Karl Joseph Biener von Bienenberg

Karl Joseph Biener Knight von Bienenberg (Czech Karel Josef Biener z Bienenberka ; born November 4, 1731 in Schlan , † January 20, 1798 in Prague , knight since 1769) was captain of the old Bohemian Königgrätzer Kreis in the Kingdom of Bohemia and a historian . Because of his prehistoric research , he is considered the father of Bohemian prehistory .

origin

Karl Joseph Biener was a son of Joseph Georg Johann Biener († around 1750), doctor of medicine, district physicist in Schlan , since 1740 professor of anatomy at Charles University in Prague and a grandson of Philipp Anton Biener, regimental auditor and imperial royal judge in Leitmeritz and Prague. In 1754 the father was given the nobility with the title "von Biener".

Life

Karl Joseph Biener was a law graduate from Charles University. In 1775 he became an adjunct at the district office in Leitmeritz and around 1783 district chief in Königgrätz . When Emperor Joseph II had the Königgrätz fortress expanded against Prussia, Karl Joseph Biener von Bienenberg's main interest was in the prehistoric finds and their sites. He made careful drawings, exchanged ideas and research with like-minded researchers, called for systematic excavations and, in publications, suspected that Bohemia was settled by Slavs that went back to prehistoric times . This received special recognition from Czech scientists. From 1779 until his death he lived in Prague.

Publications

• A treatise on the gold nuggets found at Podmokle in 1771, a village in the kingdom of Bohemia belonging to the Lord Prince of Fürstenberg's rulership of Pürglitz. Normal school book printer, Prague 1777, ( digitized ).
• An experiment on some strange antiquities in the Kingdom of Bohemia. Pieces 1–3. Elisabeth Tibellin et al., Prague et al. 1778–1785, ( digitized piece 1 ; digitized piece 2 ; digitized piece 3 ).
• History of the city of Königgratz. Part 1. sn, Prague 1780, ( digitized version ).
• An attempt at a brief history of the city of Königinn-Hof. Wherein XXX. Certificates are included. sn, Prague, 1782, ( digitized version ).
• Biography of abbot Procopius; along with the history of his monastery in Sazawa. Johann Buchler, Prague 1796, ( digitized version ).
• Analects on the history of the military cross with the red star. Schönfeld, Prague et al. 1787, ( digitized ).

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Biener von Bienenberg, Karl Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University printing house L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 393 ( digitized version ).
• Karel Josef rytíř Biener z Bienenberka otec archeologie české . In: Památky archeologické a místopisné. Vol. 3, 1858/1859, pp. 204-213 .
• Helmut Preidel:  Biener, Karl Joseph, Knight of Bienenberg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 228 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Biener Knight von Bienenberg. In: The coats of arms of the Bohemian nobility. (= J. Siebmacher's large book of arms. Vol. 30). Reprographic reprint of Siebmacher's Wappenbuch , Nuremberg IV. Volume, 9th section, 1886. Bauer and Raspe, Neustadt an der Aisch 1979, p. 2, representation of the coat of arms on plate 1.
• Heribert Sturm (Ed.): Biographical lexicon for the history of the Bohemian countries. Volume 1: A - H. Oldenbourg, Munich et al. 1979, ISBN 3-486-49491-0 , p. 94.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to cs: Karel Josef Biener z Bienenberka studied at the Prague School of Engineering (Inženýrská stavovská škola) , which was elevated to a polytechnic in 1786 .