Epitaph for Eberhard von Hürnheim and Anna von Hohenrechberg
The epitaph for Eberhard von Hürnheim and Anna von Hohenrechberg is located in the crypt chapel of the Catholic parish church of the Assumption in Hochaltingen , a district of Fremdingen in the Donau-Ries district ( Bavaria ).
description
The Renaissance - Epitaph 1526 for Eberhard von Hürnheim († 1483) and his wife Anna von Rechenberg consists of a Rotmarmorplatte with than-life figures in two shallow arched niche. The inscription above the figures reads: “THOSE OF HVERNHAIM DESCENDING FROM THE TRIBE OF THE NOBLE EBERHARTS VON HVERNHEIM VND ANNEN VON HOCHENRECHBERG WERE BORN IN DITZ ORT ZV AINER BEGREPPTNVS VND RVWE MANTNVS VND RVI ETERNAL FRIDS ALSO CHRISTEL IN CHRISTI. “At the feet of the figures, whose faces are made of alabaster , an alliance coat of arms can be seen. The marble slab is set in a gray sandstone frame with ornaments in the form of grotesques, trophies, etc. a. is decorated. In between, putti and skulls can be seen. The upper end is formed by two lying skeletons and a dance of death . The year "1526" is affixed to the side.
Descendants of the people
The dead are the grandparents of Eichstätter Bishop Eberhard II. Of brain Home (1494-1560) and his brother Johann Sebastian brain Home († 1555), Judge at the Imperial Courts to Speyer .
literature
- Georg Lill (ed.), Karl Gröber / Adam Horn (edit.): The art monuments of Bavaria. District Office Nördlingen . In: The art monuments of Bavaria. The art monuments of Swabia. Bd. I. District Office Nördlingen . R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1938, (reprint: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich / Vienna 1982, ISBN 3-486-50514-9 ), pp. 182-183.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Samuel Publication : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts , Brockhaus Verlag Leipzig, 1831, Second Section, Part 8, Page 386; Digital scan