!!!Burgklechner, Matthias der Jüngere

b. Innsbruck (Tyrol), 1573, 
d. Innsbruck (Tyrol), 1642, regimental councillor, vice chancellor and 
president of the chamber of Tyrol, as a cartographer he made a woodcut 
map of the earldom of Tyrol (1611) and in 1629 12 further copper 
engravings (1 : 160,000). The "Tyrolean Eagle", a richly illustrated 
history and description of Tyrol in 12 volumes was not allowed to be 
printed and has been preserved only in manuscript form. It was the 
basis for the second part of the work "Des tirolischen Adlers 
Immergruenendes Ehrenkraenzel" (1678) by Count F. A.  Brandis B. 
was the founder of Tyrolean historiography, built churches and founded 
schools.

!Literature
A. Hochenegg, Die B. zu Thierburg und Vollandsegg, 
Festschrift N. Grass 2, 1975.



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