Leonhard Dorst

JG Leonhard Dorst (born January 8, 1809 in Regensburg ; † December 11, 1851 , buried on December 13, 1851 in Sagan ) was a German architect , construction clerk for the Duchess of Sagan, as well as heraldry and genealogist .

After studying history and heraldry, he worked primarily as an architectural draftsman, but also as a painter and heraldist and published a number of heraldic books , including above all the "Schlesische Wappenbuch" and the "Wappenbuch des Kingdom Württemberg". He was a very knowledgeable heraldist and genealogist and, through the publication of his very well executed heraldic works, has made many contributions to a better design of heraldry . He was also a member of the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences in Görlitz .

For his services, Dorst was raised to the nobility by the Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen under the name "Dorst von Schatzberg" .

Works

Schlesisches Wappenbuch or the arms of the nobility in the sovereign Duchy of Silesia, the County of Glatz and Upper Lusatia , booklet I – X with 12 panels each, Görlitz 1842–1846; continued ibid. with 38 p., Görlitz 1848/49 Volume 1 , Volume 2 , Volume 3

Book of arms of the Kingdom of Württemberg , Halle, booklet I – X with 12 plates each, 1843–1846

General Wappenbuch - A hand and sample book , 2 volumes, Görlitz 1843 and 1846

Funerary monuments. A contribution to the art history of the Middle Ages. Collected and drawn on the spot . 2 volumes. Görlitz 1846–1847

Web links

Leonhard Dorst on Heraldik-Wiki
Dorst von Schatzberg, Leonhard (1809-1851) on the Kalliope network

Individual evidence

^ [1] From the church book, Archiwum Państwowe w Zielonej Górze: Entry 1851 / No. 62. The thirteenth of December is in the churchyard of the Church of Salvation. Cross was solemnly buried, the Duke. Construction officer, knight of the red eagle order 4th class Leonard Dorst von Schatzberg, who died on the eleventh of December. 42 years 11 m. 5 days. Skin and pulmonary consumption .
↑ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (Ed.): New general German Adels Lexicon , Volume 2, Voigt, Leipzig 1860, p. 556.
^ Württembergisches Wappenbuch by Leonard Dorst, Halle 1846 .

personal data
SURNAME	Dorst, Leonhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dorst, JG Leonhard; Dorst von Schatzberg, Leonhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect, heraldist and construction officer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 8, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH	regensburg
DATE OF DEATH	December 11, 1851
Place of death	Sagan , Silesia

[1] [1] From the church book, Archiwum Państwowe w Zielonej Górze: Entry 1851 / No. 62. The thirteenth of December is in the churchyard of the Church of Salvation. Cross was solemnly buried, the Duke. Construction officer, knight of the red eagle order 4th class Leonard Dorst von Schatzberg, who died on the eleventh of December. 42 years 11 m. 5 days. Skin and pulmonary consumption .

[2] Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (Ed.): New general German Adels Lexicon , Volume 2, Voigt, Leipzig 1860, p. 556.

[3] Württembergisches Wappenbuch by Leonard Dorst, Halle 1846 .