Friedrich Zollmann

Friedrich Zollmann: Comitatus Hanau (1728)

Friedrich Zollmann (* May 12, 1690 in Gotha ; † February 2, 1762 in Weimar ) was an archivist , historian and cartographer .

Life

Friedrich Zollmann was the third son of the "Princely Saxon Secret Council" Johann Ludwig Zollmann. He attended school in Coburg and from 1712 studied constitutional law and history at the University of Jena . From 1724 to 1727 he was assessor at the consistory in Coburg and from 1727 to 1728 at the consistory in Weimar. After the death of Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Sachsen-Weimar , he was dismissed, but a few months later he was hired as administrator of the secret archive and the feudal secretariat . In 1748 he was a member of the commission that regulated the guardianship of the minor heir to the throne, Duke Ernst August II . After completing the project, he was dismissed, but when Duke Ernst August II reached the age of majority, he was reinstated as councilor and entrusted with the administration of the secret archive, a function that he held until his death.

plant

Friedrich Zollmann made a name for himself primarily through the authorship of a number of maps. The first Comitatus Hanau (1728), and then maps the history Upper Saxony (1732) published in Nuremberg publisher Johann Baptist Homann heirs . The maps show a high information density and accuracy. They reflected the knowledge of the time and, in addition to the actual cartographic representation, contained accompanying texts that contained a great deal of historical and contemporary legal information.

literature

• Max Berbig :  Zollmann, Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, p. 423 f.
• Eckhard Meise : The "Comitatus Hanau" map and a controversy of the 18th century: Where does the name "Bulau" come from? In: New Magazine for Hanau History 2010, pp. 9–43 (14).

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