Iven Knutzen

Church of St. Marien in Hattstedt from the 13th century

Iven Knutzen (also Ifen, Iwen, Iven, Jven , also Cnutsen, Knudsen ; * 1531 or 1532 ; † July 3, 1612 in Husum ) was a farmer , chronicler and cartographer .

Life

Knutzen probably lived as an independent farmer on the Ibenshof named after him in Wobbenbüll , which belonged to the parish of Hattstedt . In old age he apparently moved to his daughter Catharina Oselings in Husum Neustadt, where he died in 1612. He was buried in the Marienkirche in Hattstedt.

According to Peter Sax , he was a farmer , which supports the assumption that he must have been quite wealthy, because he was one of those who carried out the renovation of the Hattstedt Church in 1584 and donated a legacy of 30 Marks Lübsch . According to the translation by Gehre von Rinteln, he described himself as "a househusband (who does not study and practice good honesty)".

His Korte Vortekinge - a brief indication of the time at which Eiderstädt became landlocked with those from the Geest and the Stapelholm countryside, and at what time the new Koege, between the Geestleuten and Eiderstädt, are also the same as what happened to the old Koegen Wisch, Rantrummer, Milstädter, Rademister, Padelecker, Siemensberger, and Lundenberger Koegen, who had a quality from time immemorial, and how they came to the present situation , describes the subject matter dealt with with their long title. The manuscript is dated October 12, 1588. His view that the rich kings were a gift from God and that the regularly recurring storm surges a divine punishment for the arrogance of the residents corresponded to the worldview customary at the time and was also taken up by Anton Heimreich .

The chronicle of the Olde denckwerdige stories, so sick in the famous country Eyderstede, Lundenberger Harde and Nordstrand , was continued by Meves Ovens in Witzwort and three preachers in Husum (Jacob Sax, Peter Danckwerth and Martin Holmer) and is only preserved in their processing remained.

Works

• Knutzen, Ifen: Description of how Eiderstedt became landfest with the Geest (handwriting), from: uni-kiel.de, accessed October 9, 2015
• Knutzen, Iven: Brief announcement at which time Eiderstädt became land-based with those of the Geest and the landscape of Stapelholm, and ... in: Johann Friedrich Camerer : Mixed historical-political news in letters from some strange areas of the duchies of Schleßwig and Hollstein, its natural history and other rare antiquities, collected by Johann Friedrich Camerer , Zweyter Theil, Flensburg and Leipzig, by Johann Christoph Korte, 1762 and in Altona in the Kortenschen book store, p. 428ff
• Quite a few old, memorable stories, so sick in the famous land of Eyderstede, Lundenberger Harde and Nordstrand
• Oldest known illustration of the area around Husum, in: Röhr, Hanswerner: Husum was first mentioned in 1252 , p. 2, reports and history from Husum and the surrounding area, on: husum-berichte.de, accessed October 9, 2015

literature

• Dieter Lohmeier : Knutzen, Iven. Born 1531/32 – d. 3.7.1612 Husum. Farmer, chronicler. In: Schleswig-Holstein biographical lexicon. (1979), pp. 145 f.

Web links

• Biography of Iven Knutzen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Iven Knutzen , on: wobbenbuell.de, accessed October 8, 2015
2. ↑ ^{a b} Sax, Peter in: Hansen, Reimer: Die Eiderstedtischen Chronisten vor Peter Sax , in: Journal of the Society for Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg History , Volume 25 , Kiel, Commissions-Verlag der Universitäts-Buchhandlung, 1895, p. 204 , accessed October 8, 2015
3. ↑ Knutzen, Iven in: Camerer, Johann Friedrich: Mixed historical-political news in letters from some strange areas of the duchies Schleßwig and Hollstein, their natural history and other rare antiquities , collected by Johann Friedrich Camerer, Zweyter Theil, Flensburg and Leipzig, bey Johann Christoph Korte, 1762 and in Altona im Kortenschen Bücherlager, p. 431, accessed October 8, 2015