Sneha Girap (Editor)

Isaac and Josias Habrecht

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
Isaac Josias


Isaac and Josias Habrecht

Died
  
November 11, 1620, Strasbourg, France

Isaac (1544–1620) and Josias (1552–1575) Habrecht were two clockmaker brothers from Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

Contents

They were hired to build the second astronomical clock in Strasbourg between 1571 and 1574, its design being created by Christian Herlin and later his pupil Conrad Dasypodius.

Josias and Isaac were two sons of the clockmaker Joachim Habrecht who built the astronomical clock in Schaffhausen.

Joachim Habrecht

Joachim has also built a clock in Solothurn.

Isaac Habrecht

Born 23 February 1544 in Schaffhausen, he died 11 November 1620 in Strasbourg. In 1566 he married Anna Rueger. In 1586 he married Margarete Beck.

Josias Habrecht

Brother of Isaac Habrecht.

References

Isaac and Josias Habrecht Wikipedia