Hans Luterer

Zytturm on the Musegg Wall in Lucerne

Obertorturm in Aarau with a tower clock from 1532 on the 9th floor

Hans Luterer (* around 1489 in Waldshut ; † 1548 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German and Swiss watchmaker .

Life

Luterer came from Waldshut. In 1516 he was granted citizenship of the city ​​of Zurich for his services as a tower clock builder . He married Elisabeth Haldenstein, the daughter of a glass painter. Between 1522 and 1542 he built 15 tower clocks in central and eastern Switzerland, with some of his son Niklaus helping him. In 1532 he made the clock for the upper tower , which has been preserved to this day. In 1535 he built the tower clock for the Zytturm on the Musegg Wall in Lucerne . The oldest clock in the city of Lucerne is still in operation. In 1538 he built the clockwork for St. Peter's Church in Zurich. Luterer was probably last in Zurich in 1543. In 1546 he built the clock for the Martinstor in Freiburg im Breisgau and in 1547 the clock on the cathedral tower together with his son . Together with Laurentius Liechti, Luterer is one of the most important watchmakers in Eastern Switzerland.

plant

The pointer and striking clock from 1538 for the 13th century tower of the predecessor building of the baroque church of St. Peter in Zurich is considered to be his main work. In addition to the usual time display, the monumental astronomical clock has an astronomical work that demonstrates the course of the moon and the sun through the zodiac. The clockwork on the 3rd floor transmitted the driving force to the hour hands through bars and wheels. The Zurich clockmaker Hans Felix Bachofen converted the clockwork into a more accurate pendulum clock in 1675 .

literature

• The clock in Zytturn uff Musegk zu Lucern 1385–1535 , Spöring & Co, Uhren & Bijouterie, Luzern 1975
• R. Wehrli: Three tower clockmakers before 1560 , in Chronométrophilia 19, 1994
• Christoph Hallermann: On the history of the tower clocks in Freiburg im Breisgau , Schillinger Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 2001, ISBN 3-89155-256-4

Web links

• Katja Hürlimann: Luterer, Hans. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Church of St. Peter: steeple and clockwork
• Clock encyclopedia: Zurich art clock