Eberhard Wilkening

Eberhard Wilkening , also Everd Wilken , was a master builder of the so-called " Weser Renaissance " from the county of Schaumburg ( Lower Saxony ) .

Wilkening's life data have not survived. It is only known that he was a master craftsman in Hameln from 1582 to 1605 . In contrast to other master builders of his time (e.g. Jörg Unkair , Hermann Wulff ), he neither provided his buildings with his initials nor with a master's mark. His activity can so far only be proven for the construction of the Kerssenbrock Castle in Barntrup . Here it is mentioned in the building bills. For reasons of style criticism, other buildings in the Weser area are assigned to him, including Hämelschenburg Castle .

Works

• 1584–88: Barntrup , castle
• 1588–92: Hämelschenburg , castle
• 1602: Hameln , Osterstraße 28 ( Pied Piper House )
• 1602: Schwöbber , castle, pond wing
• 1607/08: Hameln, Am Markt 7 (Demptersches Haus)
• 1610–17: Hameln, wedding house
• 1613–16: Wendlinghausen , castle
• 1613–16: Haddenhausen , Castle

literature

• G. Ulrich Großmann: Renaissance along the Weser. Art and culture in north-west Germany between the Reformation and the Thirty Years War. DuMont, Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-7701-2226-7 , p. 182.
• Dedo von Kerßenbrock-Krosigk: Barntrup Castle (= Lippian cultural landscapes . Issue 12). Lippischer Heimatbund, Detmold 2009, ISBN 978-3-941726-09-3 .
• Herbert Kreft, Jürgen Soenke: The Weser Renaissance. 6th, revised and expanded edition. Niemeyer, Hameln 1986, ISBN 3-87585-030-0 , p. 31.
• Jürgen Soenke: The castle in Barntrup. In: Erika Böttcher, Martin Böttcher (Ed.): 600 years of the city of Barntrup. 1376-1976. Stadt Barntrup et al., Barntrup et al. 1976, pp. 97-101.