Heinrich von Beeck

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Heinrich von Beeck ( also Heinrich van Beeck, Henri van Beeck, Henricus von Beeck ) was a Cologne chronicler of the 15th century . In the years 1469 to 1472 he wrote the Cologne rhyming chronicle Agrippina and had certified copies made in calligraphy under his supervision with his own handwritten signature . The Agrippina , which depicts the history of the city from its beginnings to 1419, is considered to be one of the most important sources of Koelhoff's chronicle from 1499. The von Beecksche chronicle testifies to the self-image and the prominent position of Cologne in the time immediately before the elevation of the City in the imperial estate by Emperor Friedrich III. in 1475.

Little is known in research about the person of Heinrich von Beeck. Because of its name, it is believed that it came from Holland . From 1471 to around 1475, Beeck worked as a department store manager in Mainz . In his chronicle, he mentions manuscripts from the Sankt Alban Abbey near Mainz , which he had viewed.

As part of the redesign of the figurative decoration on the Cologne town hall tower , Heinrich von Beeck was honored with a figure by Hans Karl Burgeff as one of the personalities deserving of the city , which has been on the first floor on the north side of the tower since 1990. The figure handed over on January 23, 1990 was made possible by a donation from the Annemarie and Helmut Börner Foundation.

Works

  • 1469 to 1472: Agrippina - Chronica civitatis Coloniensis . Manuscript: Cologne, Historical Archive of the City of Cologne, Chronicles and Representations, No. 19–24

literature

  • Robert Meier: Heinrich van Beeck and his Agrippina , Böhlau, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-412-07198-6 .
  • Hartmut Beckers: Heinrich von Beeck , in: The German literature of the Middle Ages. Author's Lexicon, 2nd edition, Volume 3, Berlin 1981, Sp. 693–695
  • Adam Wrede : Heinrich van Beeck , in: The German literature of the Middle Ages. Author's Lexicon , Volume II, Berlin 1936, Col. 251f.

Web links

Commons : Heinrich von Beeck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ^ A b Hiltrud Kier, Bernd Ernsting, Ulrich Krings (Hrsg.): Cologne: Der Ratsturm - His story and his program of figures. Stadtspuren, Volume 21, JP Bachem, Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-7616-1156-0 , pp. 538-540.
  2. ^ University of Regensburg: Alcuin - Infothek der Scholastik , accessed on January 18, 2015
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Dobras: World map and "Quarternionenadler" in the "Agrippina" by Heinrich van Beeck from Cologne, Cologne / Mainz, 1469–1472. In: Gutenberg - Aventure and Art. From secret company to the first media revolution. Schmidt, Mainz 2000 ISBN 3874395073 , p. 30–32 here p. 30. Robert Meier: Historiography in Cologne in the 15th century: the »Agrippina« . In: Geschichte in Köln 42 (1997), pp. 21–39 here p. 22.
personal data
SURNAME Beeck, Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beeck, Henri van; Beeck, Heinrich van; Beeck, Henricus of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cologne chronicler
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century or 16th century