Georg Sturtz

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Georg Sturtz , also Georgius Sturcius, Sturcz, Stortz, Sturciades, Opercus = falls (* 1490 in Buchholz near Annaberg ; † April 7, 1548 in Erfurt ) was a doctor and professor of medicine at the University of Erfurt , Hierana . From 1516 to 1526 also rector of the University of Erfurt. He also made a name for himself as a patron of the Erfurt humanists.

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Sturtz was born in Buchholz as the son of a mine owner, Andreas Sturtz, who had become rich through mining and who was also mayor of Annaberg in 1509. He had two brothers, Michael and Wolf.

After attending the Latin school in Annaberg, he enrolled at the University of Erfurt in 1505. In October 1506, with Helius Eobanus, Hessus obtained the academic degree of a Baccalaureus , and in 1521 with Joachim Camerarius the Elder. Ä. that of a master’s degree, with Eoban giving the doctoral speech.

After he had previously undertaken a trip to Italy, from which he returned in 1519, he traveled across the Alps for the second time in 1521. This time he took Euricius Cordus with him at his own expense . The way led to Venice, Mantua, Rome and Ferrara, where Euricius Cordus received his doctorate from Nicolaus Leonicenus . Meanwhile, Sturtz was in Venice.

He may also have visited France and Spain. After Sturtz returned, he settled in Erfurt as a general practitioner and at the same time gave lectures at the university. In the summer semester of 1523 he was the rector's office there. Sturtz acquired the Doctor medicinae at the University of Wittenberg , Leucorea on December 9, 1523 .

His house, the Castel Sant'Angelo , was a meeting point for the humanists. The house was bought by the merchant Hans Speter in 1510 . Soon afterwards the mine owner and doctor Georg Sturtz bought the house. Although he rarely stayed in Erfurt and his estate at first, he supported the intellectual circles of Erfurt, which benefited the humanists who frequented Eobanus Hessus, as hardly any of them had a handsome financial background. After 1521, when many humanists left Erfurt, the property became quieter. In 1526 Eobanus Hessus also left the house. Sturtz promoted Euricius Cordus and Helius Eobanus Hessus, as well as numerous other humanists and physicians, including Martin Hune and Ambrosius Carlau . He showed them his favor to a great extent, which was also reflected in the fact that his invitations to the lavish drinking bouts and discussions developed. Eoban dedicated a number of his writings to him. Georg Sturtz used the Castel Sant'Angelo for his large family and his guests.

As a late consequence of the Erfurt unrest and turmoil , Sturtz left the city in the summer of 1525 to return to his homeland. He previously practiced in Erfurt and Annaberg before he came to Joachimsthal as a city doctor and pharmacist in 1525 . The foundation and re-establishment of the pharmacy earned him the thanks of the city and its citizens. He stayed there from 1525 to 1527. He was a doctor and city physician here; at the same time he founded a pharmacy in 1526. He continued to show great interest in the Erfurt conditions, about which he was informed in detail by letter and by visits from friends. Whether the lack of external success, whether the longing for being together with friends, whether the greater calm in Erfurt was the cause, in the beginning of 1528 Sturtz moved back to Erfurt with his family. His successor, whom Sturtz knew personally, was Georgius Agricola from Leipzig. When Martin Luther suffered from severe bladder and kidney stone disease on the way from Schmalkalden back to Wittenberg in 1537 , he was treated in Erfurt by his friend Georg Sturtz, who at that time was one of the richest citizens of the city, who was also from 1516 to 1526 Was rector of the university there, he quartered him in the Castel Sant'Angelo, where he gave Luther medical care.

Works (selection)

  • Liber de schematis febrium. 1524.
  • Liber de peste. 1534.
  • Regiment before the pestilence. 1542.
  • A comforting and mostly useful regiment from the Pestilentz with many beautiful rules / prescriptions and receipts. 1543.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adolph Hofmeister:  Sturtz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, pp. 52-54.
  2. ↑ today Allerheiligenstrasse 20
  3. ↑ Manfred Wilde: Ancient healing art. Publishing house Dr. C. Müller-Straten, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-932704-67-3 , p. 306.
  4. ↑ Rudolf Werner Soukup: From the beginning to the end of the 18th century: mining, alchemy and early chemistry; History of the early chemical technology and alchemy of the Eastern Alpine region, taking into account developments in neighboring regions. (= Contributions to the history of science and science research. Volume 7). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-205-77567-6 , pp. 139, 175.
  5. ↑ Hartmut Ellrich: Luther: a search for traces in Thuringia. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2009, ISBN 978-3-86680-523-1 , p. 78.
  6. ↑ Dieter Göring: The sick Martin Luther (part 1). In: Ärzteblatt Sachsen-Anhalt. 10/2017 (aerzteblatt-sachsen-anhalt.de)
  7. ↑ Dieter Göring: The sick Martin Luther (part 2). In: Ärzteblatt Sachsen-Anhalt. 11/2017. (aerzteblatt-sachsen-anhalt.de)
personal data
SURNAME Sturtz, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sturcius, Georgius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor, humanist, university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1490
PLACE OF BIRTH Buchholz
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1548
Place of death Erfurt