Ulrich Rülein from Calw
Ulrich Rülein von Calw (also: Ulrich Rülein von Kalbe , Ulricus Molitoris de Calb and U. Kalb (us) ; * July 4, 1465 in Calw , † 1523 in Leipzig ) was a humanist , doctor , mathematician and mining scientist . He was also active as a geodesist , town planner and astrologer . He was mayor of the mining town of Freiberg for five years .
Live and act
From 1485 Ulrich Rülein von Calw, the son of a miller, studied at the University of Leipzig , where he probably also received his doctorate in medicine. In 1487 he was a Baccalaureus and in 1490 Magister artium . He studied medicine and mathematics . He is said to have received the order from the Saxon Duke Georg in 1496 (according to the Freiberger Chronik von Möller) to build a "Neustadt am Schreckenberg", today's town of Annaberg . In 1497, Rülein von Calw was appointed city physician by the city of Freiberg . Here he worked as a surveyor and civil engineer, mining expert and astrologer. He further developed the pocket sundial into a compass or angle measuring instrument. In 1505 his book Eyn, well-organized and useful, was published in Augsburg , how to search for and find mines , the first scientific treatise on mining in Germany . As a doctor ( physicus ordinarius ) he fought against the plague in 1497 .
In 1508 he became a citizen of Freiberg, in 1509 a councilor and from 1514 to 1519 ruling mayor . Ulrich Rülein von Calw founded the first humanistic grammar school in Saxony in 1515 . He was accepted into the Freiberg Knappschaft in 1519 , but left Freiberg in 1519 due to hostility towards his school and went to Leipzig , where he worked as a professor of medicine. His last assignment, determining the location and developing the development plan for Marienberg , he received from Heinrich the Pious in 1521 .
family
Ulrich Rülein von Calw was married to Katherina Hausmann. His daughter Margarita was the wife of Valentin Alnpeck and mother of the Dresden goldsmith Martin Alnpeck.
Honors
The "Ulrich Rülein von Calw sports hall" in Freiberg is named after Rülein.
Works
- Eyn well-organized and useful little book on how to search for and find mines, Augsburg 1505 ( digitized version ), ( digitized version 1534)
- A useful Bergbüchlin , Erfurt 1527 ( digitized version )
literature
- Frieder Jentsch: Rülein von Calw, Ulrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 222 ( digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Pieper: Ulrich Rülein von Calw and his mountain booklet: with Urtext facsimile and transmission of the mountain booklet from around 1500 and facsimile of the plague from 1521. - Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1955. - 215 pages - (Freiberg research books ; D 7)
- Gundolf Keil , with the participation of Johannes G. Mayer and Monika Reininger: “a little Leonardo”. Ulrich Rülein von Kalbe as a humanist, mathematician, mining scientist and doctor. In: Würzburg specialist prose studies. Contributions to medieval medicine, pharmacy and class history from the Würzburg Medical History Institute [Festschrift Michael Holler]. Edited by Gundolf Keil and edited by Johannes Gottfried Mayer and Christian Naser, Würzburg 1995 (= Würzburg medical historical research , 38), pp. 228–247.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ulrich Rülein von Calw in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Ulrich Rülein von Calw in the Saxon Bibliography
References and comments
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rülein from Calw, Ulrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rülein von Kalbe, Ulrich; Molitoris de Calb, Ulricus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Humanist, doctor, mathematician and mining scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1465 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calw |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1523 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |