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'''Frederick Getkant''' '''Fryderyk Getkant''' ({{lang-de|Friedrich Getkant}}, ]: ''Fridericus Getkant'') (]-]), was a military engineer, artillery lieutenant and ] of Germany, (born in ], ]).
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'''Fryderyk Getkant''' or '''Frederick Getkant''' ({{langx|de|Friedrich Getkant|link=no}}, {{langx|la|Fridericus Getkant|link=no}}, {{langx|lt|Frydrichas (Bridžius) Gedkantas|link=no}}) (1600 – 1666) was a Prussian military engineer of Lithuanian descent,<ref>{{cite book |editor1=Rūta Janonienė |editor2=Tojana Račiūnaitė |editor3=Marius Iršėnas |editor4=Adomas Butrimas |title=The Lithuanian Millennium: History, Art and Culture |date=2015 |publisher=Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla |isbn=9786094470974 |page=208 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L9X3CwAAQBAJ&q=getkant&pg=PA208 |access-date=1 April 2020 |language=EN}}</ref> artillery lieutenant and ], (born in ] or according to other sources in ], ]). He is also known as a first who had written down Lithuanian folk song with melody in 1634.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Žičkienė |first1=Aušra |title=Dar kartą apie Bridžiaus Gedkanto įrašą XVII a. atminimų albume: kontekstų studija |url=https://etalpykla.lituanistikadb.lt/object/LT-LDB-0001:J.04~2018~1573542852679/J.04~2018~1573542852679.pdf |access-date=1 April 2020 |language=LT }}</ref>


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From 1620s he worked in ], on the problems of defence, especially those related to King ] short-time maritime interests (]) .


From the 1620s he worked in ] – ], on the problems of defence, especially those related to King ] short-time maritime interests (]).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Jadwiga Bzinkowska |url=http://liber-maps.kb.nl/articles/bzinkowska6.html |title=The Most Valuable Cartographic Items from the Collection of the Jagiellonian Library and their Impact on Scientific Research |journal=The LIBER Quarterly |volume=2 |year=1992 |access-date=2005-11-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051230152505/http://liber-maps.kb.nl/articles/bzinkowska6.html |archive-date=2005-12-30 }}</ref>
⚫ He was one of the engineers working on fortifications in Großendorf (now ]) and ] at Hela where Pomerania and West Prussia meet, (now ]) together with ].


⚫ He was one of the engineers working on fortifications in Großendorf (]) and at ] where Pomerania and ] meet, (now ]) together with ].
⚫ Author of many plans, maps and atlases (especially of the lands near the ]), among them, what is now considered as the 'first Polish' sea map and atlas ''Topographia practica conscripta et recognita per Fridericum Getkant, mechanicum'' (1638). ] of his work covering mechanical and engineering aspects of his work was lost during the ] fire in 1662.


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The small harbor and town were destroyed after about a dozen years. The town disappeared and in the 18th century there were only 15 people.

Under the threat of Russian military invasion Getkant organised reconstruction of ] military objects. He also prepared city plans for ], ] and ].

⚫ Author of many plans, maps and atlases (especially of the lands near the ]), among them, manuscript atlas of 15 military maps of grand fortresses and fortifications – ''Topographia practica conscripta et recognita per Fridericum Getkant, mechanicum''<ref>{{cite web |title=0414 Handritade kartverk; Band 28: Topographica practica (Getkant) |language=sv |trans-title=Hand drawn map works: Band 28: Topographica practica (Getkant) |url=http://www.ra.se/kra/0414.html#28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609012204/http://www.ra.se/KRA/0414.html#28 |archive-date=9 June 2007}}</ref> (1638). ] of his work covering mechanical and engineering aspects of his work was lost during the ] fire in 1662.


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German cartographer

Fryderyk Getkant or Frederick Getkant (German: Friedrich Getkant, Latin: Fridericus Getkant, Lithuanian: Frydrichas (Bridžius) Gedkantas) (1600 – 1666) was a Prussian military engineer of Lithuanian descent, artillery lieutenant and cartographer, (born in Ragnit or according to other sources in Rhineland, Holy Roman Empire). He is also known as a first who had written down Lithuanian folk song with melody in 1634.

A map of Ukraine drawn by Fryderyk Getkant sometime between 1634-1639

From the 1620s he worked in Pomeranian Voivodeship – Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, on the problems of defence, especially those related to King Władysław IV Vasa short-time maritime interests (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy).

He was one of the engineers working on fortifications in Großendorf (Władysławowo) and at Hela where Pomerania and Royal Prussia meet, (now Hel Peninsula) together with Johann Pleitner.

First Lithuanian folk song written down along with melody by Fryderyk Getkant in 1634. Signed in Lithuanian as Bridžius Getkants.

Under the threat of Russian military invasion Getkant organised reconstruction of Vilnius military objects. He also prepared city plans for Kaunas, Tauragė and Virbalis.

Author of many plans, maps and atlases (especially of the lands near the Baltic Sea), among them, manuscript atlas of 15 military maps of grand fortresses and fortifications – Topographia practica conscripta et recognita per Fridericum Getkant, mechanicum (1638). Manuscript of his work covering mechanical and engineering aspects of his work was lost during the Lwów fire in 1662.

See also

External links

References

  1. Rūta Janonienė; Tojana Račiūnaitė; Marius Iršėnas; Adomas Butrimas, eds. (2015). The Lithuanian Millennium: History, Art and Culture. Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla. p. 208. ISBN 9786094470974. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. Žičkienė, Aušra. "Dar kartą apie Bridžiaus Gedkanto įrašą XVII a. atminimų albume: kontekstų studija" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  3. Jadwiga Bzinkowska (1992). "The Most Valuable Cartographic Items from the Collection of the Jagiellonian Library and their Impact on Scientific Research". The LIBER Quarterly. 2. Archived from the original on 30 December 2005. Retrieved 24 November 2005.
  4. "0414 Handritade kartverk; Band 28: Topographica practica (Getkant)" [Hand drawn map works: Band 28: Topographica practica (Getkant)] (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 9 June 2007.


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