Daniel Specklin

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Daniel Specklin (or Speckle or Speckel) (1536 – 18 October 1589) was an Alsatian fortress architect, engineer, and cartographer.

He was born and died in Strasbourg.

Printed works

• Architectura von Vestungen (strassburg 1589) [1]

Further reading

• Albert Fischer: Daniel Specklin aus Strassburg (1536 - 1589): Festungsbaumeister, Ingenieur und Kartograph; Sigmaringen, 1996.
• Franz Grenacher: Vor vierhundert Jahren schuf Daniel Specklin seine Elsasskarte. In: Basler Geographische Hefte n.2 1973
• Rodolphe Peter: Daniel Specklin (1536 - 1589) et l'art des fortifications. In: Grandes Figures de l'Humanisme Alsacien: courants, milieux, destins. Strasbourg, 1978, S. 203–219
• Richard Schadow: Daniel Specklin, seine Leben und seine Tätigkeit als Baumeister. In: Jahrbuch des Vogesen-Clubs 2 (1886), S. 5–60
• Otto Winckelmann: Zur Lebens- und Familiengeschichte Daniel Specklins. In: ZGO 59 (1905), S. 605–620

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