Grave slabs in Lübeck Cathedral
The grave slabs of Lübeck Cathedral have been repeatedly described by research over the past 250 years; according to the latest status, 352 former and still existing grave monuments up to the year 1600 are documented in the corpus of medieval grave monuments in Lübeck . In addition, there are the grave slabs from 1600 up to the abolition of church burials in Lübeck, so the following list is a small sample selection.
Selection of preserved tombstones in Lübeck Cathedral
| Name with dates of life | year | Corpus LÜDO | Location, condition, special features and comments | Illustration |
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| Warendorp, Helenburg from († 1316) |
1316 | 016 | Wife of the mayor Bruno Warendorp († 1341) |
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Bocholt, Heinrich († March 1, 1341) |
1341 | 041 | Bishop of Lübeck (section of the grave slab from the workshop of the Lübeck gunsmith Jan Apengeter ) |
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Serkem, Burkhard († March 13, 1317) / Mul, Johannes (August 23, 1350) |
1350 | 049 | Double grave plate (made of brass) of two Lübeck bishops who died in 1317 and 1350 |
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Cremon, Bertram († January 5, 1377) |
1370 | 060 | 14. Bishop of Lübeck (brass grave plate) |
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Molen, Nikolaus van der († July 4, 1464) |
1464 | 172 | Cathedral dean |
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Anderten, Volkmar von (* 1410 (?) - † March 9, 1481) |
1481 | 187 | canon | |
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Rode, Johannes († October 28, 1532) |
1482/1532 | 189 | Reuse of the stone of Canon Bernhard Wessel, who died in 1482, by the cathedral dean Johannes Rode in 1532 |
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Westphal, Wilhelm (1443–1509) |
1509 | 268 | The Lübeck bishop was buried in the choir of the cathedral. His grave slab with the figure of the blessing bishop was erected at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century on the southern wall of the choir near the rood screen. |
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| NN | 1520 ~ | 274 | unknown |
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| Tramme, Jacob | 1535 | 286 | Grave slab for the priest Jacob Tramme. Re-used by Canon Johannes Sluter (1561). |
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Ebeling, Moritz († April 5, 1537) |
1537 | 288 | canon |
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| Wulf, Johannes | 1542 | 292 | canon |
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Grimholt, Johannes († May 27, 1523) |
1523 | 293 | Bishop of Lübeck |
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| Cloenewinkel, Bernhard | 1548 | 299 | canon |
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Tiedemann, Johannes (1503–1561) |
1561 | 309 | Bishop of Lübeck |
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| NN | 1559 or 1564 | 313 | Grave slab of an unknown canon, reused for the cathedral dean Richard Blanckenheim (1633) |
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| Quastenborch, Hermann | 1568 | 318 | canon |
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Angerstein, Andreas († October 4, 1570) |
1570 | 319 | The councilor Johann Friedrich Bagge (1711–1784) was the subsequent user of the grave slab . |
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| Meier, August († 1676) |
1676 | ./. | Canon and senior of the Lübeck chapter, councilor of the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein and envoy of the prince-bishop of Lübeck to the imperial court in Vienna. Its epitaph was in the cathedral until 1856. |
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Rheder, Reimar Peter von (1660–1711) |
1711 | ./. | Canon and Royal Danish Council |
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Hanneken, Balthasar Gerhard († 1751) |
1751 | ./. | Chief Pastor at the Cathedral and Senior at the Ministry of Spirituality | |
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Eyben, Christian August von (1700–1785) |
1785 | ./. | Fragment (brass inlay of the tombstone) |
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literature
- Friedrich Techen : The tombstones of Lübeck Cathedral. In: Journal of the Association for Lübeckische History and Archeology 7 (1898), pp 52 -107
- Johannes Baltzer , Friedrich Bruns : The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Issued by the building authorities. Volume III: Church of Old Lübeck. Dom. Jakobikirche. Aegidia Church. Verlag von Bernhard Nöhring, Lübeck 1920, pp. 9–304 Unchanged reprint 2001: ISBN 3-89557-167-9
- Klaus Krüger: Corpus of medieval grave monuments in Lübeck, Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg 1100-1600 , Jan Thorbeke Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, p. 521-739 ISBN 3-7995-5940-X
- Adolf Clasen : Misunderstood treasures: Lübeck's Latin inscriptions in the original and in German , Lübeck 2003, p. 75. ISBN 3-7950-0475-6
- Ursula Wolkewitz: The engraved brass grave plates of the 13th and 14th centuries in the area of the North German Hanseatic League - their origin and their meaning: Reminding - Mahnen - Belehren , Kassel University Press, 2015
Web links
Commons : Wall mounted church monuments in Dom (Lübeck) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Memories register: "sepultus in medio choris"
- ↑ Baltzer, Bruns (1920), p. 250.
- ↑ Latin inscription text with explanation and translation by: Adolf Clasen : Verhabene Schätze - Lübeck's Latin inscriptions in the original and in German. Lübeck 2002, p. 82 ISBN 3-7950-0475-6
- ↑ Latin inscription text with explanation and translation by: Adolf Clasen : Verhabene Schätze - Lübeck's Latin inscriptions in the original and in German. Lübeck 2002, p. 100 ISBN 3-7950-0475-6