Johann Josef Nehr
Johann Josef Nehr (Czech Jan Josef Nehr ; May 8, 1752 in Tepl - September 13, 1820 in Marienbad ) was a Bohemian monastery doctor and founder of Marienbad as a health resort .
Nehr studied at the University of Prague , where he received his doctorate in 1778. med. received his doctorate. From 1779 he worked as a monastery doctor in the Premonstratensian Monastery of Tepl . He propagated the healing power of the sources of Marienbad and founded the spa town Marienbad together with the abbot of the monastery Chrysostomus Laurentius Pfrogner and Karl Prokop Reiterberger .
Works
- Description of the mineral springs of Marienbad on the monastery of Tepl near the village of Auschowitz . 1813 [1]
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Nehr, Johann Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 20th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1869, pp. 136–140 ( digitized version ).
- E. Rozsívalová: Nehr, Johann Josef. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 60.
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| SURNAME | Nehr, Johann Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nehr, Jan Josef (Czech); Nehr, Johann Joseph; Nehr, Johannes Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian monastery doctor and patron of Marienbad |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1752 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tepl |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1820 |
| Place of death | Marienbad |