Gabriel Tzschimmer

Gabriel Tzschimmer (born June 28, 1629 in Dresden , † November 25, 1694 in Dresden) was a Dresden chronicler and mayor .

Gabriel Tzschimmer on an engraving from 1695

Life

Tzschimmer was born the son of an electoral hunting equipment master. After attending the Kreuzschule in Dresden, he studied law in Leipzig , Wittenberg and Tübingen after 1648 . He then went on a cavalier tour through Germany , Italy and Hungary . In 1663 Tzschimmer married the daughter of the Dresden city major Döring.

Political activity

Soon after his return from the cavalier tour in 1661, Tzschimmer became a member of the council; Then in 1669 appointed secret valet by Elector Johann Georg II . Seven years later he was given the title of Real Advice. Between 1682 and 1694 Tzschimmer held the office of mayor of the city of Dresden. During his term of office, the city ​​fire of 1685 , which destroyed Altendresden . This was then rebuilt according to a large-scale plan.

Tzschimmer as a writer

The Frauenkirche (left) in 1678 next to the Powder Tower (right) as seen from Neumarkt; Detail from an engraving from "The Most Serene Gathering"

As a chronicler and writer, Tzschimmer wrote a number of historical accounts of the history of his hometown Dresden.

He also translated Johannes Sleidanus ' work “De quatuor summis imperiis libri tres” (Strasbourg 1556) into German. In 1664 he transferred Marinus Barletius ' "De vita, moribus ac rebus gestis G. Castriotae Principis, qui Scanderbegus cognominatus est" (Strasbourg 1537).

Street sign of Tzschimmerstrasse in Dresden-Strießen

Tzschimmer's best-known work is the two-part work “The Most Serene Gathering” published in 1680. It was commissioned by Johann Georg II and describes the festivities in the Dresden residence on the occasion of the meeting of the elector with the dukes of the three Albertine secondary school principalities in 1678. The copper engraving illustrations, which detail individual buildings and streets of the Represent city of Dresden.

Honors

Tzschimmerstrasse in Dresden- Striesen is named after him.

Web links

Commons : Gabriel Tzschimmer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Reinhardt Eigenwill: Tzschimmer, Gabriel . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
• Article in Stadtwiki Dresden

predecessor	Office	successor
Philipp Strobel	Mayor of Dresden 1682 - 1694	Christoph Heinrich Vogler