Johann Georg Keyßler

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Johann Georg Keyßler, engraving by Christian Fritzsch (1751)

Johann Georg Keyßler (* 1693 in Thurnau ; † 1743 on Gut Stintenburg (today Zarrentin am Schaalsee )) was a German tutor , archaeologist and travel writer . The polyhistor is considered to be the nestor of German research in early history .

Live and act

Latest trip through Teütschland, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy and Lorraine , 1740

After studying in Halle , he was court master in the service of Count Giech in Thurnau and from 1716 on with Count Andreas Gottlieb von Bernstorff in Gartow . With the sons and grandchildren of the counts, he made numerous trips to the neighboring states of Germany. His students included u. a. Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff and his brother Andreas Gottlieb the Younger. His travelogues today offer an authentic source for geographical features such as monuments, museums, cultural and natural history sights. But he also went into the political and economic conditions, which is why they were significantly reduced by the censorship . His descriptions are written in letter form.

Keyßler had been a member of the Royal Society since 1719 .

Works (selection)

  • Recent trips through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy and Lorraine . Hanover 1740/41, 2200 pages. ( Digitized version )

literature

  • Uta von Pezold: Johann Georg Keyßler (1693–1743). On the 300th birthday of the travel writer and nestor of German early history research , in: Geschichte am Obermain 19, 1993/94, pp. 65–84
  • Friedrich Ratzel :  Keyßler, Johann Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 702 f.
  • Gottfried Schütze: The life of Johann Georg Keyßler, member of the Königl. British Society of Sciences . Hanover 1751 ( digitized version )
  • Winfried Siebers: Johann Georg Keyßler and the travelogue of the early enlightenment . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2009. (Epistemata, Literary Studies series; 494) ISBN 978-3-8260-2703-1
  • Martin Krieger: "An astute scholar and dabey an honest man ..." - On the biography of Johann Georg Keyßler, private scholar and educator for Count Bernstorff (1689–1743), in: Journal of the Society for Schleswig-Holstein History 125 (2000) , Pp. 63-89.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elbe-Jeetzel-Zeitung : "Tolerance and Weltlaufigkeit", report on a scientific conference on "Keyßler's World", June 17, 2015, p. 5.

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personal data
SURNAME Keyßler, Johann Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German travel writer, prehistorian and private tutor
DATE OF BIRTH 1693
PLACE OF BIRTH Thurnau
DATE OF DEATH 1743
Place of death Gut Stintenburg