Hans Röttger

Hans Röttger (* unknown, probably Braunschweig ; † January 3, 1627 in Braunschweig) was a stonemason and sculptor of the Renaissance in Braunschweig.

Life

Hans Röttger was one of two sons of the Braunschweig sculptor Jürgen Röttger , who took over the Röttger workshop after the death of his father on October 23, 1623. To what extent Jürgen († 1626), the second son, was involved in the Röttger workshop is unknown. Hans was probably an apprentice in his parents' workshop and worked for his father after the usual wanderings at the time. He was married and had a daughter Margarete (* October 7, 1603) and two sons Barthold (* 1611) and Jürgen (* 1618), none of whom continued the workshop after the early death of Hans Röttger.

plant

Hans Röttger is first mentioned in a document on September 12, 1625 at the lower court in Braunschweig, because he sued the building manager of the main church in Wolfenbüttel for the payment of 45 thalers for three apostles and four evangelists . This proves that he worked as a sculptor. Furthermore, there is no doubt that Hans made his father's tomb for the St. Andrew's Church, which showed a life-size hip image of the deceased, showing the virtues of strength (with column shaft) and prudence (with punch). This image was lost in World War II. The proportion of Hans Röttger's work in the high-ranking work of Röttger's workshop has not yet been researched, but subsequent works by Hans Röttger are partially or fully attributed to Paul Jonas Meier , who researched Braunschweig's sculptors in the 1930s:

• Gravestone for Friedrich von Bortfeld († January 4, 1626) in the Brothers Church
• Gravestone for Heinrich Hartwich († September 27, 1626) in the Petrikirche
• Grave monument for the superintendent Johann Wagner († July 11, 1622) in the Martinikirche
• Tomb of the Syndic Georg von Walbeck († January 30, 1595) and his wife Lucia geb. Schrader († February 15, 1624) in the Martinikirche
• Tomb for the mayor Franz Becker in Braunschweig († August 9, 1626) and his wife Katharina, b. Schrader († January 14, 1630) in the Katharinenkirche
• Gravestone for Pastor Georg Oeding (January 18, 1625) in Magni Church
• High altar of the church in Duttenstedt (Duderstadt)
• Pulpit in St. Andrew's Church
• Baptismal font in the church of Vorsfelde
• Preaching in the Petrikirche
• Crowning of a tomb in the Elisabethstift

Paul Jonas Meyer assumes that “ the artistic ascent of the workshop [Röttger] - and that cannot be a coincidence - coincides with the point in time when Hans first appeared in the church book [8. August 1595] occurs. "

literature

• Horst-Rüdiger Jarck (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 8th to 18th centuries. Braunschweig 2006, p. 592f.
• Paul Jonas Meier: The sculptor's handicrafts in the city of Braunschweig since the Reformation. In: Workpieces from the museum, archive and library of the city of Braunschweig. Volume VIII, Appelhans, Braunschweig 1936.

Individual proof

1. ↑ P. J. Meier: The arts and crafts. P. 62 and 68 (see literature)