Interior from Kongsberg Church, including the Gloger organ.
He was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Helle Michelsen (1674-1725) and Sophie Cathrine Paulsdatter Vogt (d. 1723). He started studies at the University of Copenhagen. In 1733, he went on a several-year study trip in Europe, where he toured German mining operations. He was assigned a position as civil servant (Norwegian: assessor) at Kongsberg from 1740. He served as head of the Kongsberg Silver Mines from 1756, and assumed the position of berghauptmann from 1758, and the position of overberghauptmann from 1764.[2]
Heltzen chaired the committee for the construction of Kongsberg Church. The church was consecrated in 1761. Heltzen was a leading force in the interior decoration and furnishings, which were changed compared to the original plans. The church interior in Rococo style reflects the rock community's hierarchy, with chandeliers from Nøstetangen and Gloger organ as highlights.[3]
In 1757, he was fundamental to the establishment of the Kongsberg School of Mines (Bergseminaret på Kongsberg). An academic institution for mining technology, it was at that time one of Norway's few institution of higher technical and scientific education.[4]
Referencesedit
^Berg, Bjørn Ivar. "Michael Heltzen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
michael, heltzen, june, 1712, september, 1770, norwegian, mining, engineer, born, 1712, june, 1712christiania, norwaydied10, september, 1770, 1770, aged, kongsberg, norwayoccupationmining, engineer, interior, from, kongsberg, church, including, gloger, organ, . Michael Heltzen 22 June 1712 10 September 1770 was a Norwegian mining engineer 1 Michael HeltzenBorn 1712 06 22 22 June 1712Christiania NorwayDied10 September 1770 1770 09 10 aged 58 Kongsberg NorwayOccupationMining engineer Interior from Kongsberg Church including the Gloger organ He was born in Christiania now Oslo Norway He was the son of Helle Michelsen 1674 1725 and Sophie Cathrine Paulsdatter Vogt d 1723 He started studies at the University of Copenhagen In 1733 he went on a several year study trip in Europe where he toured German mining operations He was assigned a position as civil servant Norwegian assessor at Kongsberg from 1740 He served as head of the Kongsberg Silver Mines from 1756 and assumed the position of berghauptmann from 1758 and the position of overberghauptmann from 1764 2 Heltzen chaired the committee for the construction of Kongsberg Church The church was consecrated in 1761 Heltzen was a leading force in the interior decoration and furnishings which were changed compared to the original plans The church interior in Rococo style reflects the rock community s hierarchy with chandeliers from Nostetangen and Gloger organ as highlights 3 In 1757 he was fundamental to the establishment of the Kongsberg School of Mines Bergseminaret pa Kongsberg An academic institution for mining technology it was at that time one of Norway s few institution of higher technical and scientific education 4 References edit Berg Bjorn Ivar Michael Heltzen In Helle Knut ed Norsk biografisk leksikon in Norwegian Oslo Kunnskapsforlaget Retrieved 3 September 2012 Godal Anne Marit ed Michael Heltzen Store norske leksikon in Norwegian Oslo Norsk nettleksikon Retrieved 3 September 2012 Nina Aldin Thune Kongsberg kirke Store norske leksikon Retrieved 15 July 2016 Kongsberg Bergseminar Store norske leksikon Retrieved 15 July 2016 nbsp This Norwegian business biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a Norwegian engineer inventor or industrial designer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Heltzen amp oldid 1196243080, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
