Daniel Specklin
Daniel Specklin (or Speckle or Speckel) (1536 – 18 October 1589) was an Alsatian fortress architect, engineer, and cartographer.
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Reconstruction of Château du Fleckenstein drawn by Specklin
He was born and died in Strasbourg.
Further reading
- Albert Fischer: Daniel Specklin aus Strassburg (1536 - 1589): Festungsbaumeister, Ingenieur und Kartograph ; Sigmaringen, 1996.
- Franz Grenacher: Vor vierhundert Jahren schuf Daniel Specklin seine Elsasskarte. In: Basler Geographische Hefte n.2 1973
- Rodolphe Peter: Daniel Specklin (1536 - 1589) et l'art des fortifications. In: Grandes Figures de l'Humanisme Alsacien: courants, milieux, destins. Strasbourg, 1978, S. 203–219
- Richard Schadow: Daniel Specklin, seine Leben und seine Tätigkeit als Baumeister. In: Jahrbuch des Vogesen-Clubs 2 (1886), S. 5–60
- Otto Winckelmann: Zur Lebens- und Familiengeschichte Daniel Specklins. In: ZGO 59 (1905), S. 605–620
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