Johann Gottfried Sommer

Johann Gottfried Sommer (* 1782/ 1783 in Leuben in Dresden , † 11- 12. November 1848 in Karlin in Prague , actually Johann Gottfried Volte ) was a German writer and nonfiction author topographic-historical works.

Life

The son of a shoemaker came from a poor background. Self-taught he continued his education and took over the teaching position at a village school. After a subsequent training at the Friedrichstadt teacher training college in Dresden, Volte published several textbooks between 1805 and 1810.

His real interest was geography and linguistics, so he began to publish geographic descriptions. However, at no time did Sommer conduct his own scientific research, but limited himself to collecting and processing existing knowledge. After his divorce, he left Dresden in 1809 and went to Bohemia, where he initially earned his living as an actor and prompter. In Prague he finally got a job as a tutor and changed his family name in summer . During this time, Sommer published mainly on German language teaching and then worked as a teacher at the Prague Conservatory .

In 1823 he began to publish the paperback for the dissemination of geographical knowledge , which appeared in 26 volumes up to his death.

For his life's work, he gave up teaching in 1831 and was employed by Kaspar Maria von Sternberg at the Fatherland Museum in Bohemia , where he published the statistical and topographical description of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which was published in 16 volumes from 1833, the last in 1849 posthumously appeared, prepared. He was significantly supported by Franz Xaver Zippe .

In addition, Sommer worked for a long time as editor of the Economic News and Hesperus .

Works (selection)

• The latest verbatim and factual explanatory dictionary of all those words, expressions and idioms borrowed from foreign languages ​​which the Germans have considered indispensable and irreplaceable until now, in writings and books as well as in everyday language. A handbook for businessmen, newspaper readers and all educated people in general. JG Calve'sche Buchhandlung, Prague 1814 ( [1] Fourth edition 1833).
• Painting of the physical world or entertaining representation of celestial and geography , 6 volumes, Prague 1819–1830, Calve, with 45 KK. and stone tablets
  • Volume 1 The World Building, a useful and entertaining reader. Prague 1819, 2nd edition 1827, with 12 KK. and stone tablets ( books.google.de ).
  • Volume 2 Physical description of the solid surface of the earth's body. Prague 1821, 2nd edition 1828, with 14 KK. and maps ( books.google.it ).
  • Volume 3 Physical description of the liquid surface of the earth's body. Prague 1823, with 11 KK. and cards, 2nd edition 1829, with 7 KK. and stone tablets ( books.google.it ).
  • 4th volume Physical description of the haze of the globe. Prague 1823, with 6 KK. and stone tablets, 2nd ed. 1830, with 4 KK. ( books.google.de ).
  • 5. Volume History of the Earth's Surface. Prague 1825, with 5 KK., 2nd edition 1830, with 7 KK. and 2 stone tablets ( books.google.de ).
  • 6. Volume Paintings of the Organic World. Prague 1826, with 1 K., 2nd edition 1831 ( books.google.de )
• Paperback for the dissemination of geographical knowledge. An overview of the newest and most worth knowing in the area of ​​the whole country and ethnology. At the same time as a continuous supplement to Zimmermann's Taschenbuch der Reisen. JG Calve'sche Buchhandlung, 26 vols., Prague 1823–1848 (ed., Books.google.de ).
  • Volume 1 books.google.de
  • Volume 2 books.google.de
  • Volume 3 books.google.de
  • Volume 4 books.google.de
  • Volume 5 books.google.de
  • Volume 6 books.google.de
  • Volume 7 books.google.de
  • Volume 8 books.google.de
  • Volume 9 books.google.de
  • Volume 10 books.google.de
  • Volume 11 books.google.de
  • Volume 12 books.google.de
  • Volume 13 books.google.de
  • Volume 14 books.google.de
  • Volume 15 books.google.de
  • Volume 16 books.google.de
  • Volume 17 books.google.de
  • Volume 18 books.google.de
  • Volume 19 books.google.de
  • Volume 20 books.google.de
  • Volume 21 books.google.de
  • Volume 23 books.google.de
  • Volume 24 books.google.de
  • Volume 25 books.google.de
  • Volume 26 books.google.de
  • Volume 1 / Volume 26 books.google.de
• Newest painting from Asia. Prague 1829-1830
  • First part ( 2nd edition 1834 )
  • Second part ( books.google.de )
• Latest painting from America. Prague 1831
  • Fourth part ( books.google.de )

District structure of Bohemia according to the 16 summer volumes

• The Kingdom of Bohemia; Represented statistically and topographically. JG Calve'sche Buchhandlung (volumes 1–9) and Verlag Friedrich Ehrlich (volumes 10–16), Prague
  • Volume 1: Leitmeritz Circle . 1833 (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-00-7 , series: From the library of my great-grandfather Carl Ritter von Taschenk ) books.google.it , 2.
  • Volume 2: Bunzlauer Kreis . 1834 (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-01-5 ) books.google.it
  • Volume 3: Bidschower Kreis . 1835 (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-02-3 ) books.google.it
  • Volume 4: Königgrätzer Kreis . 1836 (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-03-1 ) books.google.it
  • Volume 5: Chrudimer Kreis . 1837 (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-04-X ) books.google.it
  • Volume 6: Pilsner Kreis . 1838 (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-05-8 ) books.google.it
  • Volume 7: Klattauer Kreis . 1839 (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-06-6 ) books.google.it
  • Volume 8: Prachiner Circle . 1840 (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-07-4 ) books.google.it
  • Volume 9: Budweiser Kreis . 1841 (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-08-2 ) books.google.it
  • Volume 10: Tabor Circle . 1842 (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-09-0 ) books.google.it
  • Volume 11: Caslav Circle . 1843 (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-10-4 ) books.google.it
  • Volume 12: Kaurimer Circle . 1843 (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-11-2 ) books.google.it
  • Volume 13: Rakonitz Circle . 1845 (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-12-0 ) books.google.it
  • Volume 14: Saaz Circle . 1846 (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-13-9 ) books.google.it
  • Volume 15: Elbogen Circle . 1847 (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-14-7 ) books.google.de
  • Volume 16: Berauner Circle . 1849 (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-15-5 ) books.google.it
  • Index volume (Reprint ISBN 3-902318-16-3 )

• Textbook of geography and national studies. 3 volumes, 1835–1842.
  • First volume ( books.google.it )
  • Second volume ( opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de )
  • Third volume ( books.google.it )
• Teplitz and its surroundings for strangers and locals. Darmstadt 1830 ( opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de )

literature

• Michael Martischnig :  Summer Johann Gottfried. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 413.
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Summer, Johann Gottfried . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 35th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1877, pp. 286–288 ( digitized version ).
• Friedrich Ratzel :  Johann Georg Sommer (wrong first name) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 605 f.

Web links

• Literature by and about Johann Gottfried Sommer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Johann Gottfried Sommer at Wikisource