Ignaz Ambros of Amman

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Ignaz Ambros von Amman (also Ignaz Ambrosius Ammann ; * December 7, 1753 in Nusplingen or Mühlheim an der Donau ; † January 17, 1830 or 1840 in Dillingen an der Donau ) was a German cartographer and national geometer .

Ignaz Ambros von Amman: Trigonometric map of Swabia, for an overview of the calculations on which the new maps are based , Dillingen 1802

Ignaz Ambros von Amman was Princely Augsburg Court Chamber Councilor and State Geometer of the Hochstift Augsburg , which came to Bavaria in 1803 . Together with Bohnenberger from Württemberg, he was the editor of the Charte von Schwaben (1798-1828).

Location plan of the Kleinseebacher mill

Kleinseebacher and Baiersdorfer Mühle, site plan 1816

In 1816 he drew a map of the location of the Kleinseebacher mill and the Baiersdorfer mill on the Regnitz in Bavaria.

His works are better known in Swabia and Württemberg.

literature

  • H. Fischer: Ignaz Ambros von Amman - his life, his works. In: Mitteilungen des DVW -Landesverein Baden-Württemberg , ISSN  0940-2942 , 52 (2005) Issue 2, pp. 105–115.
  • Philip D. Wolfart: Mapping the early modern state: the work of Ignaz Ambros Amman, 1782-1812. In: Journal of Historical Geography 34 (2008) 1, pp. 1–23, doi: 10.1016 / j.jhg.2007.07.021
  • Hanspeter Fischer: Ignaz Ambros of Amman and the "Charte of Swabia". In: Communications and publications on surveying in the fields of geodesy, geoinformation and land management. 57 (2010), 2, pp. 70-77.
  • Hanspeter Fischer: Beautiful and excellent: the “Charte von Schwaben”. a map historically significant work at the beginning of the 19th century. In: Contributions to regional studies. (1988), 3, pp. 1-8.
  • Eberhard Baumann: JGF Bohnenberger's first geodetic-cartographic work. In: Communications and publications on surveying in the fields of geodesy, geoinformation and land management. 57, 2010, pp. 78-113.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Amman, Ignaz Ambros from In: German Literature Archive Marbach
  2. ↑ a b Ammann Ignaz Ambrosius in the German biography
personal data
SURNAME Amman, Ignaz Ambros of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ammann, Ignaz Ambrosius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cartographer and geometer
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1753
PLACE OF BIRTH Nusplingen
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1830 or January 17, 1840
Place of death Dillingen on the Danube