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Martin Zeiler (also ''Zeiller'', born 17 April 1589 in Ranten, died 6 October 1661 in
Ulm Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...
) was a
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German author. Zeiler's father was an exile from
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, forced to emigrate due to his
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confession. Zeiler was schooled in Ulm, moving to
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in 1608 to study jurisprudence and history. He worked several jobs as private teacher and notary. He lived in Ulm from 1629, working as teacher and inspector at local schools. Zeiler was very productive as an author, meeting the template of the Baroque polyhistor. The Ulm city library lists 90 works authored by Zeiler. His productivity was recognized by his contemporaries; Georg Philipp Harsdörffer mentions ''Herrn Zeillers'' proverbial industriousness in one of his poems. Zeiler is best known for his contribution to
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's '' Topographia Germaniae'' (16 vol., 1642–1654).


Works

see :wikisource:de:Martin Zeiller * (Trad.) François de Rosset: ''Theatrum tragicum ... in die Teutsche Sprache transferirt durch M. Zeiller,'' hg.
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. Danzig 1640 u.ö. (25 Auflagen sind bekannt) *''Itinerarium Italiae Nov-Antiquae''. Frankfurt 1640 * ''Fidus achates, oder Getreuer Reisgefert.'' Ulm 1651 * ''Historici, chronologici et geographi ... quo vixerunt, et operibus ... scripserunt.'' 2 Bde. Ulm 1652 * ''100 Dialogi oder Gespräch von unterschiedlichen Sachen.'' Ulm 1653 * ''Handbuch von allerley nutzlichen Erinerungen.'' 2 Bde. Ulm 1655 *''Hispaniae et Lusitaniae Itinerarium''. Amsterdam 1656 * '' Topographia Germaniae'' * '' Topographia Galliae''


Sources and external links

* * Ulrich Gaier u.a. (ed.): ''Schwabenspiegel'', Bd. 1, Ulm 2003, S. 496 (Autorenlexikon) * Walter Brunner: ''Martin Zeiller (1589–1661) – Ein Gelehrtenleben''. Graz 1990 *
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: ''
Killy Literaturlexikon The ''Killy Literaturlexikon - Autoren und Werke des deutschsprachigen Kulturraumes'' is an author's lexicon of German language literature. The latest edition of twelve volumes was published between 2008 and September 2011 by De Gruyter. A registe ...
'': Autoren und Werke deutscher Sprache''. (15 Bände) Gütersloh; München: Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verl. 1988–1991 (CD-ROM Berlin 1998 ) * Pictures and texts o
''Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae'' by Matthaeus Merian et Martin Zeiller can be found in the database VIATIMAGES
* * Constantin von Wurzbach
"Zeiler, Martin"
In: ''Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich''. Band 59. Verlag L. C. {{DEFAULTSORT:Zeiler, Martin 1589 births 1661 deaths German male writers