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Adam August Krantz
Adam August Krantz (6 December 1808 in Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska, Neumarkt in Schlesien – 6 April 1872 in Berlin) was a German mineralogist. Mineralienatlas - Fossilienatlas Life In 1833 he founded a mineral dealership in 1833 in Freiberg, Saxony, Freiberg while a student at Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg Mining Academy. In 1836 the company moved to Brüderstraße 39 in Berlin. The next move was to Bonn in 1850. August Kranz became one of the foremost mineral dealers in Europe. August Krantz's son-in-law, Theodor Hoffmann ran the business following Krantz's death in 1872. Hoffmann sold Krantz's own collection of over 14,000 mineral specimens to the Mineralogisches Museum der Universität Bonn :de:Mineralogisches Museum der Universität Bonn and ran the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska
Środa Śląska (german: Neumarkt in Schlesien) is a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Środa Śląska County, and of the smaller administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Środa Śląska. The town lies approximately west of the regional capital Wrocław, on the Średzka Woda creek. As of 2019, the town has a population of 9,516. It is part of the Wrocław metropolitan area. History Środa Śląska is situated in the central part of the Lower Silesia region at the main transport routes joining the east and west of Europe. The name ''Środa'' means " Wednesday", as that was the day on which the weekly market took place. Transforming it from a small commercial settlement into a center of urban character was carried out by the Polish Duke Henry the Bearded (1202–1238) whose idea was to enhance the economic and political significance of the Silesia region as a means to unify the Polish Kingdom. At around 1235, he granted th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
