Nickel Jacob

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Nickel Jakob with his father carrying a beehive, woodcut before 1576

Nickel Jacob ( 1505 in Sprottau - 1576 ibid) was a German beekeeper and writer. He was the first German author to write a book on beekeeping in 1568.

Life

Nickel Jacob lived in Sprottau in Silesia. His father was a kirschner and a beekeeper in town. During his years of traveling as a craftsman, he went to Pomerania, Mecklenburg, and the Rhineland and brought home the various types of beekeeping from these countries. A friend helped him summarize the results in a 92-page book. The family ties to the former mayor of Sprottau, Hans Buchwälder (Buchler), from Ebersdorf , Dzikowice in Polish, were beneficial for the printing press. The first edition, illustrated with five woodcuts, was published by Ambrosius Fritsch in Görlitz in 1568, the second, following imperial privilege, eight years later, in Magdeburg in 1576. The subsequent editions by other authors used the woodcut prints from the first edition.

Fonts

Nickel Jakob, first German bee book from 1576

For 200 years his written knowledge about bees, the treatment of bee diseases and other useful knowledge of beekeeping from the German countries have been published and substantiated. The following successors to his work have appeared:

  • Published in 1573 by Eldingen (AVE), Warhrachtiger report / how the Immen / or bees / have their government ... / ... waiting for the Lüneburg way / .., The book was published in 1573, 1578, 1600, 1618, 1939 . University library Kiel, call number Ke 4654
  • Published in 1614 by M. Caspar Höflern / Meißnern in Leipzig by Denning Grosser, The right bee art / Written together from proven experience: .. Weyland / partly published for 46 years by Nicolao Jacob Schlesiern: Now, however, neatly brought into three books /. ..

Web links

  • The first German book on beekeeping, by a Silesian . In: Monthly by and for Silesia . tape 1 , 1829, p. 84–87 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • Jochen Kothe: Göttingen Digitization Center: side view. Retrieved May 14, 2017 .
  • Thorough and useful instruction on the maintenance of bees , by Nickel Jacob ( cum gratia & priuilegio Caesarea ) Google.de
personal data
SURNAME Jacob, nickel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German beekeeper and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1505
PLACE OF BIRTH Sprottau
DATE OF DEATH 1576
Place of death Sprottau