Reinhold Curicke

Reinhold Curicke (12 January 1610 – 2 April 1667) was a jurist and historian from Danzig (Gdańsk) who specialized in the history of the city and its connections with Hanseatic merchant organization.

In 1645, Curicke published a German language four-volume work: Der Stadt Danzig historische Beschreibung .... This historical description of Danzig was the first ^[1] monograph about the city. It covers the origins of the city, its government, wars and religious history.

His son, Georg Reinhold Curicke, commissioned a posthumous publication with copper etchings to illustrate the history were printed in 1687 in Danzig and Amsterdam. ^[2]

^ Raynold Curicke (1610-1667) - Rainold Curicke war Jurist und Danziger Historiograph; Verfasser des vierbändigen Werkes "Der Stadt Danzig historische Beschreibung"- der ersten Monographie über Danzig. - gdansk.pl
^ Katalog der Handschriften der Danziger Stadtbibliothek, 1903. p. 61

[1] Raynold Curicke (1610-1667) - Rainold Curicke war Jurist und Danziger Historiograph; Verfasser des vierbändigen Werkes "Der Stadt Danzig historische Beschreibung"- der ersten Monographie über Danzig. - gdansk.pl

[2] Katalog der Handschriften der Danziger Stadtbibliothek, 1903. p. 61

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