Théodore Ungerer

Théodore Ungerer (born July 27, 1894 in Strasbourg , Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine , † September 5, 1935 in Strasbourg, France ) was an Alsatian watchmaker , manufacturer and historian .

Ungerer constructed a. a. the Messina astronomical clock . Ungerer ran a clock workshop in Strasbourg and, together with his brother Alfred, was a student, employee and successor of Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué in looking after the astronomical clock tower of the Strasbourg cathedral. The brothers bequeathed their extensive clockwork collection to the Musée des Arts Décoratives in the Palais Rohan in Strasbourg in 1924 , thus establishing the Clock and Astronomy Hall. Original parts of the first astronomical clock of the Strasbourg cathedral can be seen there .

His son was the painter and draftsman Tomi Ungerer .

Publications (selection)

• Les Habrecht, une dynastie d'horlogers Strasbourgeois au XVI i et au XVIIe siécle. Strasbourg 1925.
• La prétendue Horloge de Table de Philippe le Bon, Duc de Bourgogne 1430. In: L'Horloger. November 1930.
• The astronomical clock of the Strasbourg cathedral - history, description, the course of the work. 12th edition 1965. (First edition 1922 under: Alfred and Théodore Ungerer, L'horloge astronomique de la Cathedrale de Strasbourg. )

literature

• L'Astronomie , Volume 50, Issue 10. Société astronomique de France , 1936, p. 483 (obituary)
• Günther Oestmann: The astronomical clock of the Strasbourg cathedral: function and meaning of a cosmos model of the 16th century. Publishing house for the history of natural sciences and technology, 2000 ISBN 978-3-92818652-0
• Emily Walton: Strasbourg off the beaten track: a slightly different journey through the capital of Alsace. Braumüller Verlag, 2015 ISBN 978-3-99100141-6

See also

• Messina Cathedral .

Web links

• Literature by and about Théodore Ungerer in the catalog of the German National Library