Name Isaac Josias | ||
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Died November 11, 1620, Strasbourg, France |
Isaac (1544–1620) and Josias (1552–1575) Habrecht were two clockmaker brothers from Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
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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.
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Isaac and Josias Habrecht Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA