Johann Gottfried Michaelis

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Johann Gottfried Michaelis (born May 20, 1676 in Senftenberg ; † April 24, 1754 in Dresden ) was a Saxon court optician ( optician ) and Kirchner .

Life

At the time of Johann Gottfried Michaeli's birth, his father was a town soldier in the then electoral city ​​of Senftenberg. Later he moved with the family back to his hometown Dresden, where he bought a house and was granted citizenship.

In 1702 Johann Gottfried Michaelis became an adjunct of Thomas Solger, who worked at the old Frauenkirche . Michaelis was also instructed in optics from him. By a decree of the Saxon-Polish Elector-King Augustus the Strong he became court optic in 1722. After Solger's death Michaelis received his post as Kirchner of the Frauenkirche and changed in 1741 in the same position to the Kreuzkirche after the local Kirchner Johann George Keubier died. Michaelis worked in this position until his death.

Michaelis died a month before his 78th birthday. The superintendent gave the funeral sermon in the baroque Frauenkirche on April 28, 1754 on Joh 3,16  EU . The funeral music played for this was put to print by Reinhold.

His wife and only son Johann Gottlieb Michaelis (also Johann Gottlob Michaelis ; 1704–1740), who was secret chamberlain at the Saxon court and from 1739 inspector of the mathematical, optical and physical cabinet , died before him .

plant

In addition to the magnifying glasses he made, Johann Gottfried Michaelis is of historical interest primarily due to the tradition of contemporary gravestone inscriptions and epitaphs from the old Frauenkirche and the Frauenkirchhof surrounding it :

  • Dreßdnische Inscriptiones and Epitaphia, . On which monuments of those who rest in God / are buried here in and outside the church to our dear women, and await a joyous resurrection to find / those who have died to perpetual Andes / those who are living but a mirror and willing followers, with all diligence searched together / and presented for public printing / together with a historical preface by the intended church. Self-published by the author, Dresden 1714 ( digital copy of the SLUB Dresden; online in the Google book search).
  • Monumenta Dresdensia, or digging and honorary Mahle the main town and fortress of Dresden / . Especially those who rest there in God and outside the churches for dear women / for those who have died for perpetual Andencken / for those living but for a mirror and willing followers, brought together with great effort, and together with a historical. Preamble from the intended church handed over to print. David Richter, Budisin 1718 ( digitized from ULB Saxony-Anhalt).

In addition, the following are handed down through him:

  • List of those entrusted, baptized, buried and communicants, so in these ... years in the Churfl. Residence city of Dresden publicized; Married baptized communicants electoral noted. Dresden 1702, Mscr.Dresd.d.62, sheet 153
  • Thoroughly register how much in that… year in the Chur-Fürstl. Saxon. Residenz-Stadt Dresden at weddings, baptisms, buried people, as well as communicants. Dresden 1704–1707, Mscr.Dresd.d.62, sheet 155/158

literature

  • New attempts at useful collections, on the natural and art history, especially from Upper Saxony . 33rd part (third volume). Carl Wilhelm Fulden, Schneeberg 1754, No. V. Life of some Saxon artists, p. 826–829 ( digitized in the Google book search).