Constantia, vulgo Costnitz memorabile suevie opp. / S. Galli OPP. Et Moasterium Helvetiorum, aßerente Ottone Frisingensi lib. V Chron; á S. Gallo, ..

Title

Constantia, vulgo Costnitz memorabile suevie opp. / S. Galli OPP. Et Moasterium Helvetiorum, aßerente Ottone Frisingensi lib. V Chron; á S. Gallo, ..

Description

Copperprint depicts two cities on one map, St. Gallen in Swizerland and Constanz at the lake Constanz in Germany.

ca. 1590

Artist

Braun/Hogenberg (1572-1618)

Frans Hogenberg (1535 – 1590) was a Flemish and German painter, engraver, and mapmaker. Hogenberg was born in Mechelen as the son of Nicolaas Hogenberg In 1568 he was banned from Antwerp by the Duke of Alva. He travelled to London, where he stayed a few years before emigrating to Cologne. He is known for portraits and topographical views as well as historical allegories. He also produced scenes of contemporary historical events. George Braun (1541-1622), a cleric of Cologne, was the principal editor of the "Civitates Orbis Terrarum". The first volume of the Civitates Orbis Terrarum was published in Cologne in 1572. The sixth and the final volume appeared in 1617. This great city atlas, edited by Georg Braun and largely engraved by Franz Hogenberg, eventually contained 546 prospects, bird-eye views and map views of cities from all over the world. Braun (1541-1622), a cleric of Cologne, was the principal editor of the work, and was greatly assisted in his project by the close, and continued interest of Abraham Ortelius, whose Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of 1570 was, as a systematic and comprehensive collection of maps of uniform style, the first true atlas.

Historical Description

The founding legend of Saint Gall is dated to the year 612 AD. The founding of the Abbey of St. Gallen is documented by Otmar in 719. In 1180 St. Gallen became an imperial city. In 1291 Abbot Wilhelm von Montfort granted the town's burgers the rights laid down in a "handful". In 1319 a federation was founded with the cities of Lindau and Überlingen, which was expanded into the Lake Constance region in the course of the following centuries. In 1349 the plague broke out in the city. The Appenzell and the Schwyz signed a land law in 1403 to lead the freedom struggle against the prince abbot. It was only King Ruprecht who declared the Lake Constance Federation dissolved. On June 23, 1454, the St. Gallers swore to join the Confederation, for which they had to pay the abbot a transfer fee in 1457. The Reformation accepted by the city led to a long-standing dispute between the citizens / city and the prince abbot in the monastery courtyard, who owned the entire, now Catholic, surrounding area. This dispute was only settled after the canton was founded.