Laux Rucker
Laux Rucker , hess. for Lucas Rucker (born before 1572; died after 1603) was a German bell founder in Hesse . He was an apprentice of the Frankfurt foundry master Nikolaus Göbel , son of Konrad Gobel . In 1572 he married in Frankfurt. After Nikolaus Göbel died in 1576, Rucker applied against Nikolaus' brother Simon for the position of Frankfurt gunsmith, but could not prevail. In 1586 he insulted the painter and printer Elias Hofmann and had to flee Frankfurt. Since then he has worked as a traveling caster, primarily in Central Hesse .
Manufactured bells
Rucker's bells have some similar elements, for example as reliefs of a Holy Spirit dove or an angel. Rucker also used certain sayings, some in Knittel verse , as well as Latin verses for the three bells cast for monasteries. The Rincker foundry claims his bell, cast for Netphen in 1590, in spite of the fact that the facts have been thoroughly investigated and to the contrary . The politician and winner country local historian Heinrich von Achenbach , of the Hessian name form Laux did not know, read the caster in the inscription 1897 falsely as Hans Rucer , leading them, influenced by a Rincker bell of the 18th century in the same tower an undetectable Hans Rincker was assigned. However, it has the typical Rucker elements and is geographically close to two other Rucker bells.
year | place | church | status | Chime | Dimensions | diameter | Reliefs | Inscription / remark |
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from Frankfurt | ||||||||
1575 | Beuern | ev. church | available | c 2 | Dove, angel | I FORGOT THE COMMON ZV DVRCH RICKERN ANO DNI MDLXXV | ||
1578 | Holzheim | ev.-ref. church | Cast in 1847 | |||||
1579 | Weiskirchen | cath. St. Peter in chains | Dove, angel | |||||
1580 | Bend | ev. church | 325 kg | 830 mm | For pure teaching and God's honor / I call my neighbors to me / honor only God / and no one else | |||
1580 | Niederweidbach | ev. Marienkirche | available | g sharp 1 | 540 kg | 950 mm | Dove, angel |
SORINER LEHR ZV GOTIES EHR RUFICH MEIN NHCHBERN HER ZV MIR DVHT WOLVN VER DROSSEN 1 5 8 0 / HAD ME GOSSEN A LL A GOD THE HONOR VND SVNSTKEIN NEM MORE LAVX RVCKER (To pure teaching to God's honor, I call my neighbors to me Do well (!), [do it] undaunted. 1 5 8 0 Honor to God alone, and no one else. Laux Rucker has watered me.) |
1582 | Alsfeld | ev. Walpurgis Church | available | f 1 | 1,635 kg | Dove, coat of arms | Servio Christo dum resonando ad sacra verba et pia vota convoco cœtus Christi colarum. MDLXXXII - cast in the still vacant monastery church | |
1582 | Grebenau | ev. church | 650 kg | Dove, angel | ||||
1585 | Amonau | ev. church | Dove, angel | For the service of the gentleman I call, / I lament the dead, / Fewr and Auflauf I announce / [...] | ||||
as a traveling caster | ||||||||
1588 | Oberholzklau | 1,240 mm | Dove, Lady Justice | For pure teaching and God's honor / I call my neighbors to me / honor only God / and no one else | ||||
1590 | Netphen | Martini Church | Cast in 1884 | 1,313 kg | For the service of the gentleman I call, / I lament the dead, / I announce Fewr and Auflauf / At Dillenburg in the year ninety / Laux Rucker has poured me | |||
1596 | Reiskirchen (Huettenberg) | ev. church | Cast in 1882 | |||||
1597 | Beilstein | ev. church | 950 mm | Dove | LAUX RVCKER gos me to Dirschtein - Latin verse inscriptions - apparently came to Beilstein later | |||
1600 | Upper clover | possibly St. Michaelis | available | f sharp 1 | - | no inscription except for the year, crown and decorative rings, but almost identical to Homberg | ||
1602 | Grünberg | ev. city church | available | d 1 | 1,600 kg | 1,450 mm | Dove, Lady Justice | To God's word I cry, / I weep the dead, / I remember the Last Judgment / Lucas Rucker von Volpershausen [gos me] |
1603 | Homberg (Ohm) | ev. city church | available | g 1 | 730 kg | Dove, Lady Justice | To God's word I call / I awaken the living / I weep the dots / I remember the judgment day / Lucas Ruiker gos me | |
1603 | Nieder-Wöllstadt | ev. church | available | as 1 | Dove | Latin inscriptions, signed as M LUCÆ RUCKER |
literature
- Konrad Bund: Frankfurter Glockengießer, . based on a manuscript by Hans Fritzen. In: Konrad Bund (ed.): Frankfurter Glockenbuch (= messages from the Frankfurt city archive ). tape 4 . Publishing house Dr. Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-7829-0211-0 ( formally incorrect ) , Chapter IV: Bells in Frankfurt am Main and Hesse , p. 189 f .
- Jörg Poettgen: Possible sources of error in the transmission of historical bells using the example of early bells from the Mabilon, Petit and Rincker workshops . In: Deutsches Glockenmuseum (Hrsg.): Yearbook for Glockenkunde . tape 23/24 , 2011, ISSN 0938-6998 , p. 131-133 .
- Hellmut Schliephake: Bell customer of the district of Wetzlar. In: Heimatkundliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Lahntal e. V. 12th yearbook. 1989, ISSN 0722-1126 , pp. 5–150, here: pp. 31-44 ( Lauc Rücker in the 15th century ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frank Rudolph: Church guide Marienkirche Niederweidbach (PDF)
- ↑ News on the history of St. Mary's Church , printed in: Together. Community letter of the Evangelical Church Community Niederweidbach No. 58. Feb.-Oct. 2011, 24-26.
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rucker, Laux |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rucker, Lucas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bell founder and gunsmith in Hesse |
DATE OF BIRTH | before 1572 |
DATE OF DEATH | after 1603 |