Wolfgang Heinrich Adelungk

Wolfgang Heinrich Adelungk (born December 25, 1649 in Hamburg , † December 16, 1710 there ) was a German educator and writer .

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Title page of the Adelungk work "Kurtze Historical Description of the Clock-Old Kaeyserlichen and the Heil. Roman Empire Freyen- An-See- Kauff- und Handels-Stadt Hamburg"

Adelungk first attended the Jacobi Church School, but was unable to start studying because his parents were poor. As an autodidact , he opened his own school in the Jacobi parish in 1670. The building on the Kattrepel burned down in 1673, but could be continued at the same location. From 1689 Adelungk worked at a school for the poor in the Katharinen parish and in 1698 took over the management of the Knakerüggischen school for the poor. It was a foundation school, which one of his eleven sons took over from 1710 on.

In 1695 Adelungk published the “Thesaurus Historiarum or Newly Opened Treasury of Rare and Exquisite Histories”. The work, which is now considered partially lost, has been published several times. In 1696 he created the "Kurtze Historical Description". It was the first chronicle of Hamburg to appear in print. Since disputes with the Danish king regarding the imperial freedom of the Hanseatic city were highlighted, the work was immediately banned. In addition to the scriptures, Adelungk created various series of calendars until his death .

literature

• Wolffgang Henrich Adelungk: Kurtze historical description of the clock-old Kaeyserlichen and salvation. Roman Empire Freyen-An-See-Kauff-und Handels-Stadt Hamburg . Printed and published by Conrad Neumann, Hamburg 1696.

• Facsimile edition Paul Kieser GmbH 1989 with a commentary volume by Rainer Postel. ISBN 3-8242-9962-3

• Franklin Kopitzsch , Daniel Tilgner (Ed.): Hamburg Lexikon. 4th, updated and expanded special edition. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-8319-0373-3 , pp. 16-17.