Johann Conrad Knauth
Johann Conrad Knauth , Latinized Johannes Conradus Cnauthius or Johann Conrad Knauthius , modernized Johann Konrad Knauth (* 1662 in Cölln (near Meißen); † 1732 probably in Dresden ) was an Elector of Saxony historian and rector of the Kreuzschule in Dresden.
Life
He was the son of the later Evangelical-Lutheran pastor of the town of Dippoldiswalde in the Ore Mountains , Magister Johann Knauth, who came from Moritzburg , died in 1716 and for whom his son wrote a long obituary. The librarian Samuel Knauth in Wittenberg was his brother.
On August 24, 1678 he was enrolled at the University of Wittenberg .
Johann Conrad Knauth, who gained fame as a historiographer at the Dresden court and at the same time worked as the rector of the Dresden Kreuzschule , owned the so-called Gartenvorwerk Hopfgarten (in today's Johannstadt between Gerokstraße and Bönischplatz) and maintained a stately herb garden in the Saxon royal seat .
Works (selection)
- Misniae illustrandae prodromus , 1692.
- Introduction to the noble, highly commendable and highly talented Marggrafthum Meissen, country and history description […] , Dresden, Winckler, 1715.
- The honorable age of Johann Knauth, after he decided on January 29, 1716 his 86-year life in his 3rd pastorate in Dippoldiswalde , Dresden 1716.
- The old famous Stiffts-Closter and Landes-Fürstlichen Conditorii Alten-Zella, on the Freybergische Mulda, so probably three respective cities belonging to it from time immemorial, Berg- and Marck-Flecken, Roßwein [...] , Dresden and Leipzig, 1721–1722 .
- Saxonia Vetus Et Magna In Parvo. Or: Description of the old Saxony-Land: Principalities, counts and rulers located in it, fortresses, castles, cities, donors and monasteries, spots and villages, mountains and mines, salt dwarfs, medicinal baths, and healthy fountains, lakes and dams , Forests and floodplains […] as well as different year histories bit this time , Dresden, 1727.
- Augustae Beichlingiorum origines […] , Dresden, undated
Web links
- Publications by and about Johann Conrad Knauth in VD 18 .
- Entry in the Stadtwiki Dresden
- Literature by and about Johann Conrad Knauth in the Saxon Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ The honorable age of Johann Knauth, after he decided on January 29, 1716 his 86-year life in his 3rd pastorate in Dippoldiswalde , Dresden 1716.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knauth, Johann Conrad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cnauthius, Johannes Conradus; Knauthius, Johann Conrad (full name); Knauth, Johann Konrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saxon historian and rector of the Kreuzschule in Dresden |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1662 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cölln |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1732 |
| Place of death | uncertain: Dresden |