Johann Friedrich Schannat

Johann Friedrich Schannat ( born July 23, 1683 Luxembourg, † March 6, 1739 in Heidelberg ) was a German priest and lawyer, who worked as a historian in Fulda, Mainz and Prague.

Life and work

Johann Friedrich Schannat was born on July 23, 1683 in Luxembourg, the son of a Frankish physician. He studied at the University of Leuven law and canon law and has been a lawyer with 22 years in Parliament in Mechelen. In 1707 he wrote his first historical publication "The History of the Counts of Mansfeld ." According to another study of theology, he was ordained a Catholic priest in 1709 and had to 1714 a canonry in Liege held.

Historian in Fulda, Mainz and Prague

After study trips to Paris and at various university libraries in 1722 he accepted an appointment as historian of the Bishopric of Fulda by the local ruling families Konstantin von Buttlar ( 1679-1726 ). He worked here in several writings the history of the Bishopric and its possessions, and earned a reputation as a good historian. At a scholarly dispute arose when Schannats antasteten discoveries ownership of the prince-bishops of Würzburg and the Landgrave of Hesse in the territory of the abbey of Fulda, this second opinion by the historian Johann Georg estor (1699-1773) and Johann Georg von Eckhart (1664-1730) to draft left.

As writings from this period have been published:

  • Vindemiae literariae 2 vols, Leipzig, 1723-1724;
  • Corpus traditionum Fuldensium, Leipzig 1724;
  • Fuldischer Lehnhof, Frankfurt (Main ), 1726;
  • Dioecesis Fuldensis, Frankfurt (Main ), 1727;
  • Collection of ancient historical writings, Frankfurt ( Main), 1727;
  • Historia Fuldensis, Frankfurt (Main ), 1729;

1729 appointed the Archbishop of Mainz, Franz Ludwig of the Palatinate ( 1664-1732 ) Schannat into his service and commissioned him to create a history of the diocese of Worms, whose officials he was. It was here that the Historia episcopatus Wormatiensis, which was printed in 1734 in Frankfurt ( Main).

The Archbishop of Prague, Johann Moritz Gustav von Manderscheid - Blankenheim (1676-1763) brought Schannat 1734 to his court. There, the renowned scholar should write a history of the Counts of Manderscheid. From his employer Schannat 1735 a three-year stay in Italy was funded. From the Bibliotheca Vaticana in Rome and the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan Schannat 1738 brought extensive archive material on the basis of three important works were created, but which remained unfinished in Heidelberg because of the sudden death Schannats on March 6, 1739.

Posthumous publications

This is to set the font Histoire de la maison abregee Palatine, which was printed posthumously in 1740.

On the basis of material Schannats a documentary was entitled Concilia Germaniae that represents the history of all synods and councils, which took place on German soil. It was completed by the Cologne Jesuit and historian Hermann Joseph Hartz Home and issued 1759-1790. The full Latin title of the work is elfbändige Concilia Germaniae Quae Celsissimi Principis Joannis Mauritii, Archi - Episcopi Pragensis sumptu Cl. Joannes Fridericus Schannat Magna Ex Parte Primum Collegit, Your P. Josephus Hartz Home SJ ejusdem Celsissimi Impensis Plurimum Auxit, Continuavit, Notis, Digressionibus Criticis, Charter, Et Dissertatione Chorographicis Illustravit Coloniae Augustae Agrippinensium

On the initiative of the Prince-Bishop Count von Manderscheid - Blankenheim also the emergence of Eiflia illustrata goes back, the Schannat docked during his visit to Prague. This first and extensive work on the history of the Eifel region should also be edited after the untimely death of the author by Joseph Hartz home. However, this died before the extensive fragment of documents and messages was completed. For many years, then lost the manuscript. The Prüm district and local historian Georg Bärsch found a copy of Schannats work in the ducal library in Darmstadt. He had translated the manuscript, written in Latin, supplemented the information with Schannats own investigation and gave the work under the title Eiflia Illustrata or geographical and historical description of the Eifel by Johann Friedrich Schannat, 1739th extract from the latheinischen manuscripts and translated with notes and additions enriched by Georg Bärsch, 1852 in three volumes 1824-1855 out.

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