Andreas Küne

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Andreas Küne also Köhne or Kühne as well as Küene or Künne and Khünen ; (* before 1570 ; † 1599 ) was the ducal Brunswick-Lüneburg mint master in Goslar .

Life

Lichttaler from the Goslar Mint, dated 1586 by Küne, with the coat of arms of Duke Julius of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

Andreas Küne was born before 1570 as the son of the mint master Hans Küne . As his father's successor in the office of mint master, he worked from 1570 until his death in 1599.

Künes appearance on the coin tasting day held in Braunschweig on December 15, 1571 was recorded in files. There he appeared - next to Wardein Steffen Brüning - as mint master of Duke Julius to take the prescribed oath .

Similar to his father, Küne used the double cross as a mint master's mark .

Well-known characteristics

At coinages Künes are known

  • For example, the thalers that are shown in Philipp Julius Rehtmeyer's Braunschweig-Lüneburgische Chronica ... in table VI numbers 2 to 12, in table VII number 4 and in table IX numbers 6 and 10.

literature

  • Siegfried Elbeshausen: Oberharzer Jetons from the mints of the Welfen (= Bremen contributions to the history of coins and money , Volume 5), Bremen: Bremer Numismatic Society, 2006, pp. 31–43
  • Wolfgang Leschhorn : Braunschweig coins and medals (= Braunschweigisches Kunsthandwerk (BKH). Volume 3). Appelhans, Braunschweig 2010, ISBN 978-3-941737-22-8

Archival material

Archives by and about Andreas Küne can be found, for example

  • as filmed files under the title [Copies removed from a book:] Oaths of the mint master Andreas Küene [1571], the wardein and vitriol writer Stefan Breuning (Brüeningk), the blacksmith Valentin Jahns and the mint journeyman, all in Goslar , in the Lower Saxony state archive (location Wolfenbüttel) , facts about coins, servants, coinage, coinage for the term of the 1st half of the 17th century, archive signature NLA WO 2 Alt No. 10087 (old signature from 30 Slg R. 2 hours XII )

Web links

Commons : Andreas Küne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Leschhorn: Brunswick coins and medals. P. 123.
  2. ↑ a b Information about the Arcinsys Lower Saxony Bremen archive information portal
  3. ↑ a b o. V .: Küne, Andreas in the database of Niedersächsische Personen ( new entry required ) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library in the version of July 30, 2015, last accessed on April 26, 2020
  4. ↑ a b c d Gustav Heyse : Contributions to the knowledge of the Harz Mountains, its history, literature and its coinage. A series of treatises , 2nd, very increased edition, published by L. Schnooks Buchhandlung, Aschersleben and Leipzig 1874, p. 96; Digitized via Google books
personal data
SURNAME Küne, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Khüne, Andreas; Khuene; Andreas; Khünen, Andreas; Kühne, Andreas; Küene, Andreas; Köhn, Andreas; Kühn, Andreas; Küene, Andreas; Künne, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel mint master in Goslar
DATE OF BIRTH before 1570
DATE OF DEATH 1599