Johann George Schreiber

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Map of the Principality of Halberstadt
Map of the Saxon spa district, published by Schreiber's heirs
Katharinenstrasse 16, 14 and 12 in Leipzig (engraving around 1720). In the middle the Cafe Zimmermann

Johann George Schreiber (also Johann Georg Schreiber ; born December 10, 1676 in Spremberg , Oberlausitz , † July 31, 1750 in Leipzig ) was a German engraver , cartographer and publisher .

Life

Johann George Schreiber was born as the sixth of seven children of the married couple Hans and Anna Schreiber in Spremberg. His father was a carpenter. The family lived respected, but in very modest circumstances.

Schreiber was the first German map publisher in the Electorate of Saxony .

In 1700 he was commissioned to draw up a plan of the city of Bautzen , on which all the houses in the city should be seen. This copper engraving , later called Schreiberplan , was completed by him on August 12, 1700.

After his death in 1750, his wife and son Johann Christian Schreiber continued to run the business and either made new engravings or issued them for the first time. These engravings therefore contain the references "Schreiber's soulful widow" or "JG Schreiber's soulful heirs" (e.g. card Der Sächsische Cur-Creis ... , 1752) or "Johann Christian Schreiber" in the title.

Appreciation

In his honor, after the reunification in 1990 in Neusalza-Spremberg, the cross connection between Bahnhofstrasse and Obermarkt, the former Ernst Thälmann-Str. , in George-Schreiber-Str. renamed, and on the north wall of the savings bank a memorial plaque is attached with the following inscription: Johann George Schreiber (1676–1750). Important cartographer, geographer, engraver and publisher, son of our Spremberg district. This is followed by five distinctive biographical key data.

Works (selection)

Fonts

  • Atlas Selectus of all kingdoms and countries of the world, For convenient use in schools, when traveling and when reading the newspapers , 1740, 2nd edition 1749.
  • Geographical description of Lower Lusatia and the neighboring Oerter in Silesia , 1748 ( digitized version )
  • Atlas of Saxony with numerous office maps
  • Atlas Geographicus

cards

  • Ober-Lausitz / designed and engraved in copper by Johann George Schreibern , 1727, ND Rohrstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2009
  • The Priebussische Creis in the Principality of Sagan together with the rulership Muska (u) in Upper Lusatia ... , around 1745
  • The duchies of Curland and Liefland ... , around 1749
  • The Principality of Halberstadt with the Quedlinburg Abbey ... , from 1750
  • New travel chart through Saxony… , 1752
  • The Saechsische Cur-Creiß… , from 1752, from Johann Georg Schreiber's heirs
  • The Torgau Office ... , 1752
  • The offices of Annaburg, Schweinitz, Schlieben, Liebenwerda and the rulership of Sonnewalde , 1752, JG Schreiber's heirs
  • The offices of Borna, Pegau and Coldi (t) z located in the Leipziger Creiße ... , undated, 18th century.
  • The Leipziger Creiß… , undated ?, 18th century.
  • The Hertzogthum Lüneburg… , undated ?, 18th century.
  • The Grossen-Hayn office with Zabeltitz in Meissn: Located in the Creise ... , undated ?, 18th century.
  • The Mühlberg office ... , undated ?, 18th century.
  • "The Graeflich Schoenburgischen rulers and offices of Glauchau, Waldenburg, Lichtenstein, Hartenstein, Stein, Remisssen, Rochsburg, Penig, Wechßelburg, Oelsnitz and Ziegelheim by JGSchreybers seel. Wittbe", published by his widow, undated (?), After 1750

Copper engravings

  • Schreiberplan : various images from / the city of Bautzen 1709 a. 1710
  • Engraving from Katharinenstrasse 12–16 in Leipzig, around 1720
  • The Hochfüstl: Saxon (e) Moritzburg Castle on the Elster. Anno 1725 , engraving of the fortified Moritzburg Castle , Zeitz, 1725
  • The March together with a large part of the city of Leipzig , around 1740

literature

  • Günter Hensel: Johann George Schreiber . In: Official Journal of the Administrative Association for the City of Neusalza-Spremberg and the Friedersdorf district and the communities of Dürrhennersdorf and Schönbach, 5/2000/5, p. 14.
  • Eckhard Jäger: Johann George Schreiber (1676-1750): Engraver and atlas publisher in Leipzig , Bad Langensalza: Verlag Rockstuhl 2019, ISBN 978-3-95966-430-1 .
  • Lutz Mohr : Johann George Schreiber - an important son of the city of Neusalza-Spremberg. In: Sächsische Heimatblätter . Vol. 24 (1978), No. 3, pp. 107-110.
  • Marianne and Werner Stams: The cartographer, engraver and first Saxon map publisher Johann George Schreiber from Neusalza-Spremberg 1676–1750 . In: New Lusatian Magazine . New series, Volume 7, 2004, pp. 110-137.

Web links

Commons : Johann George Schreiber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dirk Habermann: Maps from the publishing house Schreiber - Leipzig around 1730
personal data
SURNAME Schreiber, Johann George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cartographer
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1676
PLACE OF BIRTH Spremberg near Neusalza , Germany
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1750
Place of death Leipzig , Germany