Ludwig Dietz

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Title page of Christian III's Bible. with woodcut by Erhart Altdorfer

Ludwig Dietz (* in Speyer ; † September 1, 1559 in Rostock ) was a printer and publisher .

Life

Ludwig Dietz came to Rostock around 1504. Here he worked in Hermann Barckhusen's book printing , which he took over around 1514. An important work of these years was the publication of the Low German Narrenschiff of 1519. For larger commissioned works he set up branches in the cities in which his clients were based, for example for printing and publishing a Bible translation into Low German around 1533 in Lübeck . This took place in 1532/33 under the direction of Johannes Bugenhagen . Presumably Hermann Bonnus was also involved. Dietz often worked with the wood cutter Erhart Altdorfer .

He set up a branch in Copenhagen from 1548 to 1550 to direct the printing of the Bible, which was translated into Danish by Christiern Pedersen . From this translation, King Christian III. Print 3,000 copies, an unusually high print run for the time, so that a copy could be purchased for every church in Denmark.

On April 25, 1558, Dietz became a university printer in Rostock.

Ludwig Dietz created masterpieces of early German book art and thus worked for the dissemination of scientific knowledge and political views.

Works (selection)

  • Dat nye schip van Narragonia: myt special flyte gemaket / vnde vp dat nye vil nice togesetteden hystories vorlenget vnde covered. (vth hochdüdescher jn nedderlendescher sprake ... has been presented). Printed to Rozstock by Ludouicum Dietz. 1519
  • Lübeck Bible (1533/34) : De Biblia vth der vthlegginge Doctoris Martini Luthers yn dyth düdesche viltich vthgesettet, with sundergen vnderichtingen, alse man seen mach. Inn der Keyserliken city Lübeck by Ludowich Dietz pressed MDXXXIII \
  • De Warheyt my gantz strange ys / De Truwe even seltzen / dat ys certainly. Reynke Vosz de olde / nyge pressed / with sidlikem board and beautiful figures / goes out from prayer. Printed in the lukewarm town of Rozstock / by Ludowich Dyetz. 1539
  • Biblia, Det er den gantske Hellige Scrifft, udsæt paa Danske. Copenhagen: Ludowich Dietz 1550.

literature

  • Albert Becker: Ludwig Dietz from Speyer. Archive for Cultural History 11, 1914, p. 113
  • Josef Benzing:  Dietz, Ludwig. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 708 ( digitized version ).
  • Ludwig Fromm:  Dietz, Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 211.
  • Dieter Lohmeier: Ludwig Dietz , in: Alken Bruhns and Dieter Lohmeier: The Lübeck book printers in the 15th and 16th centuries. Letterpress for the Baltic region. Heide in Holstein: Boyens & Co. 1994 ISBN 3-8042-0668-9 , pp. 85-87
  • Sabine Pettke: reassignment of prints by the Michaelis brothers and Ludwig Dietz's office. In: Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher 109, 1993, p. 55
  • Sabine Pettke: Ludwig Dietz - Two comments on life and printed works. In: Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher 115, 2000, p. 113

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personal data
SURNAME Dietz, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German printer and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Speyer
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1559
Place of death Rostock