Duisterwalt
Duisterwalt is a family of bell founders from Cologne.
Known family members
- Johann Duisterwalt , main creative period 1380–1415, 14 bells preserved, 4 of them in Cologne, mark 5-leaf rosette
- Christian Duisterwalt , son of Johann, main creative period 1400–1444, received 24 bells, 7 of them in Cologne + 2 together with
- Gerhard Duisterwalt (1417 + 1418), his brother; but also a bell with his name from 1397 hangs in the pilgrimage church of the painful mother of God (Bödingen)
- Sifart Duisterwalt , main creative period 1445–1465, 13 bells preserved, 7 of them in Cologne + one under the Latinized name Sybertus Duisterwald (from 1453); it has not been proven that he was Christian's son, but he used the workshop mark of the 5-leaf rosette
Individual evidence
- ↑ Register of the bell founders who worked for the Archdiocese of Cologne, p. 2 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jörg Poettgen: Glocken der Spätgotik von 1380-1550, Supplement XII / 4 to the Historical Atlas of the Rhineland, Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1997
