Matern Harder

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Matern Harder (also Matern of Strasbourg called * unknown, † 1525 in Nuremberg ) was an architect of the early modern period .

He came from Strasbourg and was a kit master . Then he made a name for himself as a gun founder. He also headed a gun unit when Duke Ulrich von Württemberg made a campaign. Since moving to Nuremberg, where it was first recorded in 1512, his name has been associated with the building of fortresses.

literature

  • Ludwig F. Heyd, Karl Pfaff: Ulrich, Herzog zu Württemberg: Volume 1 (1841) p. 579
  • Joseph Baader: Contributions to the Art History of Nuremberg, Volumes 1–2, (1860) p. 18
  • Albert von Zahn: Jahrbücher für Kunstwissenschaft, Volume 1 (1868) p. 261
  • Anzeiger des Germanisches Nationalmuseums (1975) pp. 73–74
  • Heinrich Müller: Albrecht Dürer, Weapons and Armaments (2002), p. 29
  • Volker Grabow: Artillery, 500 Years of Powder Guns and Gunsmithing (2008), p. 316
personal data
SURNAME Harder, Matern
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matern of Strasbourg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German builder of the early modern period
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 1525
Place of death Nuremberg