Johann Bötticher
Johann Bötticher (also Johannes Boetticher ; * 1687 in Völschow , † 1748 in Wolgast ) was a German educator and historian who dealt with the history of Pomerania .
Life
After attending city school in Friedland , Mecklenburg , he attended high schools in Stralsund and Stettin . From 1711 he studied at the University of Greifswald , but had to interrupt his studies because of the Great Northern War . In the following years he stayed in Stettin, Friedland and Rostock .
After working as an educator for the children of the government councilor von Olthoff and the lieutenant colonel von Schevenbach, he became rector of the city school of Wolgast in 1724. The condition for his appointment was to travel all over Germany for a period of two years to collect donations for the churches and schools in Wolgast, which burned down in 1713. For this he was provided with letters of legitimation and letters of recommendation by the government of Swedish Pomerania in Stralsund.
The trip lasted from April 15, 1724 to May 7, 1725 and brought in more than 1,800 Reichstaler. Bötticher recorded his travel experiences in two volumes . The Wolgast City School, which was largely rebuilt with funds from his collection and which he headed until his death, was inaugurated in 1727.
Johann Bötticher, who was interested in many things, devoted himself particularly to Pomeranian history. He amassed an extensive library and manuscript collection that comprised around 4,100 volumes. Bötticher wrote numerous studies, which he did not publish. After his death, the collection was bought by the University of Greifswald for 600 thalers in 1749 at the instigation of the librarian Johann Carl Dähnert .
literature
- Hermann Müller: Boetticher, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 35 f.
- Karl Heller : Chronicle of the city of Wolgast. Wolgast 1829, pp. 87-100
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Friedhilde Krause, Gerhard Heitz, Ina-Maria Treuter, Bernhard Fabian, Karen Kloth: Handbook of historical book stocks in Germany . Georg Olms, 1996, ISBN 3487095904 , p. 57
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bötticher, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boetticher, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1687 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Völschow |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1748 |
| Place of death | Wolgast |