Urban Gaubisch

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Urban Gaubisch (* 1527 in Ortrand ; † January 2, 1612 in Eisleben ) was a German printer .

Life

Urban Gaubisch was born in the town of Ortrand, now in southern Brandenburg , as the son of Alexius Gaubisch. His mother Ursula was the daughter of Johann Parix, councilor from Ortrander. After the early death of his father, he was placed in an Augustinian monastery in Großenhain. In 1539 he fled the monastery with other friars and made the acquaintance of Martin Luther , through whom he came to Leipzig . Luther an apprenticeship he had in the prestigious here printing of Jacob Bärwald taught and Gaubisch finally learned the craft of typography .

After leaving Leipzig for a few years and completing his years of traveling , he returned to the city in 1551 and married Margarethe Niedersteter, Bärwald's sister-in-law. He stayed in Leipzig until 1555 and pursued his craft here. Finally, at the invitation of the Count von Mansfeld , he opened his own print shop in Eisleben. Due to its kinship with Bärwald, the young print shop soon enjoyed a very good reputation. There were also family ties to the Wittenberg-based bookseller Bartel Vogel . Since his wife Margarethe died soon afterwards, Gaubisch married Barbara, the daughter of Simon Gaßmann, a councilor on the outskirts of the town in 1566.

His printing press in Eisleben was soon able to establish itself. He worked in a functional unit as a printer and publisher . Here Gaubisch printed, among other things, the first two parts of the complete edition of Luther's writings (1564, 1565) and, in 1566, the first edition of Luther's table speeches . Other authors he published were Christoph Irenäus (1522–1595), Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560), Cyriacus Spangenberg (1528–1604), Martin Chemnitz (1522–1586), Joachim Westphal (1510–1574) and Tilemann Hesshus (1527-1588). Often they were spiritual writings. But he also produced secular printed matter, for example for the magistrate of the city of Eisleben. Among other things, a fire order appeared here . However, they only made up a fraction of the total work. Many of the publications appeared in second or third editions, and some had even more editions.

Around 1576 Gaubisch opened a branch of his printing company in Halle an der Saale , which, however, did not last long and was given up a few years later. Well over 100 prints by contemporary authors are said to have appeared in the two printing works in Eisleben and Halle during Urbanus Gaubisch's lifetime.

family

Gaubisch's two marriages resulted in nine sons and four daughters. His son Jakob Gaubisch (1563-1616) also became a printer and in 1600 took over the Bärwaldsche Buchdruckerei in Leipzig. He was also involved in his father's book printing company in Eisleben, which he eventually took over and continued.

Works (selection)

  • Christoph Irenäus : Imprint / Of a terrible sign of anger ... , Eisleben, 1564 (pamphlet)
  • Martin Luther: All Christian / necessary and useful information from the last chicken in the world / As: From the youngest days / and how to prepare for it / From dying / From the rise of the dead / From the last judgment / From heaven and Eternal Life./ Von der Helle./ With warnings and prophecies raised , D. Martin, Eisleben, 1564
  • Martin Luther: The Other Part / The Books / Writings / vnd / Sermons of the Venerable Lord / D. Martin Luthers / ... , Eisleben, 1565
  • Martin Luther, Philipp Melanchthon: Table speeches , Eisleben, 1569
  • The Spangenberg mistake / From the original sin ... , Halle, 1576/1577 (treatise)
  • “The holy catechism or Layen Bible, use vnd majesty. In addition to the ingenious books of D. Martini Lutheri deß Manes of God, question and answer written by M. Conradum Porta, pastor of Eißleben. 8. to Hall in Saxony by Urban Gaubisch. 1578. "
  • Christoph Schleupner: Barsillai Octogenarius: That is: From Barsillaj Eighty years of praiseworthy age: Funeral sermon / Bey funeral / of the ... Urban Gaubischen / Weyland printer to Eißleben / God blessed: Which ... the 2nd January ... in 1612 fell asleep gently. .. , Halle / Saale: University and State Library Saxony-Anhalt, 1616

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Heinz Scheible: Melanchthon's correspondence . tape 12 . Verlag Frommann-Holzboog ,, 2005, ISBN 978-3-7728-2258-2 , p. 123 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Ernst Kelchner :  Gaubisch, Urban . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 418 f.
  3. ^ Entry by Urban Gaubisch in the catalog of the German National Library , accessed on July 1, 2018
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g Josef Benzing :  Gaubisch, Urban. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 94 ( digitized version ).
  5. ^ Heinrich Rembe: History of book printing in the city of Eisleben. In: Zeitschrift des Harz-Verein für Geschichte und Altertumskunde 18 (1885), pp. 421–454, here p. 423 ( zs.thulb.uni-jena.de )
  6. ↑ a b c d e Lothar Berndorff: The preachers of the county of Mansfeld . Universitätsverlag Potsdam, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86956-008-3 , p. 229 .
  7. ^ Works by Urban Gaubisch in the University and State Library of Saxony-Anhalt , accessed on July 1, 2018
  8. ↑ Preussens Drucker, p. 137 at www.drucker-marken.de (PDF), accessed on July 1, 2018
  9. ^ Entry by Jakob Gaubisch in the catalog of the German National Library , accessed on July 1, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Gaubisch, Urban
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gaubisius, Urbanus; Kaubisius, Urbanus; Kaubisch, Urbanus; Gaubisch, Urbann; Gubisius, Urbanus; Cheeky, Urban
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German printer
DATE OF BIRTH 1527
PLACE OF BIRTH Outskirts
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1612
Place of death Eisleben