Mathias von Flurl

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Mathias von Flurl (oil painting from the picture gallery of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , Photo: BAdW )

Mathias Bartholomäus Ritter von Flurl , also Matthias (born February 5, 1756 in Straubing , † July 27, 1823 in Kissingen ) is considered the founder of Bavarian mineralogy and geology .

Life

Portrait of Mathias von Flurl on a memorial in the chapel cemetery (Bad Kissingen) , unveiled on July 15, 2017

Originally, he was supposed to be a clergyman, but soon he focused his studies on the field of physics. In 1781 he became a professor in Munich and was also a member of the Illuminati . Soon he developed a taste for mineralogical studies. From 1788 to 1806, Flurl modernized the Nymphenburg porcelain factory as a "factory commissioner". In 1792 he published the first geological overview of Bavaria with the title Description of the Mountains of Baiern and the Upper Palatinate with the first geological map of Bavaria and thus founded the mineralogy and geology in Bavaria. In 1797 he became a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

From 1802 he encouraged Elector Max IV. Joseph to buy various mineral collections , which laid the "foundation" for the Mineralogical State Collection of Munich and the Geoscientific Collection of the State Office for the Environment . He received an annuity for handing over his private collection in 1820, and after his death in 1823 the remainder of his collection was also purchased. In 1820 the "knight", who had been raised to the nobility since 1808, became the head of the royal general mine saltworks and coin administration.

Flurl visited the Staatsbad Kissingen as a Bavarian saltworks inspector. During his stay at the " Upper Saline " in Hausen (today part of Bad Kissingen) he suffered a stroke and was buried the same day in the chapel cemetery in Bad Kissingen. A memorial to him was unveiled there on July 15, 2017.

Fonts

  • History and description of the earth of the Pfalzbaiern (1787)
  • Description of the mountains of Baiern and the Upper Palatinate (1792; Reprints Heidelberg 1972 and Munich 1992)
  • Discussion of the Influence of Science, especially Natural History, on the Culture of a Nation (1799)
  • Baselines of natural history. For teaching schools and the common man (1801)
  • About the mountain formations in the dermal Churpfalzbaier . States. (1805, academy lecture)
  • Older history of the Saline Reichenhall, excellent in technical terms up to the construction of the Hülfs Saline Traunstein (1809)
  • About the occurrence of hard coal at Häring, both in geognostic and oryctognostic terms (1811)
  • Some news about the often proposed u. Strange saltwater pipeline from Berchtesgaden to Reichenhall that was built at the end of December 1817 (1818)

literature

  • Anne Dreesbach: Mathias Bartholomäus von Flurl. In: Jürgen Wurst, Alexander Langheiter (Ed.): Monachia. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-88645-156-9 , p. 60.
  • Kurt von Gehlen:  Flurl, Mathias Bartholomäus von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 263 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Wilhelm von Gümbel :  Flurl, Mathias von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 140-142.
  • Heinz Jagodzinsky: Kingdom of Crystals. A guide to the exhibition of the State Mineralogical Collection. Mineralogical State Collection, Munich 1974.
  • Georg Kreitmaier: Mathias von Flurl . Straubing 1973.
  • G. Lehrberger, J. Prammer: Mathias von Flurl (1756-1823). Founder of geology and mineralogy in Bavaria. Essay volume for the exhibition in the Gäubodenmuseum Straubing November 19, 1993 to February 14, 1994 (1993)
  • Dorit-Maria Krenn: Mathias Flurl. In: Dieter Vogel (Ed.): The Gäuboden. A home book. Lapwing Book, Vilsbiburg 1996, ISBN 3-9804048-2-X .
  • Ina-Ulrike Paul: Flurl, Mathias Bartholomäus von. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 209 ( digitized version ).
  • Gerhard Wulz: ... and the Lord said amen. In: Saale newspaper. December 7, 2004.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Dr. Matthias Ritter von Flurl , members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
  2. ↑ https://www.lfu.bayern.de/geologie/sammlungen/gesteinssammlung/index.htm
personal data
SURNAME Flurl, Mathias von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flurl, Mathias Bartholomäus Ritter von (full name); Flurl, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mineralogist and geologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1756
PLACE OF BIRTH Straubing
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 1823
Place of death Bad Kissingen