Erhard Etzlaub
Erhard Etzlaub ( 1455[?]/1465 – 1532) was a German astronomer, geodesist, cartographer, instrument maker and physician. Life Little is known of Etzlaub's life. One "Erhart Etzlauber" became a citizen of Nuremberg in 1484, but his profession was not recorded on that occasion. Assuming that the "Eberhardus Eczleiben" who matriculated at the Erfurter Hochschule in 1469 is the same person, then the year of his birth should be between 1455 and 1460 rather than later. Letters from a third party dated 1500 and 1507 describe Etzlaub as a well-known instrument ("compass") maker and a geodesist, and a letter dated 1517 reveals that "he had also practicised as a physician for at least four years" and that he "comes from Erfurt". In 1515, he declared himself to be an "astronomer and physician, from Erfurt University". His death is officially quoted as the 15th entry in an official list of 20 people buried between December 20, 1531, and February 21, 1532. Therefore, he very probably died in January or early February 1532. There were no inheritors. The cartographer The "Romweg" Map On the occasion of the Holy Year 1500, when many pilgrims were expected to go to Rome, he designed his famous "Rom-Weg"