Johann Jakob Leitzmann

Johann Jakob Leitzmann (born September 24, 1798 in Erfurt , † October 23, 1877 in Tunzenhausen ) was a German Protestant pastor, numismatist and bibliographer and editor of the first scientific newspaper on numismatics in Germany.

Life

Burial place at the church in Tunzenhausen

Leitzmann studied Protestant theology in Halle and was a Protestant pastor in Tunzenhausen from 1831, where he celebrated his fiftieth anniversary of ordination in 1875 . During his entire tenure he also emerged as a numismatist and published in this field as early as 1827.

The "Numismatic Newspaper" he founded appeared from 1834 to 1873 in Weißensee . Leitzmann was also the author of a number of important works on minting, some of which are still valid today. His extensive coin collection was auctioned in Leipzig in 1880.

In 1841 his continuation of the bibliography of numismatic works published by Johann Gottfried Lipsius in 1801 as Bibliotheca numaria appeared . In 1867 a second, greatly increased edition was published, which was part of the numismatic standard literature worldwide until the 1980s, when, after around 140 years, Philip Grierson's Bibliographie numismatique (1979) and the Numismatic Bibliography by Elvira E. Clain-Stefanelli (1984) was replaced.

Works (selection)

• Directory of a considerable collection of gold, silver, copper and other coins of old, middle and more recent times, from the estate of the late G ( ottfried ). Ch ( ristoph ). Beireis, this collection is to be sold to the highest bidder, and on April 2, 1828 the contract will be awarded . Erfurt, In Commission der Keyser Buchhandlung, 1827.
• Outline of a history of the entire coinage or news of the coinage and the coins of all peoples, princes and cities of the older, middle and more recent times . Erfurt 1828. Reprint Bielefeld, numismat. Verl. Winkel, 1974
• List of all numismatic works published from 1800 up to now as a continuation of the Bibliotheca numaria by JG Lipsius . Weissensee, 1841 (numerous reprints).
• The coinage and coins of Erfurt . Weißensee (Thuringia), Großmann 1862
• Guide in the field of German coinage . Weißensee (Thuringia), Großmann 1865 - 1869 (4 volumes). Reprint Leipzig, Zentralantiquariat, 1985.
• Bibliotheca numeria . Weißensee, Großmann, 1867. 2nd heavily probable edition of the. Ed. 1841.

literature

• Catalog of the collection of ancient, medieval and modern coins and medals of Blessed Pastor J. Leitzmann . Leipzig, Thieme 1880
• Theodor Stenzel:  Leitzmann, Johann Jakob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 232 f.
• Hermann Dannenberg :  Leitzmann, JL In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 51, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 639.
• Helmut Kahnt: The large lexicon of coins from A to Z. Battenberg and Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf 2005

Honors

• Red Eagle Order 4th Class (1871)

Web links

• Literature by and about Johann Jakob Leitzmann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Article about Johann Leitzmann on the website of the city of Sömmerda