Konrad Gesselen
Konrad Gesselen (also Konrad von Geismar, Conradus or Konrad Gheßelin, * 1409 ; † 1469 ) from Geismar (Fritzlar) / Hessen enrolled in 1425 and taught at the University of Rostock . Before 1435 he went to Thorn in Prussia, where he is documented in 1435. There he was a schoolmaster and taught astronomy and mathematics . Gesselen was also known in Thorn as a vicar and pastor.
Gesselen's mother is documented in the Thorner Ratsbuch as the owner of a house in the old town of Thorner in St. Annengasse from 1444 to 1465. After her death, a widow's asylum was established in the house.
Gesselen wrote a Cisiojanus , a calendar-based collection of memorabilia for festivals and holy days and their dates, in Low German and also translated the Latin rhyming chronicle of Wigand von Marburg into Low German.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the entry of Konrad Gesselen's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
- ↑ Krzysztof Kwiatkowski and Emilia Kubicka : What can translation studies say about Konrad Gesselen's translation of Wigand's chronicle of Marburg? , in: Marie-Luise Heckmann and Jürgen Sarnowsky (Hrsg.): Schriftlichkeit im Preußenland (= conference reports of the Historical Commission for East and West Prussian State Research. Vol. 30), Osnabrück: fiber-Verlag, 2020 ( [1] ), p 315-354.
literature
- Karl Ernst Hermann Krause: Gesselen: Konrad G. (Ghesselen, Ghossel) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 95.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gesselen, Konrad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geismar, Konrad von; Gheßelin, Conradus; Gheßelin, Konrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | University professor in Rostock |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1409 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1469 |