Epitaphs of the Marienkirche in Lübeck

In addition to the side chapels in the church, the epitaphs of the Marienkirche in Lübeck established the reputation of the Marienkirche as the hall of fame of the Lübeck patriciate . By the Second World War, 84 epitaphs had been preserved in the Marienkirche. Many of them were destroyed in the air raid on Lübeck .

selection

Name with date of death	year	Artist	Location, condition, special features and comments	Illustration
Balemann, Heinrich Mayor († 1750)	1750		Marble, preserved
Bonnus, Hermann Reformer and Superintendent († 1548)	1548	Portrait attributed to Hans Kemmer	in the St. Anne's Museum since the Second World War
Brockes, Heinrich I. Mayor († 1623)	1624		Epitaph of the coat of arms
Brockes, Heinrich II. Mayor († 1773)	1776		receive
Brüning, Adolf councilor († 1702)	1702	Quellinus, Thomas	Destroyed in 1942, only fragments preserved
Conradi, Hinrich Bürger († 1588)	1588	Wernecke, Jochim	Wood carving in the north aisle east of the Dance of Death Chapel, lost in 1942. Exposed by Walter Paatz , p. 32.
Deginck, Kaspar von Ratsherr († 1680)	1680		In the inner choir until 1942
Dorne, Hermann von Mayor († 1594)	1594		Heraldic epitaph of medieval type, preserved
Dorne, Hieronymus von Mayor († 1704)	1706	Quellinus, Thomas	Destroyed in 1942 and only preserved as a fragment
Dorne, Konrad von Councilor († 1691)	1694		Destroyed in 1942
Füchting, Johann councilor († 1637)	1637	Aris Claeszon	The epitaph was made in the Netherlands during Füchting's lifetime. Damaged in 1942
Fock, Hermann councilor († 1701)	1703		Destroyed in 1942. Image preserved as a painting by Heinrich Fricke (around 1915).
Glandorp, Joachim councilor († 1612)	1612	Coppens, Robert	Destroyed in 1942
Hermann Göttingk (and family)	1619	Willinges, Johannes	Wooden epitaph, lost in 1942. Edited by Walter Paatz , p. 35.
Heisegger, Bartholomew	1517		Engraved brass, in the St. Annen Museum
Holsten, Walter Kaufmann († 1573)	1578	Wernecke, Jochim	Wood carving painted by Jost de Laval with a panel of the Resurrection, lost in 1942. Edited by Walter Paatz , p. 32.
Höveln, Gotthard IV of councilor († 1571)	1571	Benningk, Matthias	Brass epitaph for the councilor and his wife Margarethe geb. Brömse
Hoeveln, Gotthard V. from mayor († 1609)	1609	Coppens, Robert	receive
Hübens, Jakob Mayor († 1731)	1731		On the west wall next to the Schinkel Chapel, only remnants of the architecture have remained since 1942
Kerkring, Heinrich councilor († 1693)	1695	Kneller, Godfrey	Wooden epitaph with a portrait of Godfrey Kneller from 1676, lost in 1942. Edited by Walter Paatz , p. 35.
Kerkring, Gotthard Mayor († 1705)	1707	Freese, Hans	receive
Kirchmann, Johann Rector of the Katharineum († 1643)	1643		Destroyed portrait of Zacharias Kniller , 1942.
Klette, Johann Daniel councilor († 1700)	1702		The epitaph of this Schonen driver who immigrated from Suhl was destroyed in 1942.
Christoph Gotthold Kohlreif Pastor	1755		In the north aisle by the northeast portal, destroyed in 1942. With a painting by Johann Jacob Tischbein .
Lindenberg, Johann Caspar Mayor († 1824)	1824		receive
Möller, Lorenz Mayor († 1634)	1634	Gudewerth, Hans	Mighty wooden epitaph in cartilage style from the Eckernförde school in the north transept (Dance of Death Chapel)
Boetius Paysen	1570	Laval, Jost de	Wooden epitaph for a 17-year-old schoolboy, donated by his father, the Flensburg councilor Paul Paysen; lost 1942. Edited by Walter Paatz , p. 35.
Ritter, Johann Mayor († 1700)	1700		A huge wooden monument hung on the north side of the second (seen from the east) southern long nave pillar of St. Mary's Church, diagonally opposite the pulpit. A bulbous sarcophagus stood on a simple base, which carried a simple oval inscription plaque. Above him, two putti held the bust of the deceased painted on copper; next to it sat a grieving female figure with death emblems. The back wall was formed by a mighty obelisk with a cross at the top, in front of which floated a putti with the mayor's little white coat of arms enclosed in a cartouche. The shape of a coffin, which, as some claim, does not enclose his body, made it one of the church's notable monuments. It burned during the air raid on Palm Sunday 28/29. March 1942.
Rodde, Matthäus Mayor and Church Leader (1598–1677)	1677	Gudewerdt	The monumental wooden epitaph was a late work of cartilage style by Eckernförder school to the family Gudewerdt inspired "by tangled Arkanthuslaub overgrown". It burned in 1942. "Epitaph for the mayor and head of St. Mary's Church, Matthäus Rodde, who died on November 29, 1677 at the age of 79, according to the inscription (weekly note March 25th-31st and April 8th-14th, 1855). It shows in the midst of a curl , richly gilded and animated by numerous putti as well as statuettes and half-figures, the deceased's coat of arms framed by a laurel wreath (in the blue shield a jumping black dog with a bone in its mouth and a gold collar with a ring; on the spangenhelm the same dog growing between two buffalo horns) and his bust portrait, framed by a wreath of flowers, painted on copper. Between the coat of arms and picture are the smaller coats of arms of the two wives of the mayor, Anna Prünster (the 1st and 4th fields of the quartered shield are split red and blue with a silver fasceted division, the Fields 2 and 3 show an armored arm with a torch on gold gt two armored arms carrying torches) and Katharina Schumacher (three silver lilies in the blue shield, a silver lily on the spangenhelm), and below the portrait the inscription plaque is attached. The epitaph, which was originally hung on the second northern choir pillar next to the altar, was moved to the second wall pillar of the south aisle when the sacrament house was moved closer to this pillar in 1855 "(Die Marienkirche. In: Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Free und Hansestadt Lübeck. P. 364–365. See link under literature)
Rodde, Franz Bernhard councilor († 1700)	1703		Destroyed in the style of Thomas Quellinus, 1942.
Rodde, Adolf Mattheus Mayor († 1729)	1729		In the inner choir until 1942.
Rodde, Hermann Mayor († 1730)	1730		On the north side of the sixth (westernmost) north pillar, monumental wooden structure with portrait painting by JM von der Hude, destroyed in 1942.
Siricius, Johann Mayor († 1696)	1702		Destroyed in 1942
Stiten, Hartwig von Ratsherr († 1692)	1699	Quellinus, Thomas	Damaged in 1942, but largely preserved
Tesdorpf, Peter Hinrich Mayor († 1723)	1723		In the middle is the bust of Tesdorpf and to the sides are the figures of righteousness and temperance. The emblem reads: "Pie Honeste Temperante" A smaller figure of Faith kneels with the censer on the upper cornice. A coat of arms is spread out behind the latter, over which death rests with a hip and an hourglass. The substructure bears the heraldic shield enclosed by a crowned cartouche, a jumping deer, and the tablet. Next to the epitaph is the Tesdorpf Chapel (or Holthusen Chapel).
Wedemhof, Bernhard Ratsherr († 1627)	1627		Wood carving; since 1892 in the St. Anne's Museum
Wedemhof, Heinrich councilor († 1589)	1590	Wernecke, Jochim	Wood carving painted by Johannes Willinges (approx. 1592), only central picture preserved since 1942; highlighted in Walter Paatz , p. 32, p. 35.
Wedemhof, Heinrich Mayor († 1651)	1651		Wood carving; since 1892 in the St. Anne's Museum
Westken, Johann Mayor († 1714)	1720	Hassenberg, Hieronymus Jacob	Epitaph on the sixth wall pillar of the south aisle, ruin since 1942; highlighted by Heinrich Christian Zietz 1820
Wickede, Gottschalck von Mayor († 1667)	1673		Burned in 1942.
Bertold Wilms	1568	Laval, Jost de	Wooden epitaph, lost in 1942. Edited by Walter Paatz , p. 35.
Winckler, Anton Mayor († 1707)	1708	Quellinus, Thomas	The only epitaph without war damage in 1942. In the north aisle by the new dance organ.
Wickinghof, Lambert councilor († 1529)	after 1552	Kemmer, Hans	Votive picture, today in the St. Anne's Museum
Zöllner, Daniel Mecklenburg Vice Chancellor († 1618)	1618	Coppens, Robert	Attribution, destroyed in 1942 and only preserved in fragments

literature

• Heinrich Christian Zietz : Views of the Free Hanseatic City of Lübeck and its surroundings. Friedrich Wilmans , Frankfurt am Main 1822. Reprint: Weiland, Lübeck 1978 ( digitized ).
• Gustav Schaumann , Friedrich Bruns (arr.): The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Edited by the building deputation. Volume 2, part 2: The Marienkirche. Nöhring, Lübeck 1906 ( digitized version ).
• Walter Paatz : The Marienkirche in Lübeck. Volume 5 of the series German buildings. 2nd Edition. Castle near Magdeburg 1929.
• Lutz Wilde : The epitaphs in the St. Marien Church. In: Yearbook of the St. Marien Bauverein. 8, 1974/1975, pp. 111-128.
• Max Hasse : The Marienkirche in Lübeck. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-422-00747-4 .
• Anne-Dore Ketelsen-Volkhardt: Schleswig-Holstein epitaphs of the 16th and 17th centuries. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1989 ( Studies on Schleswig-Holstein Art History. Volume 15).
• Adolf Clasen : Unrecognized treasures - Lübeck's Latin inscriptions in the original and in German. Lübeck 2002, ISBN 3-7950-0475-6 , p. 48 f.
• Hirsch, H., Schaumann, G y Bruns, F .: The Marienkirche. In: The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Published by the Luebeck building deputation. Publishing house by Bernhard Nöhring. Lübeck, 1906. pp. 364-365.

Web links

Commons : Epitaphs of the Marienkirche in Lübeck  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Max Hasse, Marienkirche , p. 200
2. ^ Walter Paatz : The Marienkirche in Lübeck. Burg 1929, p. 32.
3. ↑ Increasing the Council's silver treasure. In: Vaterstädtische Blätter , year 1908, no. 50, issue of December 13, 1908, pp. 197–198.