Johann Christoph Brotze

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Johann Christoph Brotze
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Orellen Manor Ensemble, painting from 1794

Johann Christoph Brotze (* 12. September 1742 in Görlitz ; † August 4 . Jul / 16th August  1823 greg. In Riga ) was a German educator and ethnographer .

Life

Johann Christoph Brotze graduated from high school in his hometown and then studied theology and philosophy at the universities of Leipzig and Wittenberg , where he was Amanuensis of Johann Matthias Schröckh and was awarded a Dr. phil. received his doctorate . He also trained as a draftsman. In 1768 he went to Riga and spent 46 years as a teacher and vice-principal at the Imperial Lyceum there , and from 1804 as a senior teacher at the Gouvernements-Gymnasium.

During this time he collected sources, records and news on the history of Riga, Livonia , Courland and Estonia . He has published more than 100 essays on the history of the Baltic Governments . His work is now a valuable source for historians.

The “Collection of Various Liefland Monuments” is a unique document. It includes detailed descriptions of more than 2,000 buildings, graves, coats of arms, etc., illustrated with drawings and pictures, which often no longer exist today.

Fonts

  • Review of the past , 8 deliveries (with the annual programs of the governorate grammar school), Riga 1805–1814.
  • Collection of various Liefland monuments, prospectuses and the like , 10 volumes, manuscript, 1776–1818. These folio volumes from the document collection of the Latvian Academic Library (Latvijas Akadēmiskās bibliotēkas documentu krājums) were published in five volumes after decades of planning under difficult economic conditions. The Estonian (fifth) part was created at the University of Dorpat ( Tartu ):
    • Johans Kristofs Broce: Zīmējumi un apraksti 1. Rīgas skati, ļaudis un ēkas (Views of Riga, people and buildings). Red. Teodors Zeids. (456 pages Latvian / German), Verlag Zinātne, Rīga 1992. ISBN 5-7966-0313-2
    • Johans Kristofs Broce: Zīmējumi un apraksti 2. Rīgas priekšpilsētas un tuvākā apkārtne (The Suburbs and Surroundings of Riga). Red. Teodors Zeids. (592 pages Latvian / German), Verlag Zinātne, Rīga 1996. ISBN 5-7966-1017-1
    • Johans Kristofs Broce: Zīmējumi un apraksti 3. Latvijas mazās pilsētas un lauki (Latvia's small towns and country). Ed. Teodors Zeids, Rita Brambe and Gvido Straube. (496 pages Latvian / German), Verlag Zinātne, Rīga 2002. ISBN 9984-698-01-7
    • Johans Kristofs Broce: Zīmējumi un apraksti 4. Latvijas mazās pilsētas un lauki (Latvia's small towns and country). Published by Muntis Auns. (488 pages in Latvian / German), Latvijas Vēstures Institūta āpgāds, Rīga 2007. ISBN 5-7966-0313-2
    • Johann Christoph Brotze: Estonica . Edited by Ants Hein, Ivar Leimus, Raimo Pullat and Ants Viires. (619 pages Estonian / German), Estopol OÜ publishing house, Tallinn 2006. ISBN 978-9985-9722-0-5

literature

Web links

Commons : Johann Christoph Brotze  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the burial register of St. Jacobi Church in Riga (Latvian: Rīgas sv. Jēkaba ​​katedrāle)
  2. ^ General encyclopedia of writers and scholars of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland . Volume 1: A – F , Mitau 1827, p. 277.
  3. ↑ In detail bibliographically listed in: General writers and scholars lexicon of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland . Volume 1: A-F , Mitau 1827, pp. 278-283.
personal data
SURNAME Brotze, Johann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator and ethnographer
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1742
PLACE OF BIRTH Goerlitz
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1823
Place of death Riga