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Johann Friedrich Böttcher - Goldmacher / Alchemist [Enns, Austria] (sh.itjust.works)

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Der Goldmacher und spätere Erfinder des europäischen Porzellans - Johann Friedrich Böttcher - wurde auf der Flucht vor dem sächsischen Kurfürsten am 20. 6.1703 in diesem Hause festgenommen. Er soll die Goldmachertinktur-das Arcanum hier liegen gelassen haben.

(English translation:)

The alchemist and later-on the inventor of European porcelain, Johann Friedrich Böttcher, was arrested in this house on June 20, 1703 while fleeing from the Saxon Elector. He is said to have left the “Goldmaker's Tincture” - the Arcanum, the recipe for making gold and curing diseases, here.

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=210662

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