Hermann Benningk

Hermann Benningk , also Harmen Benningk , (* before 1618, † after 1668 probably in Hamburg ) was a German piece and bell caster .

life and work

Benningk belongs to a family of foundries that was widespread in northern Germany (Hamburg, Lübeck , Danzig ) in the 16th and 17th centuries , and their exact relationships are not fully understood. Hermann Benningk is documented by his activity in Hamburg for the period from 1647 to 1668 and can possibly be differentiated into two foundries of the same name. His father Reinhard Benningk († 1617) had already taken over the workshop of his grandfather Matthias Benningk as a council founder in Lübeck. Hermann's son Albert Benningk was again council founder in Lübeck and is considered the most important representative of the family.

Guns

According to Thieme-Becker, Hermann Benningk has a cannon in the armory in Berlin and another, formerly in the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich , with the inscription: "Herman Benninck me fecit anno 1662" . This gun apparently originally came from the inventory of the city of Hamburg, as it bears the coat of arms of Hamburg, the coats of arms of six Hamburg council members and the inscription Temporibus dominorum Garlefi Langebeck et Johannis a Spreckelsen . Another gun, a "Recumbent mortar barrel, 25-pounder" with the inscription: HERMANN BENNINCK and ME FECIT ANNO 1645 is in the holdings of the German Historical Museum Foundation with inventory number: 04.67 .

The oldest of the Lübeck Novgorod drivers Johann von Gohren (before 1620 - before July 1672) had signed a contract in 1660 for the delivery of 300 guns to Tsar Alexei I of Russia. One hundred of these guns were cast by the Lübeck council founder Nikolaus Wiese . Further guns for this order were made by Hermann Benningk.

Fifth Benningks in Heiligenstedten

Bells

A bronze Fünte Benningks was made in 1638 for the St. Marien Church in Heiligenstedten . At a height of 99 cm, it has a diameter of 76 cm. The conical basin rests on a strong round articulated support around which the four evangelists stand; the whole rests on a round profiled plate. At the basin there are reliefs that show the baptism of Christ, the blessing of children, Christ on the cross (the blood flows into a chalice) and a Madonna with child in a halo.

Bells by Hermann Benningk can be found in the Trinity Church in Neuendorf b. Elmshorn (1639) and in the St. Magnus Church in Tating on Eiderstedt (1649). The bells in St. Andrew's Church in Kuddewörde (1668) and in St. John's Church in Seester (1668) were assigned by Beseler to his son and Hamburg successor Hermann Benningk the Younger (1640–1679).

literature

Hartwig Beseler : Art-Topography Schleswig-Holstein. Neumünster 1974
Richard Haupt: The architectural and art monuments of the province of Schleswig-Holstein. Kiel 1888
Benningk → Hermann B. In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General encyclopedia of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 334–335 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ). - (p. 335 in the family entry).

Individual evidence

^ John Henry Lefroy: Official catalog of the Museum of Artillery in the Rotunda, Woolwich. Printed for HMSO by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, London 1864, no. 145. Most of the Arsenal's exhibits are on display today in Firepower - The Royal Artillery Museum . However, this gun, now inventory number II / 159 , is currently on loan to Newton-le-Willows, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens (email from Royal Artillery Museum, 23 June 2010). There is no record of how the gun got into the holdings of the Royal Arsenal.

↑ DHM: Lying mortar barrel, 25-pounder inventory number 04.67 Lost Art-ID 445267 ( Memento from March 16, 2018 in the Internet Archive )

↑ Günter Meyer: Bronze cannons from Lübeck - production and trade of the Ratsstückgießer. In: Journal of Lübeck History . Volume 96, 2016, pp. 143–163 (pp. 157/158)

↑ ^a ^b Richard Haupt: The buildings and art monuments of the province of Schleswig-Holstein . E. Homann, 1888, p. 467 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Benningk, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Benningk, Harmen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German gun and bell founder
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1618
DATE OF DEATH	after 1668
Place of death	unsure: Hamburg

[1] John Henry Lefroy: Official catalog of the Museum of Artillery in the Rotunda, Woolwich. Printed for HMSO by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, London 1864, no. 145. Most of the Arsenal's exhibits are on display today in Firepower - The Royal Artillery Museum . However, this gun, now inventory number II / 159 , is currently on loan to Newton-le-Willows, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens (email from Royal Artillery Museum, 23 June 2010). There is no record of how the gun got into the holdings of the Royal Arsenal.

[2] DHM: Lying mortar barrel, 25-pounder inventory number 04.67 Lost Art-ID 445267 ( Memento from March 16, 2018 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Günter Meyer: Bronze cannons from Lübeck - production and trade of the Ratsstückgießer. In: Journal of Lübeck History . Volume 96, 2016, pp. 143–163 (pp. 157/158)

[Haupt-4] Richard Haupt: The buildings and art monuments of the province of Schleswig-Holstein . E. Homann, 1888, p. 467 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).