Joachim Meichel
Joachim Meichel , also: Meychel (* around 1590 in Braunau am Inn ; † August 14, 1637 in Munich ) was a Latin and German poet and translator of the Baroque period .
Life
Meichel spent his school days in his native Braunau and completed his high school studies at the Jesuit high school in Munich (today Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich ) from. He then completed theological studies in Dillingen . In 1614 he got his first job as a teacher for the novices in Weihenstephan Monastery . In 1623 he was appointed secret scribe to the electoral court in Munich, where he remained until his death. Probably going back to contacts from his time in Dillingen, he translated the Latin writings of many Jesuit authors into German.
Works (selection)
- Templa Frisingensia . Ingolstadt 1614.
- (Ex.) Jeremias Drexel : Tongue grinder . 3 vols. Munich 1631–1640.
- (Ex.) Jeremias Drexel : Solstice . Munich 1631.
- (Ex.) Jakob Bidermann : Cenodoxus, the Doctor of Pariss . Munich 1635.
- Quadruple Whiteness Proverbs . Munich 1657.
Literature (selection)
- Johannes Bolte: A Germanization of Bidermann's <Cenodoxus> , in: Jahrbuch für Münchener Geschichte 3 (189), 535-541.
- Gerhard Dünnhaupt : Joachim Meichel , in: Personalbibliographien zu den Druck des Barock , Vol. 4. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-7772-9122-6 , pp. 2696-2708 (list of works and references).
- Hans Pörnbacher: Meichel, Joachim. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 634 ( digitized version ).
- Frans Stoks: Joachim Meichels <Templa Frisingensia> , in: Festgabe Paul B. Wessels , Nijmegen 1974, pp. 75–97.
- Georg Westermeyer: Joachim Meychel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 548.
Web links
- Literature by and about Joachim Meichel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Joachim Meichel in the German Digital Library
- Publications by and about Joachim Meichel in VD 17 .
- Digitized prints by Joachim Meichel in the catalog of the Herzog August Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 1, p. 20.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meichel, Joachim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meychel, Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latin and German lyric poet and translator of the Baroque period |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1590 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunau am Inn |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1637 |
| Place of death | Munich |