Julius Reichelt

Julius Reichelt (born January 5, 1637 in Strasbourg , † February 19, 1717 ibid) was a German cartographer , astronomer , geographer , mathematician and councilor .

Life

He studied in Strasbourg from October 1644 and received his doctorate in philosophy in April 1660. In 1667 he became a mathematics professor at the Strasbourg grammar school. On a study trip to the Netherlands, East Prussia and Denmark, he met scientists like Jan Hudde (Amsterdam), Andreas Concius (Königsberg), Johannes Hevelius (Danzig) and Adam Olearius (Gottorp), the cartographer Johannes Meyer , the fortress specialists Axel Vrop (1601– 1671), the brothers Gottfried Hoffmann (around 1631 to 1687) and Georg Hoffmann and Henrik Ruse , Erasmus Bartholin and the astronomer Villum Lange (1624–1682) in Copenhagen.

From his tour he brought with him the idea of an astronomical observatory at the top of the hospital gate in Strasbourg, based on the model of the Round Tower in Copenhagen , which, however, did not offer ideal observation conditions and more served the prestige of the university. (For the history of the Strasbourg observatory, see Observatoire de Strasbourg .) Reichelt visited the round tower about a quarter of a century after it was completed.

Fonts

Julii Reichelti Exercitatio, De Amuletis: aeneis figuris illustrata . Spoor & Wächtler, Argentorati 1676, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10965771-5 .
Circuli Suevici. Succincta Descriptio. That is: Brief description of the Swabian Creißes: Inside are the Bistühmer Costnitz, Augspurg and Cur, the Fürstete Abthey zu Kempten, the Fürstete Probstey zu Ellwangen, the Abbeyen: zu Salmansweiler, Weingarten, Ochsenhausen, Elchingen, Isingen, Ursperg ... ans Liecht been given . Michahelles and Adolph, Nuremberg 1703, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10018884-8 .

Web links

German digital library

Individual evidence

^ André Heck: Strasbourg's "First" astronomical observatory . In: WR Dick, HW Duerbeck, J. Hamel (ed.): Contributions to the history of astronomy . tape 11 , August 1, 2011, p. 208–219 (with biography by Reichelt).

personal data
SURNAME	Reichelt, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German mathematician, geographer, cartographer and astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 5, 1637
PLACE OF BIRTH	Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH	February 19, 1717
Place of death	Strasbourg

[1] André Heck: Strasbourg's "First" astronomical observatory . In: WR Dick, HW Duerbeck, J. Hamel (ed.): Contributions to the history of astronomy . tape 11 , August 1, 2011, p. 208–219 (with biography by Reichelt).