!!!Vischer, Georg Matthäus

Vischer, Georg Matthaeus, b. Wenns (Tyrol), April 22, 1628, 
d. Linz (Upper Austria), Dec. 13, 1696, topographer, priest in 
Leonstein (Upper Austria) and in Vienna. By order of the Estates he 
created maps and for this purpose drew over 1,000 views of cities, 
castles, palaces and monasteries in Lower Austria, Upper Austria, 
Styria, Moravia and Hungary; in many cases they are the oldest 
depictions in existence.

!Works
Topography of Lower Austria, recorded 1670/71, 507 copper 
engravings, 1672; topography of Upper Austria, recorded 1667/68, 222 
copper engravings, 1669-1674; topography of Styria, recorded from 
1673, around 500 copper engravings, before 1696. - __Further works:__ 
Herrschaft Salzburg, 1662; map of Lower Austria, 1670; Abriss der 
Wieselburger Gespannschaft, 1672; view of the monastery at Admont 
(Grosse Ansicht von Stift Admont), 1674; View of Vienna, 1675; view of 
Graz, 1675; border between Styria and Salzburg near Mandling, 1677; 
map of Styria, recorded 1673-1675, copper engraving 1678; District 
Court, Monastery of Kremsmuenster, 1678; 4 maps in quarter format of 
Lower Austria. (1669/70, reprint 1695-1697).

!Literature
A. L. Schuller, in: G. M. V., Topographia 
archiducatus Austriae inferioris modernae, new edition, 1976.



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