Henning Kruse (bell founder)

Henning Kruse (also: Henni Kruse ; * before 1532, † after 1562) was a German bell and gun founder in Hanover .

life and work

Henning Kruse worked in the city of Hanover in the 16th century and belonged to the Hanoverian foundry family Kruse, some of which worked as apengeter . Jürgen Kruse was also part of the family .

In 1533 Henning Kruse made "a heavy snake for the city of Hanover".

In addition, the following bells came from the Kruse workshop in the year

• 1557 for Brünnighausen
• 1560 for jump
• 1562
  • for Wetteborn
  • for Breinum .

See also

• List of bell foundries

literature

• Karl Ernst Hermann Krause:  Kruse [, Henning / Henni] . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 254.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Kruse, Henning . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 18 .
2. ^ ^{A b} Karl Ernst Hermann Krause:  Kruse . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 254.