Karl August Muffat

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Karl August Muffat , from 1877 Karl August von Muffat (born October 29, 1804 in Sulzbach, † September 28, 1878 in Munich ) was a Bavarian historian , archivist and numismatist .

Muffat was trained at the royal court and state library in Munich, then worked as a clerk and from 1859 as a councilor at the royal general archive. In 1837 he was involved in founding the Historical Association of Upper Bavaria . In 1852 he was appointed a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and in 1858 was allowed to give the official speech on the 700th birthday of Munich in the town hall. He was mainly concerned with the Bavarian history under the Wittelsbachers as well as with coinage.

The architect Karl Muffat was the brother of Karl August Muffat. The Munich Muffathalle is named after the two brothers.

Fonts (selection)

  • On the weight and content of the Austrian pfennigs from the middle of the thirteenth to the middle of the fifteenth century, and of the Bohemian groschen in the fourteenth century. In: Treatises of the historical class of the royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences. Vol. 12, Section 1 = memoranda. Vol. 43, 1873, ZDB -ID 209994-9 , pp. 73-144
  • Heinrich von Pfolspeunt (not Pfolsprunt), brother of the German order. A fifteenth century medical writer, born in Bavaria. In: Meeting reports of the royal. bayer. Academy of Sciences in Munich. 1869, Vol. 1, ZDB -ID 211643-1 , pp. 564-570 .
  • Contributions to the history of Bavarian coinage under the Wittelsbach family from the end of the twelfth to the sixteenth century. In: Treatises of the historical class of the royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences. Vol. 11, Section 1 = memoranda. Vol. 41, 1868, pp. 201-269 .

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SURNAME Muffat, Karl August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian historian, archivist and numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH Sulzbach
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1878
Place of death Munich