Johann Christian Lieberkühn

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Johann Christian Lieberkühn (* December 2, 1669 in Quedlinburg , † March 5, 1733 in Berlin ), also Christian Lieberkühn the Elder. Ä. called, was a royal Prussian court goldsmith in Berlin and old master of the guild .

Life

After his master craftsman examination in 1703, Christian Lieberkühn took the citizen's oath and was appointed old master of the Berlin goldsmiths' guild by royal decree in 1717, after the previous old master Daniel Male the Elder. J. after years of allegations that he had not carried out his office properly, this office was removed. In 1719 he bought the house at Heilige-Geist-Straße No. 38 at auction, and in the same year he had a new building built on the property. An on home envy head is now in the Märkisches Museum , the house itself was in World War II destroyed.

family

Emeritia Sabina Rau married Lieberkühn, and this marriage had fourteen children, seven sons and seven daughters.

Sons:

  • Christian Lieberkühn , also a Berlin court goldsmith a. Old master of the guild
  • Johann Gottlieb Lieberkühn (1705–1772), theologian
  • Samuel Lieberkühn (1710–1777), German Protestant theologian
  • Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn (1711–1756), physician a. Anatom in Berlin

Daughters:

  • Kordula Sabina Cupcovius (~ 1701)
  • Sophie Elisabeth (~ 1703), married to Moritz Baumann on October 26, 1724
  • Amalie Emerentia (~ 1717), married Johann Christoph Schinmeyer on August 14, 1731
  • Charlotte Dorothea Süßmilch (1720–1772)

Works

The goldsmiths Lieberkühn received extensive orders from Friedrich Wilhelm I (1688–1740) for the production of tableware, candlesticks ( girandoles ), guéridons , chandeliers and silver frames, especially for the Berlin City Palace .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Information on berlinintensiv.de
  2. Heilig-Geist-Straße at diegeschichteberlins.de
  3. Information from Frankesche Foundations
  4. ^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 999 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).