Ulrich Morhart

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Woodcut of the coat of arms of Duke Ulrich von Württemberg in a book by Ulrich Morhart

Ulrich Morhart (* around 1490 in Augsburg ; † 1554 in Tübingen ) was a German printer.

Life

Ulrich Morhart came from Augsburg and printed in Strasbourg from 1519 to 1522. He moved to Tübingen on May 20, 1523. There he printed around 150–160 works by Lambert von Hersfeld , Alexander Hug , Desiderius Erasmus , Martin Luther , Johannes Müller , and Nicolaus from Hannapes ; Michael Zinser , Matija Grbić , Philipp Melanchthon , Georg Ostermaier , Sa.Is.B. and Johannes Seckerwitz the younger .

He ran the only printing press in the Duchy of Württemberg, which therefore received many orders from the Württemberg government, and also the only one in southern Germany that was accessible to Catholic interests. He printed the writings of Johannes Eck , Johannes Augustanus Faber , Johannes Cochläus and Konrad Köllin , Johannes Dietenberger , Melchior Vattlin , Kaspar Schatzger , that is, of the most famous opponents of Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli .

From 1534 the Morhart printing press became an important tool of the Slavic reformers: It served to distribute Protestant books in Slavic for the Slovenes, Croats, Dalmatians and Serbs, the publication of which was based on Primus Truber and by Peter Paul Berger and Baron Hans Ungnad von Sonnegk were supported and worn. In 1550 Morhart printed a catechism translated by Truber into Windisch (Slovenian) and a Windisch ABCdarium . The actual work of Slavic book printing did not begin until after his death, namely in 1555, when his widow (the third wife), Magdalena Morhart , was already running the business under the direction of her sons from his first marriage, Oswald Gruppenbach and Georg Gruppenbach . At that time , 39 independent prints were produced in Slovene and Croatian , some in Tübingen and some in the press set up for this purpose in Urach , which was also managed by the Gruppenbach family: New Testaments, catechisms, confessions, sermons, hymn books and similar writings which are still significant today as the first beginnings of Slavic literature.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Karl Steiff:  Morhart, Ulrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 234-236.
  2. ^ Entry Morhart, Ulrich <der Elder> in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data
SURNAME Morhart, Ulrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morhart, Ulrich the Elder; Morhard, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German book printer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1490
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH 1554
Place of death Tübingen