Hermann von Höxter

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Hermann von Höxter also de Huxaria or Uxsaria (* around 1370, presumably in Westheim ( Prince Diocese of Paderborn ); † April 20, 1396 ) was a professor of medicine .

He was the first regens doctor of the medical faculty of the University of Heidelberg, founded in 1386 . Around 1393 he became a professor of medicine. In 1394 the rector and a group of professors, including Hermann von Höxter, urged the Heidelberg City Council to secure the duty-free import of wine guaranteed in the privileges. The professors at Heidelberg University were paid with wine . His medical colleagues were Eastern Churches and Jacobus von Hermenia, Hermann's successor was Wilhelm Tenstal von Deventer.

literature

  • Gustav Toepke : The register of the University of Heidelberg, 1386-1916 . Vol. 1-7. Heidelberg 1884–1907 (see (matriculation 1386-1920) )
  • Claus D. Hillebrand and Peter Zimber: Three Westphalia in Heidelberg, Historical Personalities from the Land of Prodigal Sons , GRIN-Verlag, Munich, 2013, pp. 13–47, ISBN 978-3-656-55464-6

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Friedrich Hautz: History of the University of Heidelberg . Volume 1, p. 161 ( digitized version )
  2. ↑ https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/matrikel1386/0083
personal data
SURNAME Hermann von Höxter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hermann de Huxaria; Hermann de Uxsaria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician, professor of medicine
DATE OF BIRTH around 1370
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: Westheim , Principality of Paderborn
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1396