Johann Wilhelm Michaelis
Johann Wilhelm Michaelis (* 1677 in Jüterbog or Wittenberg , † December 19, 1736 in Stargard ) was a German engraver .
Life
Johann Wilhelm Michaelis received his training in Hamburg , where he also initially worked. Via Berlin and Frankfurt (Oder) he finally came to Stargard in Pomerania in 1707 , where he acquired citizenship in July 1727 and married.
In 1706 he engraved a map of Frankfurt (Oder) based on a model by Leonhard Christoph Sturm . He created 22 copper plates for the chronicle and past Pomeranian church history of Stargard general superintendent Günter Heyler . The chronicle, however, remained unprinted. Around 1720 he created a map of Pomerania, which is now kept at the University of Greifswald .
Johann Wilhelm Michaelis was buried in the Stargarder Heilig-Geist-Kirche .
literature
- Carl Fredrich : The engraver Johann Wilhelm Michaelis . In: Monthly sheets of the society for Pomeranian history and antiquity . No. 6, June 1925, p. 25 f. ( Digitized version )
- Gottfried Loeck: Johann Wilhelm Michaelis and his Pomeranian map - the contribution of an Electoral Saxony to the cartographic history of Pomerania . In: Baltic Studies . Volume 80 NF 80, 1994, pp. 81-92 ( digitized version )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Michaelis, Johann Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1677 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jüterbog or Wittenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 19, 1736 |
| Place of death | Stargard |