Epitaphs in Lübeck Cathedral

The Epithapien in Lübeck Cathedral stood up to the air raid on Lübeck on 29 March 1942 by the perception behind the epitaphs of the Marienkirche in Lübeck back, which was already paid too heavily equipped. Lübeck Cathedral also suffered heavy losses in the area of the late Gothic choir in 1942, but was less affected in the area of the nave, so that it is even more original today.

Preserved epitaphs in Lübeck Cathedral


Name with date of death	year	Artist	Location, condition, special features and comments
Bisschop, Albert Lübecker businessman and senior man of the Hansekontor in Bruges († 1468 in Bruges )	1459		In two parts, consisting of the stucco relief of the image of the Virgin Mary and the Middle Low German donation board in Gothic minuscule script , which refers to the bronze eternal lamp (1461) that he donated and hung in front of it .
Tiedemann, Johannes Bishop of Lübeck (1503–1561) and his brother, Canon Christoph Tiedemann (1516–1561)	probably before 1559		Renaissance sandstone epitaph
Pentz, Jasper Gutsherr auf Nütschow († 1566)	after 1566		Wooden panel, restored in 1633 and supplemented as a family epitaph for the von Pentz family by Christian von Pentz
Rantzau, Theodor (1561–1572) and his foster parents Nikolaus Rantzau auf Quarnbek († 1584) and Mrs. Lucia geb. Walsdorp († 1571)	1573		Sandstone epitaph of the Renaissance, set by the father, the Schleswig-Holstein governor Heinrich Rantzau
Holthusen, Johannes Cathedral Dean († 1586)	1574		Sandstone epitaph
Schilling, Albert Ältermann the Lübeck Novgorod driver († 1571 in Novgorod )	1597	Coppens, Robert	Epitaph in sandstone and marble
Pincier, Ludwig Holstein Privy Councilor and first Lutheran cathedral dean († 1612)	1612	Rode, Hermann von	black and white set stone, marble columns
Heinrich Elvers Councilor of the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg († 1614)	1614		Wood
Tanck, Otto Syndicus of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck and Provost († 1637)	1637	Shepherd, Michael Conrad
Nicolai, Jonas main pastor at the cathedral († 1645)	1645
Sebastian Meier Rector of the Katharineum († 1664)	1664
Carstens, Joachim Syndicus of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck († 1673)	1850		Set from the estate of his descendant Johann Heinrich Carstens , pastor at the cathedral and senior at the Ministry of Spirituality
Wendt, Christoph Senior of the Ministry of Spirituality († 1719)	1719
Carstens, Johann Heinrich Pastor at the Cathedral and Senior of the Spiritual Ministry († 1829)	1829

literature

Building authority (ed.): The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Volume 3: Johannes Baltzer , Friedrich Bruns : Church to Alt-Lübeck. Dom. Jakobikirche. Aegidia Church. Unchanged reprint of the Lübeck 1920 edition. Verlag für Kunstreproduktionen, Neustadt an der Aisch 2001, ISBN 3-89557-167-9 , pp. 9–304.
Adolf Clasen : Unrecognized treasures. Lübeck's Latin inscriptions in the original and in German (= publications on the history of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck. Series B, 37). Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 2002, ISBN 3-7950-0475-6 , p. 75.

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ Latin inscription text with explanation and translation in: Clasen: Misunderstood treasures. 2002, p. 68 ff.
↑ Latin inscription text with explanation and translation in: Clasen: Misunderstood treasures. 2002, p. 66 ff.
↑ Latin inscription text with explanation and translation in: Clasen: Misunderstood treasures. 2002, p. 90.
↑ Latin inscription text with explanation and translation in: Clasen: Misunderstood treasures. 2002, p. 58 ff.

[1] Latin inscription text with explanation and translation in: Clasen: Misunderstood treasures. 2002, p. 68 ff.

[2] Latin inscription text with explanation and translation in: Clasen: Misunderstood treasures. 2002, p. 66 ff.

[3] Latin inscription text with explanation and translation in: Clasen: Misunderstood treasures. 2002, p. 90.

[4] Latin inscription text with explanation and translation in: Clasen: Misunderstood treasures. 2002, p. 58 ff.