Anton Wiese

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Anton Wiese (* around 1582 in Braunschweig ; † late 1655 in Lübeck ) was a German gun and bell founder .

Life

Little is known about Wiese's origins. As a foundryman, he worked together with the engraver Wilhelm Schwan on the production of two epitaphs for the Martinikirche in Braunschweig. The first was made in 1621 in memory of the Vice Chancellor and Syndic Johann Kammann the Elder. Ä. (1562–1621), the second in 1622 for the personal physician Hermann Conerding (1562–1622). From both epitaphs only the inscription plates are preserved, both of which are now in the old town hall of Braunschweig. In 1626 an Anthon Wyse is mentioned as a gunsmith for Duke Christian the Elder , who also worked as a bell founder in Braunschweig. At Easter 1632 he was appointed as the successor to Heinrich Niemann, who had died in December 1630, as council gunsmith and council founder of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck and moved into the council pouring house on the Lastadie . On November 13th he took the citizen oath and the day after the oath of service.

He must have been married twice; In 1637 his wife is called Marie and from February 1639 Lucia . His son Nikolaus is known of his children , who was probably born in Braunschweig around 1627 and was his successor. On January 22, 1652, Anton Wiese asked the council to have his son at his side as an adjunct and to assure him of his successor. On January 30th, the council approved this on condition that Nikolaus Wiese deliver a sample. On February 26, 1656, following the death of his father, he was granted power of disposal over the foundry and from 1657 to 1667 he worked as a council founder for Lübeck.

None of the numerous guns that Anton Wiese demonstrably cast have survived.

Overview of the bells cast by Anton Wiese
year place Surname Weight in kg Diameter in mm Nominal comment
1633 Jakobikirche (Lübeck) Copenhagen bell Cast together with Cord Kleymann; Cast in 1743
1633 St. Nicolai Church (Vejle) 890 as 1 Nyholm No. 3473
1638 Vinberg, Falkenberg municipality , Halland
1638 St. George in Wollin
1642 Nyborg Kirke 620 Nyholm No. 2162
1646 Marienkirche (Lübeck) Pulse bell is considered his main work; However, it had to be cast again after a crack in 1658
1647 St. Michaelis Church (Eutin) 3rd bell Cast in 1661
1647 Marienkirche, Lübeck Drawing bell later used in the Marienwerkhaus , not preserved
1648 St. Mary's Church (Selmsdorf) 1st bell By 1742 Lorenz beam Born recast
1648 Ugilt Church, Hjørring Municipality 760 Nyholm No. 3370
1649 Pritzier Church 1st bell
1650 Marienkirche, Lübeck Council and children's bell 178.5 640 Delivered to the tower of the Strecknitz sanatorium in 1906 , the only bell of the ringing bell of St. Mary's Church that was not destroyed in 1942
1651 Pritzier Church 2nd bell
1651 Witzeeze Church
1652 Holy Spirit Church (Tallinn) smaller bell
1652 Tramm Church
1653 Skinnerup Church, Thisted Commune 650 Nyholm No. 2744 , probably together with his son Nikolaus Wiese

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schwan, Wilhem . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 352 (in Braunschweig from 1621 to 1641, especially active for the Gottfried Müller publishing house ).
  2. ↑ Epitaph Kammann at "Deutsche Insschriften Online"
  3. ↑ Epitaph Conerding at "Deutsche Insschriften Online"
  4. ↑ Weight and diameter according to BuK II, p. 437
predecessor Office successor
Heinrich Niemann Lübeck council founder
1632–1655 		Nicholas Meadow
personal data
SURNAME Wiese, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gun and bell founder
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: 1586
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: 1655
Place of death Lübeck