Wolfgang Schwendimann (printer, 1632)

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Wolfgang Schwendimann (also: Wolfgang Schwendiman and Wolfgang Schwendimann the Elder and Wolfganngus Schwendimannus ; or Wolffgang Swendimann and other name variations; born or baptized 29. November 1632 in Lucerne , † 1685 in Hannover ) was a princely court - printers .

Life

Wolfgang Schwendimann was born at the end of 1632 as the son of Peter Schwendimann and Anna an der Huob. In 1649 he was a student at the Lucerne Jesuit College . After an apprenticeship as a printer in his home town with David Hautt the Elder. Ä. he worked in Munich as a bookstore clerk at Johann Wagner . His application for the granting of Munich citizenship and for the establishment of his own bookshop in Munich was refused. Until 1659 he worked as a printer's assistant in Munich.

From 1665 to 1667 Schwendimann took on the duties of a factor in the printing works of Hermann Kramer's heirs. From 1669 he worked as a princely court printer in Hanover.

literature

  • Vassilis Vavoulis: Festival culture in Hanover, Wolfgang Schwendimann (1632–1685) as ducal printer of opera, ballet, and theater . In: Handel yearbook , ed. from the Georg-Friedrich-Handel-Society e. V. International Association, seat Halle (Saale), Cologne: Studio, 2015, ISSN 0440-0615; as a PDF document from academia.edu

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c o. V .: Schwendimann, Wolfgang in the database of Niedersächsische Personen ( new entry required ) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library in the version of November 1, 2017, last accessed on March 2, 2020
  2. ↑ a b c d Christoph Reske : The book printers of the 16th and 17th centuries in the German-speaking area / Christoph Reske. Based on the work of the same name by Josef Benzing (= Contributions to Books and Libraries , Vol. 51), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2007, ISBN 978-3-447-05450-8 and ISBN 3-447-05450-6 ; P. 353; Preview over google books
  3. ↑ Information in the catalog of the German National Library
  4. ↑ a b Biblos writings . Austrian magazine for books and libraries, documentation and bibliography. Official organ of the institutions Society of Friends of the Austrian National Library, Association of Austrian Librarians, Austrian Institute for Library Research , Vienna, 1990, p. 190; Preview over google books
personal data
SURNAME Schwendimann, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwendiman, Wolfgang; Schwendimannus, Wolfganngius; Schwendiman, Wolffgang; Schwendimann, Wolffgang; Swendimann, Wolffgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss book printer and royal Brunswick-Lüneburg court printer in Hanover
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1632
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne
DATE OF DEATH 1685
Place of death Hanover