Hinrich Constin
Hinrich Constin , also mentioned as Heinrich Constantin , († December 28, 1482 in Lübeck ) was an important donor, merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck in the late Middle Ages.
Life
Constin was elected to the city council in 1467. In 1468 he went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and measured the via dolorosa in Jerusalem . When he returned to Lübeck, he had the trail rebuilt in his home town. He did not live to see the completion of his idea in 1493. Constin lived in the Hoghe Hus at Koberg 2 and had been a member of the circle society since 1430 . With his death in 1482 he bequeathed his fortune to the city on condition that it be used for the completion of the Way of the Cross . He bequeathed half of the village of Duvensee and half of the lake to the Marienwohlde monastery near Mölln . The grave slab over the joint grave with his wife Elsabe in St. Jacobi is still mentioned by the senior von Melle as almost completely ceded, i.e. illegible. It has been preserved just as little as the epitaph on the west side of the first north pillar, also described by Jacob von Melle in his Lubeca Religiosa .
The Lübeck Way of the Cross begins with a sand-lime stone relief on the north side of the Jakobikirche. It shows the scene when Jesus is being dragged in front of Pilate, who in turn does the proverbial washing of hands. The end of the Way of the Cross is on an artificial hill ( Kalvarienberg ) with a late Gothic brick house in which a rough relief with the crucifixion scene made of Gotland limestone was embedded. This relief also contains the coat of arms of the family of the founder. In his memory, the path that leads from the monument down to the Trave was named after him ( Konstinstrasse , later the quays there on the Trave ( Konstinkai )). This way of the cross is one of the oldest of its kind in Germany.
literature
- Georg Wilhelm Dittmer : Genealogical and biographical news about Lückeck families from earlier times , Dittmer, 1859, p. 24 ( digitized version )
- Johannes Baltzer , Friedrich Bruns: The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Issued by the building authorities. Volume III: Church of Old Lübeck. Dom. Jakobikirche. Aegidia Church. Verlag von Bernhard Nöhring: Lübeck 1920, p. 412 and p. 421. Unchanged reprint 2001: ISBN 3-89557-167-9 .
- Johannes Baltzer, Friedrich Bruns: The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Published by the Monument Council. Volume IV: The Monasteries. The town's smaller churches. The churches and chapels in the outskirts. Thought and way crosses and the Passion of Christ. Bernhard Nöhring's publishing house: Lübeck 1928, pp. 623–627. Unchanged reprint 2001: ISBN 3-89557-168-7 .
- Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeck Council Line. Lübeck 1925, No. 551.
- Klaus J. Groth : World Heritage Lübeck. Listed houses. Schmidt-Römhild Lübeck 1999. ISBN 3795012317 .
- Uwe Müller: St. Gertrud . (Small booklets on city history, edited by the archive of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck , No. 2) Lübeck 1986. ISBN 3-7950-3300-4 .
Web links
supporting documents
- ^ Emil Ferdinand Fehling: Lübeck Council Line. Lübeck 1925, No. 551.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Constin, Hinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Constantin, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck in the late Middle Ages |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th century or 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1482 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |