Gottlob Friedrich Haug

Gottlob Friedrich Haug on an oil painting portrayed by Gottlob Wilhelm Morff

Gottlob Friedrich Haug (born October 5, 1769 in Ludwigsburg , Duchy of Württemberg ; † January 10, 1850 in Stuttgart , Kingdom of Württemberg ) was a Württemberg surveyor , cartographer , mathematician , physicist and watchmaker . Haug has numerous ancestors from Württemberg honorableness . He is also a descendant of the reformer Johannes Brenz . From 1829 until his retirement, Haug was professor of algebra and physics at the United Real- und Gewerbeschule Stuttgart , whose natural science courses were elevated to a faculty at the later founded University of Stuttgart . Haug became known at a young age for his manufacture of celestial and terrestrial globes .

Life

Origin and family

Johann Friedrich Gottlob Haug was the fourth child of the Ludwigsburg court instrument maker Johann Friedrich Haug (1730–1793) and his second wife Charlotte Katharina Sidonie Commerell, the daughter of the ducal chamber musician Johann Friedrich Commerell, born on February 24, 1734 in Ludwigsburg.

Johann Friedrich Gottlob Haug lived with his family in Stuttgart, where his father had been at the Karlsschule since 1778 , which was founded by Duke Karl Eugen in 1770 as a " military nursery school " in the ducal pleasure palace Solitude and in 1781 was elevated to the High Charles School by Emperor Josef II , taught.

education

Johann Friedrich Gottlob Haug attended the illustrious grammar school in Stuttgart, the humanistic branch of the Eberhard-Ludwigs grammar school, which was followed by the founding of the Karls grammar school in Stuttgart in 1881 . Haug was "trained" at the Hohen Karlsschule from 1786 . He studied mathematics and physics . His father taught him mechanics , technology and the manufacture of mechanical instruments and musical instruments. In 1792 Johann Friedrich Gottlob Haug, 23 years old, became known for his construction and his own production of earth and celestial globes .

A copy of these globes from the possession of the Dukes of Württemberg , formerly in their Kunstkammer , is now in the Württemberg State Museum in Stuttgart, Art and Cultural History Collections , in the “Legendary Masterworks” collection in the Old Castle.

Court mechanic and court clock maker

In 1793 Haug received the post of " repairer of artificial clocks " in the ducal palaces. In 1794 he was appointed " court mechanic " and " court clock maker ". Johann Friedrich Gottlob Haug became court master and educator of the grandfather of King Wilhelm II of Württemberg , Prince Paul of Württemberg .

In 1799, Haug began teaching as a preceptor at the middle school and at the Realschule in Stuttgart. As an experienced surveyor , he created the contemporary, current maps of the Duchy of Württemberg and later the Kingdom of Württemberg.

Lecturer at the Württemberg cadet institute and at the forest school

Map of the Kingdom of Württemberg by Gottlob Friedrich Haug, Stuttgart, 1813

From 1813 to 1817 Haug also taught geography at the Württemberg cadet institute , from 1818 to 1820 he taught geography and technology at the forestry school . In 1818 he became the main teacher at the grammar school, in 1820 he received the title of professor. As a part-time job, he took on the position of technical advisor at the cadastral commission in 1821, and later at the tax committee, where he worked until 1843. From the establishment of the United Real and Trade School , from which the University of Stuttgart later emerged, in 1829 until his retirement in 1839, he taught mechanics and mechanical engineering there. In 1833/34 he was the administrator of the school's board of directors .

His father Johann Friedrich Haug may have known the pastor and inventor Philipp Matthäus Hahn (1739–1790). Johann Friedrich Gottlob Haug dealt intensively with the construction of the "Hahn clocks". Johann Friedrich Gottlob Haug acquired the astronomical clock known as the "Ludwigsburg World Machine" from the estate of Philipp Matthäus Hahn. As a retired 70-year-old, this moved him to build two astronomical clocks himself, which are family-owned.

Marriages and offspring

Haug was married twice. His first marriage in 1794 was Juliane Luise Märklin (1774–1823). This marriage gave birth to 13 children. After Juliane Luise's death, Haug married Wilhelmine Jakobine Märklin (1778-1852), the sister of his late first wife, in 1824. His second marriage was childless.

Gottlob Friedrich Haug's descendants include his sons Carl Friedrich Haug (1795–1869) historian , for 40 years professor of universal history at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen , his nine daughters and his only son, the paper manufacturer and mill owner Carl Friedrich Haug junior , the Protestant Pastor Ferdinand Haug (1807–1864), dean in Leonberg , father of the archaeologist Ferdinand Haug , along with other descendants from the next generations of musicians and composer of radio play productions David Moufang .

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Exhibitions

From December 1, 1999 to February 27, 2000 an exhibition on the life and work of Gottlob Friedrich Haug took place in the Ludwigsburg Municipal Museum : “Through time and space. Gottlob Friedrich Haug 1769-1850 ".

Fonts

Use of the sextant - handwritten instructions by GF Haug reproduced in facsimile

right: Additions to the instructions ... - Handwriting by GF Haug reproduced as a facsimile

• Short and clear instructions for the use of a sextant and the corresponding tables of the heights of the sun, by means of which one can find the true time very precisely from a single observed sun height. An easy means of making all clocks in our country, and in the other countries of Germany, which lie under the same geographical latitude, coincide with the sun and with each other; In addition to a directory of many mechanical, physical, astronomical and mathematical tools, which are made by Gottlob Friedrich Haug, ducal court mechanic and court watchmaker in Stuttgart . Cotta, Stuttgart 1794 ( digitized version ).
• Map of the Kingdom of Württemberg . Joh. Friedr. Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1813 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Carl Friedrich Haug: Communications from his life and from his estate, printed as a manuscript for relatives and friends . Edited by Karl Riecke . Stuttgart. Printed by IB Metzler'schen Buchdruckerei. 1869.
2. ^ Ferdinand Friedrich Faber: The Württemberg family foundations , XXII. Heft, Köhler, Stuttgart 1858.
3. ^ Landesmuseum Württemberg: Art and Cultural History Collections . In: Museum Digital .
4. ^ Karl Riecke: Altwirtembergisches from family papers for the benefit of the Luther Foundation, an educational institution for pastors' sons . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1886.
5. ↑ Andrea Fix: From court mechanic to technology professor: Gottlob Friedrich Haug (1769–1850) . In: Hofgeschichten. The Ludwigsburg residence and its residents . Staatsanzeiger-Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-929981-50-5 , pp. 64-65.
6. ↑ See Ferdinand Friedrich Faber: The Württemberg Family Foundations XXII. Heft, Köhler, Stuttgart 1858, p. 113 [1] .
7. ↑ Catalog on this: Berta Fritsch, Philipp-Matthäus-Hahn-Museum in Albstadt-Onstmettingen, undated

literature

• Johann Wilhelm Camerer : Contributions to the history of the Stuttgart high school . Stuttgart 1834, pp. 55-56.
• Carl Friedrich Haug: Communications from his life and from his estate. Printed as a manuscript for relatives and friends . Edited by Karl von Riecke. Metzler, Stuttgart 1869, pp. 1-2 ( digitized version ).
• Karl Riecke : Altwirtembergisches from family papers for the benefit of the Luther Foundation, an educational institution for pastors' sons . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1886, pp. 16-18 ( digitized version ).
• Karl Riecke: Family stories from the estate of Carl Friedrich Haug . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1886 (with family tree).
• Rudolf Schmidt: Johann Friedrich Gottlob Haug, a previously little known globe manufacturer . In: International Coronelli Society for Globe Studies. Information 24, 1997, pp. 2-4
• Andrea Fix: From court mechanic to technology professor: Gottlob Friedrich Haug (1769–1850) . In: Hofgeschichten. The Ludwigsburg residence and its residents . Staatsanzeiger-Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-929981-50-5 , pp. 64-65.
• Stuttgart mathematician. History of mathematics at the University of Stuttgart from 1829 to 1945 in biographies . Stuttgart 2008, pp. 40-43 ( PDF ).
• Werner Gebhardt: The students of the Hohen Karlsschule. A biographical lexicon . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-17-021563-4 , pp. 280 .
• Andor Trierenberg: The court and university mechanics in Württemberg in the early 19th century . Dissertation University of Stuttgart 2013, pp. 221–228 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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