Johannes Rauw

Johannes Rauw (* in Meimbressen ; † 1600 in Wetter (Hesse) ) was a cosmographer , theologian and composer .

Life

Johannes Rauw comes from Meimbressen in Northern Hesse. He worked as a Protestant pastor from 1551 in Kirchlotheim , from 1571 in Haina and from 1580 until his death in the Hessian weather.

Works

Rauw's most important and best-known work is his Cosmographia , published in Frankfurt am Main in 1597 , a cosmography that contains numerous copperplate engravings of cities and maps on over a thousand folio pages in addition to theological, astronomical, geographical and ethnological information. Here he resorted to plates by the engraver Matthias Quad . Rauw also deals with the continent of America. However, despite further editions in 1612 and 1624 , the Cosmographia was not widely used.

In 1572 a Prognosticon Astrologicvm appeared for the year 1573.

In 1589, Rauw published a hymn book ( Wetterer Gesangbuch ) with melodies (cantonal), mostly composed of four parts, to songs by Martin Luther . In addition to these, it also contains rare hymns.

literature

Oskar Hütteroth: Die Althessischen pastors of the Reformation time , 2nd edition Marburg 1966, S. 273f.
Karl Wenckebach: "Pastor Johannes Rhau and his Wetterer Gesangbuch" In: Contributions to the history of Protestant church music and hymnology in Kurhessen and Waldeck (1969).
Friedrich Ratzel, lu: Rauw, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 461 f.
Literature by and about Johannes Rauw in the catalog of the German National Library and here again Johannes Rauw in the catalog of the German National Library

supporting documents

↑ In the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie there is an indication that Rauw's work in Kirchlothheim did not begin until 1569.
^ Edition of Cosmographia from 1597
↑ See Weltbild - Kartebild. Geography and Cartography in the Early Modern Period. Edited by Elmar Mittler u. Inca Tappenbeck. Göttingen 2002. S. 32. ( As PDF , accessed on June 3, 2011)
^ Edition of the Prognosticon Astrologicvm from 1572

personal data
SURNAME	Rauw, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rhaw, Johann; Rhauwe, Joh .; Rhauwe, Johann; Rhauwe, Johannes; Raue, Johann; Rauwen, Johann; Rauwe, Johann; Raue, Johannes; Ravius, Johannes; Ravius, Johann; Rauwe, Johann; Rhaw, Johannes; Raw, Johannes; Rau, Johannes; Rauw, Johann; Rauwe, Johannes; Rhau, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German cosmographer, theologian and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	16th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Meimbressen
DATE OF DEATH	1600
Place of death	Weather (Hessen)

[1] In the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie there is an indication that Rauw's work in Kirchlothheim did not begin until 1569.

[2] Edition of Cosmographia from 1597

[3] See Weltbild - Kartebild. Geography and Cartography in the Early Modern Period. Edited by Elmar Mittler u. Inca Tappenbeck. Göttingen 2002. S. 32. ( As PDF , accessed on June 3, 2011)

[4] Edition of the Prognosticon Astrologicvm from 1572