Josias Habrecht
Josias Habrecht (* 1552 in Schaffhausen , † 1575 in Kaiserswerth ) was a Swiss watchmaker and musical instrument maker .
Life and accomplishments
Habrecht was born as the son of the watchmaker Joachim Habrecht . He completed his watchmaker's apprenticeship with his father in Schaffhausen.
In 1570 Habrecht and his older brother Isaak went to Strasbourg , where they helped create the second clock for the Strasbourg cathedral . Habrecht left Strasbourg a year before the cathedral clock was completed, first went to Zurich for a short time , where he married, and then to Kaiserswerth. Here he was supposed to build a tower clock for the castle of Cologne's Archbishop and Elector Salentin von Isenburg , but before the work on it was finished, Habrecht died at the age of 23.
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg von Holtey; Ursula Bishop Scherer; Albert Kägi: Swiss-German master watchmaker and their works from the 14th to 19th centuries . Chronométrophilia, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2006, ISBN 978-2883-80-335 , p. 216
- ^ Günther Oestmann : The astronomical clock of the Strasbourg cathedral, function and meaning of a cosmos model of the 16th century ; Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-928186-12-4 , p. 42f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Right, Josias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss watchmaker and musical instrument maker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1552 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schaffhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1575 |
| Place of death | Kaiserswerth |