Johann Georg Ullmann

Johann Georg Ullmann (born December 27, 1695 in Elterlein ; † January 12, 1765 in Wunsiedel ) was a German mountain master and cartographer . The Johann-Georg-Ullmann-Steig to the Kleiner Johannes mine in Arzberg in the Fichtelgebirge was named after him.

Life

View over Wunsiedel from the Federal Stone in a rock maze of

Ullmann began his service in 1717 as a senior driver, surveyor and tester for the administrative authority in Wunsiedel in the so-called Sechsämterland in what is now the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains .

As an outstanding mining specialist, his records from 1723 to 1760 were trend-setting for the Upper Franconian mining industry. As a miner in the Wunsiedeler Bergamt , he improved the drainage of the pits, drew cracks in the mines and described the hard life of the miners who went about their arduous work in small groups. In addition to the mining office in Wunsiedel, he also headed the mining office in Goldkronach .

He became known for his particularly detailed maps, especially the “six offices” cards, which are valuable objects of historical research because of their vignettes.

He died in 1765 as a princely mining inspector for the margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

family

Cemetery Church of St. Trinity in Wunsiedel

Johann Georg Ullmann was the son of Elterlein Andreas Ullmann's chief forester and his wife Anna Maria Pollmer .

On October 31, 1719 Johann Georg Ullmann married Eva Elisabeth Peuschel , a pastor's daughter from Wunsiedel. Their son Johann Friedrich Ullmann was born on December 26, 1720 in Wunsiedel. He studied at the Friedrichs Academy in Bayreuth from 1742 and later became a mountain master in Goldkronach, where he also died on April 15, 1797 as senior mining secretary.

Johann Georg Ullmann died in 1765. His cast iron grave slab bears the following inscription: “Mementomori, here next rests in God the weyl. ST Mr. Johann Georg Ullmann, Hochfürstl.- Brandenbl.-Culmbl.-Berginspector der Stadt u. 6-Ämter Wunsiedel & c, who in the 50 years served 4 princes untiringly, faithfully, unselfishly and honestly, and decided to gloriously decide his life as a philanthropist, faithful husband, loving father and pious Christian at the age of 70, 1765, Andescken worthy of fame this, Carl Popp, IVC , Hochfürstl.-Brandenbl.-Onolz- and Culmbl.-Bergcomisarius & c. 1769. "

literature

• The art monuments of Bavaria - Wunsiedel district and Marktredwitz district , Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag 1954, ISBN 978-3-486-41941-2
• Archive for the history of Upper Franconia, volume 72 (1992) pp.257-325, The Bayreuth Friedrichsakademie and its students 1742/43

Web links

• Wunsiedel grave monuments , No. 118 Johann Georg Ullmann
• Visitor mine Kleiner Johannes Arzberg
• Johann-Georg-Ullmann-Steig to the Kleiner Johannes visitor mine (PDF; 3.7 MB)
• Ground plan of the Gold- und Zinnseiffen plant called Gelobte Land, located in and next to the Roesla River next to Furthammer , by J.Ullmann (1742), Bamberg State Archives
• Mining history excursion - tin ore mining in the Fichtelgebirge by Stefan Meier, Marktredwitz (PDF; 978 kB)
• Economic Policy in Ansbach-Bayreuth , p.109 (PDF; 2.6 MB)
• Homepage of the Fichtelgebirgsverein eV
• Six office cards from Johann Georg Ullmann
• Reports of the miner Georg Ullmann about the mines in Wunsiedel , (1723–1736)
• The learned parents , p.10, (1739)