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The ''Oekonomische Encyklopädie'' was a
German language
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encyclopedia
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started by
Johann Georg Krünitz
Johann Georg Krünitz (20 March 1728 – 20 December 1796) was a German encyclopedist who started the 242-volume Oekonomische Encyklopädie and during his lifetime managed to complete its first 72 volumes.
Life
Krünitz was born in Berlin as the ...
. It appeared in 242 volumes between 1773 and 1858. Each volume has about 600-800 pages, giving a total of about 170,000 pages.
It was originally planned to be a translation of two French-language encyclopaedias, ''
Dictionnaire raisonné universel d'histoire naturelle'' (1764) and ''
Encyclopédie Oeconomique ou Système général d'Oeconomie rustique, domestique et politique'' (1771–72), but developed into a separate work that much surpassed the originals. Significant parts were also based on the ''
Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon
The ''Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon aller Wissenschafften und Künste'' ( en, Great Complete Encyclopedia of All Sciences and Arts, , italic=yes) is a 68-volume German encyclopedia published by Johann Heinrich Zedler between 1731 and 1 ...
'' by
Johann Heinrich Zedler
Johann Heinrich Zedler (7 January 1706 in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) – 21 March 1751 in Leipzig) was a bookseller and publisher. His most important achievement was the creation of a German encyclopedia, the '' Grosses Universal-Lexicon (Gre ...
.
Krünitz managed to finish 72 volumes during his lifetime. It is said that he died while working on the article ''Leiche'' (corpse). After his death (1796)
Friedrich Jakob Floerken (1758–1799) took over the preparation of volumes 73–77, until he died too. His brother
Heinrich Gustav Flörke
Heinrich Gustav Flörke (24 December 1764, in Altenkalden in Mecklenburg – 11 June 1835) was a German botanist and lichenologist.
He initially studied theology and mathematics in Bützow, later studying medicine at the University of Jena. In ...
continued from 1800 to 1813 with volumes 78–123. From 1813 to 1855,
Johann Wilhelm David Korth (1783–1861) edited volumes 124–225, at times supported by co-authors
Ludwig Kossarski and
Carl Otto Hoffmann. Hoffmann then completed the work from 1855 to 1858 with volumes 226–242.
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Publishers of the "Krünitz" were successively
Joachim Pauli (1773–1812), his widow
Louise Pauli (1812–1823), her second husband
C.H. Mowinkel (1823–c. 1830),
Leopold Wilhelm Krause (c. 1830–1846), and finally Krause's stepson
Ernst Litfaß (1846-1858).
The full title was:
* originally: ''Oekonomische Encyklopädie, oder allgemeines System der Land- Haus- und Staats-Wirthschaft in alphabetischer Ordnung'' ("Economic Encyclopaedia, or general system of agriculture, domestic and state economy in alphabetical order")
* volumes 33–73 and 77–242: ''Oekonomisch-technologische Encyklopädie, oder allgemeines System der Staats- Stadt- Haus- und Landwirthschaft und der Kunstgeschichte...'' ("Economic-Technological Encyclopaedia, or general system of state, city, domestic economy and agriculture and of art history...")
*volumes 74–76: ''Oekonomisch-technologische Encyklopädie, oder allgemeines System der Staats- Stadt- Haus- und Landwirthschaft, wie auch der Erdbeschreibung, Kunst- und Naturgeschichte...'' ("Economic-Technological Encyclopaedia, or general system of state, city, domestic economy and agriculture as well as of geography, art and natural history...")
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