Johannes Tichtel

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Johannes Tichtel (* around 1445/50 in Grein , Upper Austria ; † around 1503/06 in Vienna ) was an Austrian doctor and humanist.

Life

Tichtel studied medicine at the University of Vienna from 1463 . In 1474 he became a Baccalaureus, in 1476 a doctor of medicine. He was a university professor and dean of the medical faculty ten times between 1482 and 1498. Tichtel also ran a medical practice in Vienna.

Johannes Tichtel was married to Margarethe Steber , the sister of Bartholomäus Steber († 1506). In 1480 she inherited a house at Sterngasse 5. In 1483 the Tichtel couple bought the house at Franziskanerplatz  5, where the humanist Konrad Celtis was a guest in 1492 . In 1497 Tichtel was one of the founding members of the literary society Sodalitas litteraria Danubiana alongside Celtis .

In 1494 there was an argument between Tichtel and his students, which almost turned into a riot.

In 1907 Tichtelgasse in Vienna- Meidling was named after him.

meaning

The lasting merit of the humanist Tichtel is his diary, which is one of the most important cultural and historical testimonies of Vienna. He kept this diary between 1477 and 1495. It is an important document, especially for the time of the Hungarian occupation of Vienna.

Fonts

  • Johannes Tichtel's diary 1477–1495 . Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1849 (Reprint Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz 1969)
  • Theodor Georg von Karajan (ed.): Diary of the Viennese doctor Johannes Tichtel from the years 1477–1495 . In: Fontes rerum Austriacarum. Austrian historical sources , Vol. I / 1. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1855, pp. 1–66 ( Google Books )

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personal data
SURNAME Tichtel, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian doctor and humanist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1450
PLACE OF BIRTH Grein
DATE OF DEATH around 1506
Place of death Vienna