Geometris Cher Grundris der Des Heiligen Römischen Reichs Freyen Stadt Nürnberg.

Title

Geometris Cher Grundris der Des Heiligen Römischen Reichs Freyen Stadt Nürnberg.

Description

Decorative and detailed city plan of Nuremberg. With index description of all important buildings and streets ( so called: strangeness.) 3 hereldics, the great and small coat of arm of Nuremberg.

ca. 1740

Artist

Seutter (1678-1757)

Matthias Seutter (1678- 1757) Augsburg was the son of a goldsmith in Augsburg. In 1697, Seutter began his studies in Nuremberg and subsequently worked in the publishing house of Jeremias Wolff in Augsburg. In 1710, he established his own publishing house and print shop. The Seutter publishing house produced a great number of maps, atlases, and globes. However, very few original maps were printed there, as Augsburg at that time had no university and no connection to the fields of mathematics or the natural sciences. Seutter therefore copied the work of other cartographers, making his own engravings based on their models. Over 500 maps were produced in his studio. Seutter's most well-known works are the 1725 "Geographical Atlas or an Accurate Depiction of the Whole World" ("Atlas Geographicus oder Accurate Vorstellung der ganzen Welt") with 46 maps, the 1734 "Large Atlas" ("Grosser Atlas") with 131 maps, and the 1744 pocket atlas "Small Atlas" ("Atlas minor") with 64 maps. Matthäus Seutter died in 1757. Seutter's son Albrecht Karl, his son-in-law Conrad Tobias Lotter, and his business partner Johann Michael Probst ran the printing business for five more years.

Historical Description

Nuremberg is an independent city in the administrative district of Middle Franconia in the Free State of Bavaria. When the city was founded is not handed down, it could have been between 1000 and 1040 in the course of securing the border area between Saxony, Bavaria, East Franconia and Bohemia at the intersection of important roads. With the Great Letter of Freedom, King Frederick II made Nuremberg a Free Imperial City in 1219. Many emperors liked to choose Nuremberg as their place of residence, including Charles IV, who issued the Golden Bull in Nuremberg in 1356. In 1423, King Sigismund gave the imperial regalia to the city, which kept them until the beginning of the 19th century. The years between 1470 and 1530 are generally considered the city's heyday - despite recurring feuds and conflicts with knights such as Götz von Berlichingen and Conz Schott von Schottenstein, which were, however, stopped after 1512 by the army of the Franconian Imperial Circle. Many emperors liked to choose Nuremberg as a place to stay, including Charles IV, who issued the Golden Bull in Nuremberg in 1356. In 1423, King Sigismund gave the imperial regalia to the city, which kept them until the beginning of the 19th century. The years between 1470 and 1530 are generally considered the city's heyday - despite recurring feuds and conflicts with knights such as Götz von Berlichingen and Conz Schott von Schottenstein, which were, however, stopped after 1512 by the army of the Franconian Imperial Circle. The wealth of the city came from the excellent craftsmanship as well as the favorable location as a trading center in the middle of Europe. During the Thirty Years' War, the area around Nuremberg was the scene of a war of position between the warring parties that lasted for several years. In 1792, the Kunstverein Nuremberg, Germany's first art association, was founded. From 1796 to 1806, after pressure from the Prussian administration in neighboring Ansbach, Nuremberg finally submitted to Prussian rule. The treaty was not executed because Prussia was deterred by Nuremberg's debts. In 1803, Nuremberg nevertheless initially continued to remain independent until French troops occupied Nuremberg after the signing of the Treaty of the Confederation of the Rhine and the end of the Old Empire.In 1806, the French army finally handed the city over to the Kingdom of Bavaria, which immediately installed a civil administration and administratively incorporated the city into the kingdom. In 1806, the Kingdom of Bavaria took over the exorbitant debts of the Imperial City of Nuremberg as part of the overall Bavarian national debt and thus ensured their consolidation and repayment. With Count Montgelas in 1817, Nuremberg again received its own magistrate and mayor in May 1818.