Anton Wilhelm Ertl
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Anton Wilhelm Ertl (10 September 1654, Munich – c.1715) was a German lawyer and geographer.
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He studied law at Ingolstadt, and from around 1680, worked as a lawyer in the Munich court. He also served as a judge in the jurisdictions of various monasteries in Bavaria (from 1682). In 1705 he received the title of imperial counsellor and was a lawyer of the imperial equestrian order in Suebia.[1]
He was the author of:
- Austriana Regina Arabiae (1688): A novel Ertl dedicated to Prince Joseph I (1678–1711).[2]
- Chur-bayerischer Atlas (1687): An atlas with descriptions of Bavarian places of interest of which a short story accompanies engravings of the pertinent locations (engravings by Johann Ulrich Kraus).
- Relationes Curiosae Bavaricae (1685): A collection of anecdotes and character portrayals derived from Bavarian history.[3][1]