Johannes Lichtenberger

John Lichtenberger (* around 1426 in Green bei Baumholder; † before April 1503 probably in Niederbrombach ) was a German astrologer.

While Lichtenberger worked in the 1470s at princely courts and as a court astrologer of Emperor Frederick III. (1415-1493) occurred, he later retracted in his Palatine home, where he was transferred to a vicarage in Bramstedt ( Niederbrombach ) before 1481. In Otter city at Speyer he shall lie buried.

His main work is dated April 1, 1488, first printed anonymously Pronosticatio ( astrological prediction of the three levels by the year 1576 ), which experienced more than 50 editions. She was strongly influenced by a fear fueled by the Turks Endkaisererwartung.