Georg Muestinger
Georg Muestinger (* before 1400 in Petronell ; † September 30, 1442 in Klosterneuburg ) was an Augustinian and since 1418 provost of Klosterneuburg Monastery , as well as a diplomat and astronomer .
The period of his activity is considered to be the first scientific heyday of Klosterneuburg Monastery. Muestinger reformed the collegiate school and is considered a friend and student of the important astronomer Johannes von Gmunden , who was teaching at the University of Vienna at the time . During his reign, celestial globes were made in Klosterneuburg and a set of maps (probably a mappa mundi ) was created, of which only lists of coordinates of 703 places and water course sketches in Central Europe have survived. The prime meridian was placed through Klosterneuburg.
Muestinger was also vicar general of the Archdiocese of Salzburg . As a diplomat he represented Albrecht II at the Mainz Reichstag in 1439 and he was a participant in the Council of Basel with the delegates from the Vienna Theological Faculty .
literature
- Dana Bennett Durand: The Vienna-Klosterneuburg Map Corpus of the fifteenth century: A study in the transition from medieval to modern science. Brill, Leiden 1952, pp. 56-61
- Helmuth Grössing: Muestinger, Georg, Augustiner. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 562 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Codex latinus Monacensis 14504, fol. 26 r , today in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Muestinger, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Augustinian, diplomat and astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1400 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Petronell |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1442 |
| Place of death | Klosterneuburg |