People/engineer, writer

Hans Carl von Carlowitz

Hans Carl von Carlowitz (1645–1714), engineer, writer, from Germany.

The lucky break

Rose to deputy mining chief in 1679 and in 1711 to Oberberghauptmann at Freiberg.1

Legacy

Worried by forests of the Erzgebirge stripped by mining and trades, he published Sylvicultura oeconomica in 1713, the first purely forestry book in the world.1

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People

An example ofAbraham Gottlob WernerCarlowitz published the first forestry book in 1713, long before Werner taught at Freiberg.1

Mines

Worked atFreiberg silver mining districtThe chief of Saxon mines who wrote the first forestry textbook.1

Sources

  1. Carlowitz, Hans Carl von Neue Deutsche Biographie / Deutsche Biographie

Pictures on this page: Abraham Gottlob Werner.jpg, Christian Leberecht Vogel (Public domain).

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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