Caspar Hennenberger (also Kaspar, Henneberger, Hennenberg, or Henneberg) (1529 – 29 February 1600) was a German

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched ...

pastor A pastor (abbreviated as "Pr" or "Ptr" , or "Ps" ) is the leader of a Christian congregation who also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation. In Lutheranism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and ...

, historian and cartographer. Hennenberger was born in a

Franconia Franconia (german: Franken, ; Franconian dialect: ''Franggn'' ; bar, Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and Franconian dialect (German: ''Fränkisch''). The three administrative regions of Lower, Middle and Upper ...

n place given as Erlich ( Erlichhausen, or Ehrlichen in Thüringen ) and started to study Lutheran divinity at the

University of Königsberg The University of Königsberg (german: Albertus-Universität Königsberg) was the university of Königsberg in East Prussia. It was founded in 1544 as the world's second Protestant academy (after the University of Marburg) by Duke Albert of Pruss ...

in 1550. In 1554 he began to work at the congregation of Georgenau and in Domnau. Probably in 1561 he moved to

Mühlhausen Mühlhausen () is a city in the north-west of Thuringia, Germany, north of Niederdorla, the country's geographical centre, north-west of Erfurt, east of Kassel and south-east of Göttingen. Mühlhausen was first mentioned in 967 and b ...

, where he worked as a Lutheran Pastor for the next 29 years. With the patronage of Duke

Albert of Prussia Albert of Prussia (german: Albrecht von Preussen; 17 May 149020 March 1568) was a German prince who was the 37th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, who after converting to Lutheranism, became the first ruler of the Duchy of Prussia, the s ...

, and support by Prussian mathematicians like Nicolaus Neodomus, Hennenberger published the first detailed map of

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an e ...

in 1576, the book "''Kurze und wahrhaftige Beschreibung des Landes zu Preussen''" (short and truthful description of the land Prussia) in 1584 and "''Erklärung der preußischen größeren Landtafeln oder Mappen''" (explanation of the larger Prussian maps) in 1594. In 1590 Hennenberger became the Pastor of the Large Hospital at

Königsberg Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was ...

Löbenicht View of Löbenicht from the Pregel, including its church and gymnasium, as well as the nearby Propsteikirche Löbenicht ( lt, Lyvenikė; pl, Lipnik) was a quarter of central Königsberg, Germany. During the Middle Ages it was the weakest ...

, where he died in 1600. He was buried in the hospital's Church.

External links

"Preusserland" map by Hennenberger

References

*Horst Schulz, "Der Kreis Pr. Eylau", Verden/Aller 1983, p. 685 1529 births 1600 deaths German cartographers 16th-century German historians 16th-century German Lutheran clergy Clergy from Thuringia People from the Duchy of Prussia University of Königsberg alumni German male non-fiction writers Writers from Thuringia {{Germany-historian-stub