Wolf, Johann (Wolfus)
Johann Wolf or Wolfius (1524 - 1602) was a German school rector - first in Regensburg, and later rector of the grammar school in Weimar and local mayor. He was the father of Michael Wolf, a mathematician, physicist, logician and metaphysicist. His sole cartographic output appears to have been the town plan of Weimar drawn for Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum, which appeared in that work in 1582.
AKA: Wolfus
Evocative plan of the medieval city of Weimar.
Winmaria, Fertliss. Thuringiae Urbs Praestantissima Vulgo Weinmar. Johann Wolfius Rector Gymnasii Ratisbonensis F. C.
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This is a superb original color example of Braun and Hogenberg's city map / view of Weimar. While not the first view of the city published in the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, in 1582 it was the first to command a full sheet. The 1574 edition of the Civitates included a view of the city which shared a sheet with Jena, Erfurt, Gotha, and Fulda. As was the case with many of the views that were similarly clustered, Braun and Hogenberg would later dedicate this full sheet to the plan. (more details)