Moritz Goltz

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Moritz Goltz (also Moritz Goltze ; * around 1495 in Belzig , Electorate of Saxony , † March 1548 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German bookseller and publisher during the Reformation.

Life

Electoral Saxon privilege from 1534

Goltz has been a bookseller and publisher in Wittenberg together with Bartholomäus Vogel since 1527 . In 1533 he was enrolled at the Wittenberg University there and founded a publishing association with Christoph Schramm and Vogel. On May 23, 1533, this community acquired the company of the heavily indebted Christian Döring for 800 guilders and on August 6, 1534 was able to acquire the privilege of printing Martin Luther's works from Elector Johann Friedrich I of Saxony . This included the High German edition of the Luther Bible printed by Hans Lufft and, since 1539, the 19-volume Wittenberg complete edition of Luther's works. This also included individual editions of Veit Dietrich's lectures on Genesis , Hosea and Psalm 2, which have been published.

Goltz founded his own publishing house in Magdeburg , which published Low German Bibles. In 1546 he took over Vogel's bookstore for 4,000 guilders and was one of the richest citizens of the city alongside Gregor Brück , Vogel, Schramm and Lucas Cranach the Elder . This was expressed, among other things, in membership in the Wittenberg Council from 1543; moreover, he often lent Luther money. At the age of 53 he died at the Frankfurt Book Fair. His epitaph in Frankfurt's Peterskirche represents the content of his printer's signet, which shows a woman who - as personified patience - is in front of a crucifix. His daughter Elisabeth had married the Wittenberg publisher and later mayor of Wittenberg Konrad Rühel .

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SURNAME Goltz, Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goltze, Moritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bookseller and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH around 1495
PLACE OF BIRTH Belzig
DATE OF DEATH March 1548
Place of death Frankfurt am Main