Epitaph for Jakob Speidel
The epitaph for Jakob Speidel is one of 14 epitaphs of the Uffkirche in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt . The outer epitaph is dedicated to the Mayor of Cannstatt, Jakob Speidel (1538–1613). The splendid epitaph by an unknown master is one of the most important Renaissance epitaphs in Württemberg. The main panel of the epitaph shows the mayor and his wives kneeling praying under a crucifix in an aedicule.
description
construction
The three-part wandeitaph is attached to the north wall of the church under a profiled arch. The main part consists of an aedicule with the praying figures of the deceased under the crucifix. It is crowned by an attachment with a group of figures made up of 3 boys and 3 coats of arms. An oval, roller-framed cartridge with a memorial inscription for Jakob Speidel (inscription 1) hangs under the aedicula.
Aedicula
The aedicula rests on a flat console plate with 2 pillars in front and 2 pillars behind. The entablature consists of the architrave, a frieze and a cover plate with the crowning of the epitaph. The frieze bears a volute-shaped keystone ( agraffe ) with a curly mask in the middle and scrollwork cartouches on the sides with memorial inscriptions for Speidel's women (inscriptions 2 and 3). The lower third of the Ionic columns in the foreground has a grotesque mask made of scrollwork, the upper part of the shaft is covered with a grotesque curtain decoration. The columns end under the console in hanging pegs with acanthus leaves.
An arch field with winged angel heads in the spandrels connects the two coffered rear pillars. It arches over the crucifix, behind which a bas-relief with clouds and angels extends. The sculptural figures of Jakob Speidel and his two wives kneel between the pillars in the foreground, between them a mummy-like baby leaning against the cross in memory of a child who died prematurely. The aedicula is flanked by two scrollwork cheeks, which frame heads looking sideways.
Crowning
The epitaph is crowned by 3 half-naked boy figures dressed in antiquity, each with a coat of arms symbolizing the Vollmar, Speidel and Neuhäuser families. The middle figure shows a boy with a ball in his outstretched hand. It stands on a console-like pedestal that grows out of an elaborately designed scrollwork medallion with the coat of arms of the Speidel family. The boys' figures on the sides, one of which has a floor-length cross, stand next to scrollwork-decorated, more simply designed coat of arms medallions of the Vollmar and Neuhäuser families.
Inscriptions
Inscription 1
Commemorative inscription for the Mayor of Cannstatt Jakob Speidel (1538–1613):
- Anno 1613, January 9th, in God blissfully sleepy, the ernvest is anticipated and Mr. Speidell has been mayor alhie at Cantstatt his age in the 75th century. The almighty God would mercifully bestow on him a joyous resurrection to eternal life. Amen.
Inscription 2
Left scrollwork cartouche on the frieze, memorial inscription for Speidel's second wife Barbara Vollmar from Esslingen († 1617):
- Anno 1617 on November 19th The heir wife died Barbara merbemeltes the mayor Speidel's other housewife, a born Volmarin of donkeys of her age in __ Jhar whose soul may God be gracious. Amen.
Inscription 3
Right scrollwork cartouche on the frieze, memorial inscription for Speidel's first wife Sybille Neuhäuser from Augsburg († 1573):
- Anno 1573 on the 22nd day of May died the heir wife Sybila honored and blessedly thought of Mayor Iacob Speidel's […] honest housewife, a Neuwheyserin from Augspurg, her age in the __ Jhar whose soul may God be gracious. Amen.
Plattenweg
On Waiblinger Strasse, in a piece of lawn in front of the wall of the Uff churchyard, there is a relic from the time of Mayor Jakob Speidel. He wanted to spare his fellow citizens from walking through mud and rubbish when they were on their way to a funeral at the Uffkirche.
Therefore, in 1596 he donated a beautiful slab path, of which 3 slabs have been preserved. An inconspicuous memorial stone points to the inconspicuous remains of the Plattenweg. The memorial stone bears the inscription: "Slab path from the Upper Gate to the Uff Church, donated by Mayor Speidel before 1600".
literature
- Eva-Maria Bast; Sibylle Schwenk: Cannstatter Secrets: 50 Exciting Stories from the Sauerwasser City. Überlingen: Bast Media Service, 2014, pages 68–69.
- Johann Daniel Georg von Memminger: Description of the upper office Canstatt. Stuttgart: Cotta, 1832, page 120, online .
- Eduard Paulus: The art and antiquity monuments in the Kingdom of Württemberg: Neckarkreis. Stuttgart 1889, page V, 144-145, pdf .
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Footnotes
- ↑ ernvest: honorary, respected: highly valued.
- ↑ erbere: honorable, merbemelt: more reported, well known.
- ↑ #Bast 2014 , #Memminger 1832 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 16.52 " N , 9 ° 13 ′ 34.37" E