Heinrich Niemann (bell founder)
Heinrich Niemann , also Hinrich Neimann or Neumann (* before 1600; † 1630) was a German gun and bell founder.
Life
Heinrich Niemann, appointed by the Lübeck council as a council founder in 1625, worked for Lübeck mainly as a piece caster . To this end, it was the armory older untüchtige guns for melting as well as new Garkupfer transferred. In the inventory of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck from 1763, 22 of his guns were still listed.
literature
- Günter Meyer: Bronze cannons from Lübeck - production and trade of the council founders. In: Zeitschrift für Lübeckische Geschichte Volume 96 (2016), pp. 143–163 (p. 155)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Bernd Bodemann |
Lübeck council founder 1625–1630 |
Anton Wiese |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Niemann, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neimann, Hinrich; Neumann, Hinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gun and bell founder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1600 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1630 |