Harmen Hogehus
Harmen Hogehus (also Hugehueß) was a bell and tin caster in Rostock .
It was mentioned in 1575, 1580 and 1587. In 1584 he cast the bell of the church in Volkenshagen near Rostock. This bell bears the following inscription on the helmet:
in the top line: H. DAVID. WOLTER. AM. ICK. GENANT. A. SERVANT. GADES. AM. ICK. DAT. BIN ICK. WOL. EDGED.
in the middle line: JACOB. DVVEL. HANS. SAGER. CLAS. KALL. ANDREAS. HALL EMPTY. DAT. SIN. THE. KARKSWAGERE. VERE.
in the bottom line: the foundry mark M. as the foundry mark of HARMEN. HOGEHVS. 1584
literature
- Erwin Hintze : The German tin foundry and their brands. Volume 3: North German tin foundry. Hiersemann, Leipzig 1923.
- Hogehus, Harmen . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 306 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Schlie: The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . Volume 1. 2nd edition, Schwerin 1898, p. 318 ( digitized version ); Gunnar Jansen: City history of Rostock in numbers. Episode 151-250. Haff Verlag, Grambin [2014], ISBN 978-3-942916-35-6 , p. 101 ; Bell inscription .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hogehus, Harmen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hogehueß, Harmen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bell and pewter casters |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1575 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1587 |