Background
Goldbeck was born in Insterburg, East Prussia.
cartographer geographer theologian
Goldbeck was born in Insterburg, East Prussia.
Since 1764 he studied theology at the University of Königsberg.
He first visited the Latin school in his home town Insterburg and thereafter, from 1761 to 1764, the Collegium Fridericianum (Friedrichskollegium) in Königsberg. In 1769 he was appointed as a private tutor by a Prussian nobleman, whom he accompanied in 1771 on a journey to the town of Magdeburg. One year later he became an army chaplain in the infantery regiment v.
Rohr (Number 15) in Graudenz.
In 1783 he was nominated as a senior minister of the parish of Schaaken, Landkreis Königsberg, East Prussia. After he had published some articles on theological and pedagogical topics, he edited since 1781 his Litterarischen Nachrichten von Preußen (Literary news from Prussia) which consist of two parts and which are in use still today.
His most important work is the Vollständige Topographie des Königreichs Preußen (Complete topography of the Kingdom of Prussia) (1785 und 1789), which consist of two parts. Participant I covers all departments, towns and Amtsbezirke of East Prussia, Participant II covers all departments, towns and Amtsbezirke of West Prussia.
He died on 9 April 1812 in Schaaken.
Goldbeck was an honorary member of Königliche Deutsche Gesellschaft zu Königsberg (Royal German society in Königsberg).