Thomas Rehdiger

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Thomas Rehdiger (also Thomas Rhediger and Redinger ) (born December 19, 1540 in Breslau ; † January 5, 1576 in Cologne ) from a Breslau patrician family was a Silesian humanist and book collector.

Life

Thomas Rehdiger was the son of the merchant Nicolaus Rehdiger , first mentioned in 1511 in Breslau.

Financially well endowed with his inheritance, he received excellent humanistic training. After attending the Elisabet Gymnasium , he studied law, theology and philosophy in Wittenberg, where he was also a student of Philipp Melanchthon . He was able to speak and write almost all of the classical languages. In May 1561 he returned from the Wittenberg University with excellent certificates.

He began his tour of France and the Netherlands in 1561, on the advice of Johann Crato von Krafftheim , accompanied by Hubert Languet . In Paris he made friends with the botanist Charles de l'Écluse (Carolus Clusius). In the same year they fled to Antwerp from the plague. In 1563 he traveled to France and in 1567 to Italy. In 1571 he went to Cologne.

He attended important libraries. His fortune enabled him to acquire numerous valuable books. His collection consisted of around 300 manuscripts and 6,000 printed works and came into the possession of the city of Wroclaw in 1645 through a contract with the descendants. When the parish libraries of St. Maria-Magdalena and St. Bernardin in Wroclaw were merged, this important collection, which was previously administered by the respective prorector of the Elisabet-Gymnasium, including the historiographer Karl Adolf Menzel , became an essential part of the local city library Bibliotheca Rehdigerana .

literature

  • Jorg Baecker: Thomas Rehdiger, the man and his work. Excerpt from a document on obtaining a doctorate in philosophy at the High Philosophical Faculty of the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University in Breslau . Wroclaw 1921.
  • Jorg Baecker: Thomas Rehdiger, the man and his work. A contribution to the history of intellectual life in the 16th century. Inaugural dissertation to obtain a doctorate from the High Philosophical Faculty of the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University in Breslau . Wroclaw 1921.
  • Hans-Jürgen von Witzendorff-Rehdiger: The Rehdiger in Breslau . In: Yearbook of the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University in Breslau . Volume 2, 1957, pp. 93-106
  • Hans-Jürgen von Witzendorff-Rehdiger: Origin and whereabouts of Breslau council families in the Middle Ages. A genealogical study . In: Yearbook of the Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Breslau , 1958, pp. 111–135
  • Hermann Markgraf:  Rehdiger, Thomas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 588-590.
  • Gustav Barthel : Thomas Rehdiger: A century of great Breslau scholar, collector and patron of art ; Breslau, Silesian Museum of Applied Arts and Antiquities, 1941
  • Albrecht WJ Wachler: Thomas Rehdiger and his book collection in Breslau: A biographical-literary attempt ; Wroclaw, 1828
  • Gottlob Krantz: Memorabilia Bibliothecæ Publicæ Elisabetanæ Wratislaviensis, à Fundatore Celeberrimo Rehdigerianæ dictæ ; Wratislaviae: Steck, 1699
  • Samuel Sebisch: Encænia Bibliothecæ Rehdigerianæ, Vratislaviæ ; Vratislaviae: Baumann, 1661
  • (Monitors) Johann (e) Gebhard (o): Thomas à Rehdiger & Slisa Redivivus in Gymnade Elisabethanâ ; Vratislaviæ: Baumann, 1661
  • Karl A. Siegel: Crato von Krafftheim , Simon Schard and Thomas Rehdiger: A contribution to the history of scholars in the 16th century ; In: Journal of the Association for the History of Silesia ; Wroclaw; Trewendt & Garnier; 1930; Vol. 64; Pp. 75-88
  • Oskar Pusch : The Breslau city councils in the period from 1241 to 1741 , Volume 3, page 303f., In: Publications of the Research Center for East Central Europe at the University of Dortmund (Ed .: Johannes Hoffmann), Series B - Volume 38, Dortmund 1988 , ISBN 3-923293-25-9
  • Gerhard Scheuermann: The Breslau Lexicon ; Laumann-Verlag Dülmen, 1994; ISBN 3-87466-157-1 , pp. 1320-1324

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Oskar Pusch: The council and city families in Breslau , Volume 3, page 303 (see: Literature)
  2. ^ Ruth Kohlndorfer-Fries: Diplomacy and Republic of Scholars ; P. 253

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personal data
SURNAME Rehdiger, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rhediger, Thomas; Redinger, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Silesian humanist and book collector
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1540
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1576
Place of death Cologne