Christoph Hartknoch

In 1650 the family moved to Passenheim (Pasym)[1] and there witnessed the brutality and horrors of the Tatar attacks, fighting for the Kingdom of Poland, in southern Prussia.

Numerous villages in the region were destroyed, but Hartknoch made it to the ducal capital of Königsberg.

In 1677 the city of Toruń (Thorn) invited Hartknoch to become director at its gymnasium, where he worked for ten years.

Hartknoch's extensive scientific body of works contributed greatly to knowledge of Prussia, Pomerania, Samogitia, Courland, and Poland.

In his book covering the history of Prussia, Hartknoch features an illustration of Nicolaus Copernicus.

Christoph Hartknoch
Hartknoch features his last residence, the city of Thorn (Toruń), in his book Old and New Prussia