Johann Matthäus von Faulhaber

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Death shield of Johann Matthäus von Faulhaber on a pillar in the side aisle of the Ulm Minster

Johann Matthäus von Faulhaber , born as Johann Matthäus Faulhaber (born March 1, 1670 in Ulm , Holy Roman Empire , † April 21,  1742 ibid) was a German engineer , officer and historian .

Life

Johann Matthäus Faulhaber came from the respected patrician family Faulhaber in Ulm . His father Anton Faulhaber (1629–1686) was a grandson of the Ulm scholar and mathematician Johannes Faulhaber . His mother Anna Barbara, b. Cramer, was his father's second wife.

In 1688 Faulhaber became an officer in "Durlachian services" . From 1700 he was stationed in the garrison in Ulm, initially as an engineer captain and later as a colonel. Faulhaber's father Anton was an engineer and kit manager in Ulm and had already written a multi-volume work on " Artillery Art " in 1680 . Johann Matthäus Faulhaber completed this work and published it from scratch in 1702.

When the troops of the Bavarian Elector Maximilian Emanuel attacked the imperial city of Ulm in the course of the War of the Spanish Succession , Faulhaber earned special services in the defense of the Ulm armory . As early as 1705, Faulhaber's use was described in a contemporary work. Almost a hundred years later Albrecht Weyermann described this event as follows in his book "Of Scholars, Artists and Other Strange People from Ulm":

Faulhaber's rescue of the Ulm armory in Weyermann's book

“When in 1702 in the Bavarian Successions War the Bavarians and the French seized the city and a small corps of the same wanted to master the armory, he presented himself with an empty cannon and a few, because he was surprised and no steps had yet been taken to resist Gunner under the door of the armory; when the enemy saw this, they fled away; ... "

- Albrecht Weyermann: Of scholars, artists and other strange people from Ulm , 1798

Faulhaber recorded the history of this campaign and its effects on the Swabian Empire for posterity in his work “The hard-printed but again liberated Swabian Crayß ...” and made twelve hand drawings for it.

Emperor Charles VI. Johann Matthäus Faulhaber raised to the nobility in 1713 because of his military merits . In the following years he and his descendants were allowed to use the name "von Faulhaber". With the elevation to the nobility the bestowal of a coat of arms was connected, which is described as follows: squared shield, in the 1st and 4th field a man growing out of a mountain of three, holding a circle in his inner hand, in the 2nd and 3rd Field eight-pointed star, crowned helmet with four ostrich feathers.

Johann Matthäus von Faulhaber died in Ulm in the spring of 1742 at the age of 72.

Commemoration

Title page of Volume IV of Faulhaber's "Artillery Art"

In memory of Johann Matthäus von Faulhaber, a splendid death shield was attached to a pillar in the north aisle of the Ulm Minster , which is the only grave monument of the large Faulhaber family in Ulm that has survived to this day. It shows the Faulhaber coat of arms in the middle and the coat of arms of his wife's family (Ehinger) a little smaller on the side and is framed by a fresco . The corresponding plaque bears the inscription:

“JOHANN MATTHÆUS VON FAULHABER THE PRINCES AND STNDE OF THE HONORABLE SWABIAN CRAISES AND THE WONDERFUL REICHSTATT ULM OBRISTER GEB. D. 1. MART. 1670: GEST. D. 21 AP. 1742 "

family

Faulhaber married 17-year-old Catharina Ehinger in December 1696 in Ulm Minster, who also came from a patrician family. The couple had twelve children between 1698 and 1717.

Works

  • The hard-printed yet again befreyte Swabian-. Crayß, or very brief but thorough description of the Bavarian war ... . With 12 hand drawings.
  • Johann Matthäus Faulhaber, Anton Faulhaber: Artillery Art I-IV. (1680-1702).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Albrecht Weyermann (Ed.): News from scholars, artists and other strange people from Ulm , Wagner, Ulm 1798, p. 216 and 217. ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  2. ↑ a b Faulhaber. In: Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode: Neue Deutsche Biographie , Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 30.
  3. ↑ Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - Digital Library: Complete gunsmiths. Gun and Feurwerk's art. First part (3r), from: Faulhaber, Johann Matthäus from: Faulhaber, Anton: Artilleriek. In: bildsuche.digitale-sammlungen.de. January 2, 2015, accessed March 2, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Eberhard-Rudolph Roth: The Swabia, which was hard printed but not underprinted under Chur-Bayer and French violence. H. Redlich, 1705 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. ^ Albrecht Weyermann: New historical-biographical-artistic news from scholars and artists . Stettin 1829, p. 90 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  6. ↑ Marriage register 1696 of the Protestant parish Ulm, viewed on March 31, 2017.
  7. ↑ Baptismal register of the Protestant parish Ulm 1696 to 1717, viewed on March 31, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Faulhaber, Johann Matthäus von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faulhaber, Johann Matthäus (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer, officer and historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1670
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulm
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1742
Place of death Ulm