Andreas Clausen

Andreas Clausen , also Claussen , († after 1649) was a builder from Husum .

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Andreas Clausen's life data are unknown. It is documented that he had a wife with the first name Gode and a son named Tim, whom he was baptized on the 14th Sunday post Trinitas 1630.

During the fire of Hadersleben , which was triggered by soldiers fleeing from King Christian IV. On September 18, 1627, the Marienkirche there suffered severe damage. On December 23, 1629 the king gave his governor Franz Rantzau the order to initiate the reconstruction of the city. Bailiff Georg von Ahlefeld called the master masons Andreas Clausen and Lauertz Jacobsen from Ripsen to Hadersleben.

Jacobsen carried out the masonry work at the Hadersleben school and partially tore down the church. Clausen took over the rebuilding of the church. According to the contract concluded with the bailiff, he was supposed to repair the eastern, less damaged half of the church, to rebuild the pillars, walls and vaults of the other half, to cover all the roofs and to carry out the lining. For this he should get 1700 marks. The contract also included the addition of four chapels on the south side of the church, for which he should receive another 900 marks.

Clausen began work on June 5, 1631. In the spring of 1632, work came to a standstill due to a lack of money. On April 4, 1632 he was able to continue the work and in 1635 complete the first phase of construction. He put a new building of the tower on hold and initially provided the large west gable that had been removed with a board wall.

On February 5, 1650, bailiff Cai von Ahlefeldt signed a new contract with Clausen and his colleague Adrian Adriansen, who started the second phase of construction. In the summer of 1650, the large west gable was built with a slender tower with a spiral staircase. In 1651 Adriansen built the western vestibule on his own. When working on the church, it can be assumed that the builder did not work according to a given drawing, but was creative himself.

Between the two construction phases in Hadersleben, Clausen worked in Aabenraa . On November 22, 1640, he signed a contract with the mayor and city council. Here he should enlarge the choir of the Nicolaikirche according to a drawing given to him and tear down the existing, too small choir. The remuneration was 700 Reichstaler. All masonry, carpentry, blacksmithing and glass work lasted until 1641.

In 1646 Clausen carried out masonry work for Christian IV on the vaults of the castle church of the Hansburg . After 1649 he improved for King Friedrich III. Remnants of the castle. Further activities are not documented.

literature

• Rudolf Jaeger: Clausen, Andreas . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 3. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1974, pp. 76-78