Karsten Timmermann

The married couple Elisabeth and Carsten Timmermann kneel before Jesus as Salvator mundi

Wedding plates from Telse and Karsten Timmermann

Karsten Timmermann (* in Hamburg ; † June 9, 1542 in Lübeck ) was councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.

Life

Karsten Timmermann came from Hamburg. Through his marriage to Elisabeth (Telse) Kruselmann he belonged to the Lübeck patriciate. Her father, the Swedish merchant Bernd Kruselmann († 1529), was a member of the Antonius Brotherhood. At the beginning of the 1520s he and Harmen Israhel were one of the most important donors to Gustav Vasa . Her maternal grandfather was the mayor of Lübeck, Dietrich Basedow . For their daughter's wedding in 1540 they gave their daughter a plate painted by Hans Kemmer with the mercy seat , on which Timmermann's coat of arms, a walking bear, is depicted. Today it is located in Güstrow Castle , the branch of the Schwerin Museum .

He was a Lübeck citizen member of the citizens' committee of the 64 . On April 27, 1531, he was one of seven "note gentlemen" from the committee and joined the Lübeck council . At the beginning of 1533 he resigned from the Lübeck council . After the end of the Wullenwever period in Lübeck, he was re-elected to the Lübeck Council on September 21, 1535, this time through the election provided for by Lübschem law .

In Lübeck he lived in the property at Breite Straße 27, which he had acquired in 1535. His daughter Anna married the Lübeck councilor Anton Holtscho .

literature

Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeck Council Line. Lübeck 1925, No. 634

Web links

Commons : Karsten Timmermann - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Rudolf Struck : On the knowledge of Lübeck families and their relationships to local and foreign art monuments in: Museum for Art and Cultural History in Lübeck. Yearbook 1914 • 1915 (Volume II. – III.), HG Rahtgens, Lübeck 1915, p. 41–73 (p. 43 ff.)
^ K. Schaefer : The Lübeck painter Hans Kemmer. A contribution to the history of the Cranach School. In: Monthly Issues for Art History X (1917), pp. 1–7; P. 4.
↑ Archive of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck AG.07 ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf, accessed January 12, 2015) @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Timmermann, Karsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Councilor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century or 16th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	June 9, 1542
Place of death	Lübeck

[1] Rudolf Struck : On the knowledge of Lübeck families and their relationships to local and foreign art monuments in: Museum for Art and Cultural History in Lübeck. Yearbook 1914 • 1915 (Volume II. – III.), HG Rahtgens, Lübeck 1915, p. 41–73 (p. 43 ff.)

[2] K. Schaefer : The Lübeck painter Hans Kemmer. A contribution to the history of the Cranach School. In: Monthly Issues for Art History X (1917), pp. 1–7; P. 4.

[3] Archive of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck AG.07 ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf, accessed January 12, 2015) @1@ 2