Epitaph for Johann Ulrich Mittler
The epitaph for Johann Ulrich Mittler is one of 14 epitaphs of the Uffkirche in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt . The inner epitaph is dedicated to the Cannstatter expedition council and imperial postmaster Johann Ulrich Mittler (1679–1743). The three-part epitaph consists of a two-tier substructure, an inscription panel with putti decoration and a gable top with coats of arms.
description
The wall epitaph on the south wall of the church to the left of the portal used to be attached to the west facade as an outer epitaph. The Stuttgart art historian Eduard Paulus stated in 1889:
- “On the west side [are] the monuments of the Reichspostmeister Mittler and the Ramsler family; both are adorned with the Mittlerschen and Ramslerchen coats of arms (unicorn and ram) and have well-preserved inscriptions. "
The two epitaphs erected in 1843 are designed and structured analogously. Although they were moved to the interior of the church to protect them from weathering, some of the inscriptions are poor or illegible. The sculptural decoration of the gable top of both epitaphs has been weathered beyond recognition. See also: Epitaph for Jakob Bernhard Erhard .
The three-part epitaph consists of a two-tier substructure, an inscription panel with putti decoration and a gable top with a coat of arms. The inscription panel is crowned by 2 winged putti, which hold a canopy over them (inscription 1). At the base of the inscription, next to an hourglass, lies a putti with one arm resting on a totel skull. The inscription plaque rests on a two-tier substructure. The upper step bears a two-line inscription on the upper edge (inscription 2) and in the middle an oval medallion framed by scrollwork with a short, further inscription (inscription 3). The inscription panel ends with a gable top, which bears 2 oval heraldic shields under a crown. According to Eduard Paulus, the heavily weathered shields showed the Mittlerer and Ramsler coats of arms (Einhorn und Widder).
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Johann Ulrich Mittler (left) and Jakob Bernhard Erhard. |
Inscriptions
Inscription 1
- Memorial inscription from Maria Juliana Mittler, b. Ramsler and her 7 children who are still alive for her husband and father, the Württemberg expedition council and imperial postmaster Johann Ulrich Mittler in Cannstatt (1679–1743):
Pilgrim hear! One of your brothers rests here, Weyland Herr Johann Ulrich Mittler, High Princely Württemberg Expeditionary Council and Imperial Postmaster here. Honestly born in Speyer on February 4th 1679, here in Cannstatt on March 29th, 1743 died as a Christian. Probably a real pilgrim! The enemy burned his fatherland and his parents soon died; then the poor boy took his walking stick, but God led him at last through Strasbourg, Basel and Schaffhausen to Cannstatt and let it grow there like a tree, planted by the watercourses. So much to praise God - Pilgrim! if you want to know more about him, ask other Leuth; high and low say that an honest man died of him. To thank the blessed one raised by his sad widow Maria Juliana, gebr. Ramslerin and seven other children of 14.
Inscription 2
- Deciphered fragments:
[…] To the blessed […] of those sad widows
[…] 7 children
Inscription 3
- Deciphered fragments:
[… Ps] alm […]
[…]! be gracious to me [edig]
[...] ai [...]
literature
- Eduard Paulus: The art and antiquity monuments in the Kingdom of Württemberg: Neckarkreis. Stuttgart 1889, page V, 144-145, pdf .
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ #Paulus 1889 , page 145.
- ↑ wiltu: do you want.
- ↑ Transcription by Eduard Paulus ( #Paulus 1889 , page 145).
Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 16.52 " N , 9 ° 13 ′ 34.37" E