Georg Matthäus Vischer
Illustration — Georg Matthäus Vischer Georg Matthäus Vischer (22 April 1628 – 13 December 1696) was an Austrian topographer, cartographer, engraver and parish priest in Leonstein (Upper Austria) and Vienna. Vischer was born in Wenns (Tyrol). Despite his clerical vocation, geography and topographical surveys were Vischer's true calling.
Also recorded as Georg Mathias Vischer
Georg Matthäus Vischer
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- Born
- 1628 · Wenns.
- Died
- 1696 · Linz.
- Nationality
- Holy Roman Empire
- Occupation
- cartographer · graphic artist · printmaker · catholic priest · parson · mathematician · draftsperson
- Fields
- Catholic theology · cartography · mathematics · art of drawing
- Languages
- German
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On behalf of nobility and clergy he compiled maps and created engravings and drawings of more than 1000 cities, castles, manors, abbeys and cloisters in the regions of Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Upper Styria, Lower Styria, Moravia and Hungary. In most cases Vischer's engravings are amongst the oldest preserved depictions of these structures. He is regarded as one of the most important Austrian cartographers and topographers of his time. He died, aged 68, in Linz (Upper Austria).
• Archiducatus Austriae Superioris Descriptio facta Anno 1667. A Map of Upper Austria. • Archiducatus Austriae Inferioris Accuratissima Geographica Descriptio. A Map of Lower Austria, Vienna 1670 • Topographia Austriae superioris modernae. Copper Engravings of Upper Austrian Castles and Mansions (1674) • Archiducatus Austriae Inferioris Geographica et Noviter Emendata Accuratissima Descriptio, Vienna 1697 • Topographia archiducatus Austriae Inferioris modernae 1672, Vienna 1672 • Topographia Ducatus Stiriae, Graz 1681
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Georg Matthäus Vischer, a geographer, topographer, cartographer, draughtsman and “Pfarrer”, was born on 22 April 1628 in Wenns and died on 13 December 1696 in Linz. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. According to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the recorded places of activity of Georg Matthäus Vischer are Stams, Grünburg-Leonstein and Vienna.
Old Schloss Inzersdorf near Vienna
Matthaeus Vischer · 17th century etching
Inzersdorf. Aus Georg Mathaeus Vischers Topographia Archiducatus Austriae inferioris.
Georg Matthäus Vischer · Primo Calvi: Darstellung des politischen Bezirkes Hietzing Umgebung durch umfassende Beschreibung aller Dörfer, Ortschaften, Kirchen, Schulen, Schlösser, Anstalten und bemerkenswerten Objecte etc. etc
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