Joseph Consoni

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Joseph Consoni (* 18th century; † 19th century) was a German geodesist in Munich .

Life

His dates of birth and death are unknown, his creative period is given in the specialist literature for the years between 1788 and 1808.

As early as 1785 Consoni was an employee of Adrian von Riedl and in 1790 he was an electoral Palatinate Bavarian surveyor. With the establishment of the Topographical Bureau , headed by Riedl, on June 19, 1801 in Munich, he remained in the rank of lieutenant of his employee. As an engineer - geographer ("Cameral Geometer") he was in 1802 lieutenant in the Elector of Palatinate . In 1806 he measured the plan of the capital and residence city of Munich drawn by Thomas Green (1770-1830) and engraved in 1809 by the copperplate engraver Johann Karl Schleich .

As a member of the Congregatio Mariana in 1813 he was still referred to as first lieutenant, engineer-geographer, but now also as archivist . Consoni was a member of the congregation as early as 1802.

Works (selection)

  • Plan of the Guglöd glassworks , 1788
  • Map of the headwaters of the Bina and Rott with Wurmsham and Seifriedswörth , 1792 ( online )
  • Plan of the capital and residence city of Munich , Munich 1806 ( online )
  • Overview map Innsbruck, Kufstein, Berchtolsgaden and Salzburg , Munich 1807 ( online )
  • Attachment of the electoral main u. Residence city of Munich towards the end of the 18th century , undated
  • Situation map of the Swabian rule Wiesensteig , undated

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adrian von Riedl's project of a universal map based on detailed maps , in: 200 Years of Bavarian Surveying Administration 1801-2001 , Bavarian State Ministry of Finance, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-935612-01-X , page 117 ( PDF file )
  2. ↑ His Churfurstlichen Durchleucht zu Pfalz etc. Court and State Calendar for the year 1790 , page 50 ( digitized )
  3. ^ Marie-Anne de Villèle, Claude Ponnou: The "Carte de la Bavière" - a work of Bavarian-French cooperation , page 4 ( online ; PDF; 463 kB)
  4. ↑ Churfürstlich-Pfalzbaierischer Hof- und Staatskalender , 1802, page 73 ( digitized version )
  5. ↑ Friedrich Justin Bertuch (ed.): General geographical ephemeris , Volume 28, Weimar 1809, page 108 ( digitized version )
  6. ↑ Directory of all HH Sodals of the larger Congregation of the Blessed Virgin Mary , 1813, page 57 ( digitized version )
  7. ↑ Album Marianum Majoris Congregationis Beatae Virginis Mariae , Munich 1802, page 88 ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Consoni, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geometer
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century
DATE OF DEATH 19th century
Place of death Munich