Martin Zeiller

Martin Zeiller

Martin Zeiller (born April 17, 1589 in Ranten , Styria , † October 6, 1661 in Ulm ) was a Protestant German author of the Baroque period.

Life

After attending grammar school in Ulm , Zeiller, whose father had been expelled from Upper Styria as an exile for reasons of faith, began studying in Wittenberg in 1608 . Here he dealt with history and law. After completing his studies, he worked as a tutor for Protestant aristocratic families and as a notary in Linz , Austria , where the Counter-Reformation drove him out again. From 1629 Zeiller lived in the imperial city of Ulm, where he held various offices in the school system (including supervisor of the grammar school in 1641, inspector of German schools in 1643).

Zeiller is the typical example of a baroque polyhistor and compilation writer. He wrote numerous books (the Ulm City Library alone holds 90 of his titles). Best known is his contribution as a text author on Matthäus Merian's Topographia Germaniae . The popular author also wrote travel guides and various dictionaries. His unheard-of literary productivity was well recognized by his contemporaries. The baroque poet Georg Philipp Harsdörffer wrote an Alexandrian poem, beginning with: "The diligence never lingered in Mr. Zeiller's writings."

In the birthplace of Martin Zeiller (Ranten in Styria), on the occasion of his 400th year of birth, a Martin Zeiller path with design elements by the western Styrian sculptor Alfred Schlosser was inaugurated.

Works (selection)

• (Ex.) François de Rosset : Theatrum tragicum ... transferred into the Teutsche language by M. Zeiller, ed. Martin Opitz . Danzig 1640 etc. (25 editions are known)
• New description of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . Kühnen, Ulm 1647 ( e-copy ).
• New description of the kingdoms of Dennemarck and Norway, also incorporated landscapes, most important places, and places; Sambt A preface from the Normans so highly celebrated in history ... , Ulm 1648
• together with co-author Matthaeus Merian : Topographiae Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae; This is a description and an actual illustration of the most distinguished and well-known places and places in the Kingdom of Boheim and the countries of Moravia and Silesia which are incorporated into it . Frankfurt 1650 ( e-copy ).
• Fidus achates, or faithful shredded. Ulm 1651, 1658 and 1680 ( e-copy of the 3rd edition ).
• Historici, chronologici et geographi… quo vixerunt, et operibus… scripserunt. 2 vols. Ulm 1652
• 100 dialogues or conversations about different things. Ulm 1653
• Handbook of all sorts of useful memories. 2 vols. Ulm 1655
• Topographia Franconiae , 1656
• Modified description of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , Ulm 1657 ( e-copy ).
• MZ Topographia Bohemiæ, Moraviæ et Silesiæ: that is, description and actual illustration of the most distinguished and well-known places, and places, in the kingdom of Boheim and incorporated countries, Moravia, and Silesia. that is, description and actual representation of the most distinguished and well-known places and places in the Kingdom of Boheim and the incorporated countries, Moravia, and Silesia , [Frankfurt a. M.] 1925.
• Topographia Electorat [us] Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae etc., that is, description of the most prominent and well-known places and places in the most praiseworthy Electorate and March Brandenburg and the Duchy of Pomera: sampt a double appendix, 1. Vom Lande Prußen und Pomerellen, 2 From Lifflande and the same famous places , [Frankfurt a. M.] [1962]. ( E-Copy, Google books ) ( E-Copy, Google books ).
• Tractatus De X. Circulis Imperii Romano-Germanici, Or from the toes of the H. Roman Teutschen Reichs-Kraisen . Ulm 1665 ( e-copy ).

literature

• Ulrich Gaier u. a. (Ed.): Schwabenspiegel . Vol. 1. Ulm 2003, ISBN 3-937184-00-7 , p. 496 (dictionary of authors).
• Walter Brunner: Martin Zeiller (1589-1661) - A learned life . Graz 1990.
• Walther Killy : Literature Lexicon: Authors and works in the German language. 15 volumes. Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verlag, Gütersloh, Munich 1988–1991 (CD-ROM Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-932544-13-7 ).
• Max von Waldberg :  Zeiller, Martin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 782-784.
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Zeiler, Martin . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 59th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1890, pp. 281–283 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Martin Zeiller  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Martin Zeiller  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Martin Zeiller in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Martin Zeiller  in the German Digital Library
• Publications by and about Martin Zeiller in VD 17 .
• Images and texts from Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae by Matthaeus Merian et Martin Zeiller can be found in the VIATIMAGES portal .
• Entry on Martin Zeiller in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Zeiller's Latin work on Spain, proof of digital copies