Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (historian)

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Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (born January 12, 1726 in Dippoldiswalde , † June 2, 1789 in Freiberg ) was a German historian , numismatist and mining official .

Live and act

Klotzsch was the son of the Dippoldiswalder mayor and legal consultant Andreas Klotzsch. After finishing school, he studied law in Wittenberg from 1744 to 1747 . In 1751 he became actuary in the Meißen district office . A short time later he went to Freiberg, because on May 5, 1753 he was elected to the city council. Since 1759 chief town clerk and assessor of the Berg and Schöppen chair , later also senator of the city of Freiberg.

In the following years he began his productive activity as a writer. The focus was on Saxon history and the history of mining . Particularly noteworthy are the origin of the mines in Saxony (1764) and the two-volume Chur-Sächsische Münzgeschichte (1779/1780), the standard work in the field for a long time. Between 1767 and 1777, together with Gottfried Immanuel Grundig, he edited 12 volumes of the collection of mixed news on Saxon history . It contained numerous essays written by him on historical topics.

Shortly before the end of his life, he was still working on an extended new edition of the Freiberg Chronicle, which was originally published in 1653 by Andreas Möller . Klotzsch was buried in the churchyard of Freiberg Cathedral , the so-called Green Cemetery , which was closed as a burial place in 1832. His library, comprising 2,739 items, was auctioned from June 7, 1790 in the former residential building on Obermarkt.

Fonts

  • Thoughts on the invention of the Freyberg mine. Stößel, Chemnitz 1763, ( digitized version ).
  • Origin of the mines in Saxony, investigated from history in the meantime. Stößel, Chemnitz 1764, ( digitized version ).
  • The distortion, examined for its meaning from the old legal constitution, and explained by documents. Gerlach and Son, Dresden 1765, ( digitized version ).
  • The Schrotamt, discovered from correct sources of antiquity, and examined. Gerlach and Son, Dresden 1766, ( digitized version ).
  • with Gottfried Immanuel Grundig: Collection of mixed news on Saxon history. 12 volumes. Stößel, Chemnitz 1767–1777, ( digital copies ).
  • August Friedrich Schott (Ed.): The city law of the city of Freyberg in Saxony, with a story of the same from the chief city clerk Klotzsch. Heinsius, Leipzig 1775, ( digitized version ).
  • An attempt at a Chur-Saxon coin history. From the oldest to the present day. 2 parts. Stößel, Chemnitz 1779–1780, ( digital copies ).
  • From the counter beech. A contribution to the Saxon mining history. Stößel, Chemnitz 1780, ( digitized version ).

literature

  • Gustav Bursian: The Freiberg families. 27. Klotzsch. In: Mittheilungen des Freiberg Alterthumsverein. Issue 2, 1863, pp. 69-104 , here pp. 88-89 .
  • Christoph Weidlich : Biographical news from the legal scholars living now in Germany. Part 1. Hemmerde, Halle 1781, pp. 409–410 .
  • Johann Christian Hasche : Magazine of Saxon History. Part 6, piece 66, 1789, pp. 364-365 .
  • Paul Arnold : Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (1726–1789) and the development of Saxon numismatics in the 18th century. In: Peter Berghaus (Ed.): Numismatic Literature 1500–1864. The development of the methods of a science (= Wolfenbütteler research. 64). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1995, ISBN 3-447-03729-6 , pp. 185-195.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ G. Bursian: The Freiberg sexes. 27. Klotzsch. In: Mittheilungen des Freiberg Alterthumsverein. Issue 2, 1863, pp. 69-104, here p. 89 .
  2. ↑ Matthias Schubert: Baroque death custom and the remains of a chapel. The excavations in the green cemetery of Freiberg Cathedral. In: Work and research reports on the preservation of monuments in Saxony. Booklet. 27, 2014, pp. 220–228, here p. 221, ( PDF; 7.5 MB ).
  3. ^ Catalogus of the library of because. Senator and chief town clerk to Freyberg Johann Friedrich Klotzsch. Freiberg, Barthel 1790, ( digitized version ).

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personal data
SURNAME Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Historian, numismatist, mining official
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1726
PLACE OF BIRTH Dippoldiswalde
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1789
Place of death Freiberg