11
personal data
SURNAME Aster, Friedrich Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saxon officer, most recently major general and chief of the engineering corps
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1732
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1804
Place of death Dresden