Lot 248

Johann Conrad Miller in Kriegs-Haber (Augsburg)

Keiserlicher Hofbefreiter

An Augsburg pair-cased coach clock of museum quality, with hour and quarter repeater, hour and quarter strike and alarm in a leather covered transport case (137 mm)

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In 1761 Johann Conrad Miller was listed in the records as watchmaker at Kriegshaber, Augsburg. A bracket clock with silver fittings is held in the Stolberg Stolberg in Graz.

Early traces of settlements in the area of today’s Kriegshaber cemetary date back to the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 1500 – 1300 v. Chr.) Celtic settlements from as early as 500 BC have been confirmed by findings from the Hallstadt culture. The findings include, among other things, 16 cairns. Coins have been found from the time span between Roman emperor Augustus to Eastern Roman emperor Arcadius. The Roman Road from Günzburg to Augusta Vindelicum ran approx. along today’s Kobelweg at Kriegshaber. There are traces of Roman settlements and cremation sites dating from the 2nd century. The formation of the village probably during the Alamanni land seizure can almost certainly be dated to the 6th or 7th century, as indicated by an Alamanni burying site close by from the early Middle Ages.
In the Middle Ages the Imperial Road led from Augsburg to Günzburg to Ulm and ran through this village. It is today’s "Ulmer Straße". Kriegshaber was first mentioned around the year 1,000 under the name of Chrechesavar, which was folllowed by several variants such as Kriechshabern (circa 1428). From 1550 on the parish was known exclusively under the name Kriegshaber. After the forcible displacement of the Jews from Augsburg, many of them found a new home at the village, where they worked as merchants. The Jewish history in the village is clearly documented by the protected former "Jewish houses" at Gieseckestraße and Ulmer Straße, the now profaned and restored Kriegshaber Synagogue and the Jewish Cemetary first mentioned in1627.
Until 1805, the village belonged to the Habsburg markgraviate Burgau and was thus part of Upper Austria which is commemorated by the "Zollhaus" building. The first village school opened in 1807 and the first Catholic church Heiligste Dreifaltigkeit was established in 1868. A dedicated school building was built in 1872. The voluntary fire brigade was founded in1874 and a local hospital was set up in 1885. The tram line to Augsburg came into service on June 1, 1910.
Source: wikipedia.org