Jan Władysław Suchodolec

January Władysław Suchodolec , Pol. Also Suchodolski , later dt. Also of Suchodoletz (* 1687 , † 1751 in Marienburg , Prussia Royal share ) was a Polish architect , surveyor and cartographer in Prussian service.

Life

Suchodolec came from the Polish noble family of Suchodoletz and was the son of the engineer and cartographer Samuel Suchodolec (1649-1727) and Elisabeth von Biberstein-Kasimirski (1658-1727).

At a young age he supported his father in his cartographic work. On October 25, 1708, he began studying at the Brandenburg University in Frankfurt . From 1732 to 1739 he was in the service of the "Soldier King" Friedrich Wilhelm I.

Works

“Card of the Kingdom of Prussia. Whereupon not only the provinces with special colors, but also the districts with shading and the authorities with simple lines are separated on Sr. Königl. Majest. most gracious order collected and made. Anno 1733 by Joh [ann] Suchodoletz; Ober Teich-Inspect. of the king Prussia."
Well-founded news of the length and field measurements in the Kingdom of Prussia. Königsberg 1772 ( online ).

literature

Rasa Seibutytė: Lithuania Minor on the Prussian maps of the 18th century , in: Annaberger Annalen 15 (2007), pp. 89–113.

Individual evidence

↑ According to the GHdA Adelslexikon , his grandson Gottlieb (1742–1814), deputy of the East Prussian region, was allowed to use the name of Suchodoletz with his descendants without objection .
^ Ernst Friedländer : Older university matriculation - University of Frankfurt a. Or , 2nd vol. (1649-1811). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1888, p. 279 ( online ).

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personal data
SURNAME	Suchodolec, Jan Władysław
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Suchodolski, Jan; Suchodoletz, Johann Vladislaus von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish builder, geodesist and cartographer in Prussian service
DATE OF BIRTH	1687
DATE OF DEATH	1751
Place of death	Marienburg , East Prussia

[1] According to the GHdA Adelslexikon , his grandson Gottlieb (1742–1814), deputy of the East Prussian region, was allowed to use the name of Suchodoletz with his descendants without objection .

[2] Ernst Friedländer : Older university matriculation - University of Frankfurt a. Or , 2nd vol. (1649-1811). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1888, p. 279 ( online ).