Niclas Keisjer

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Epitaph by Niclas Keisjer in the parish church of St. Martin in Cochem

Niclas Keisjer ( Kayser the Elder ) (* around 1481 in Cochem ; † April 6, 1569 there ) was a waiter from the Electorate of Trier and bailiff .

Life

Niclas Keisjer served as an imperial captain during the first Turkish siege of Vienna in 1529 . Subsequently he was electoral waiter in Ulmen for 5 years and until 1557 electoral trier bailiff in Cochem. An epitaph preserved by him in the old choir in the Cochem parish church of St. Martin shows Keisjer in a life-size representation.

The portrait-like ornate tombstone epitaph by Nicolas Keisjer is about 1.85 m tall, made of gray sandstone and coated with a thick layer of oil paint. During the renovation in 1997, the dispersion and oil paints were removed and a limestone glaze was applied instead.

In the depiction, Keisjer is shown in his splendid armor with chain mail, smooth chest, shoulder and leg armor, as well as harem pants. His helmet is at his feet, his originally folded hands have been lost and the civil coat of arms is depicted in the upper gable. In the upper arched frieze an inscription was made, which contains the following text.

Arched frieze with inscription

ON (N) O 1569 APRIL 6TH DIED IN GOD THE Honorable NICLAS KEIJSER, HIS AGE 99 YEARS. KEIJSERLICHER MAJ (E) ST (ÄT) HAUPTMA (NN) AGAINST THE HERITAGE ENEMY OF THE TURKEY AND TRIERIAN CHURF. G (NADEN) VOGT TO KOCHEM. DE (M) GOTT KE (H) R AND WEN (D) ALL THINGS TO GO TO THE END. MY HOPE TO YOU AND NOBODY MORE.

literature

  • Alfons Friderichs (ed.): Kayser (Keisjer), Niclas d. Ä. In: Personalities of the Cochem-Zell district, Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , p. 178.
  • Alfons Friderichs (Ed.): 1557 Niclas Keizer, Vogt zu Cochem , In: Documents & Regesta of the cities, communities, castles, monasteries, mills and farms in the Cochem-Zell district until 1900, Kliomedia, Trier 2010, ISBN 978-3- 89890-125-3 , p. 143.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Die Kunstdenkmäler von Rheinland-Pfalz, Third Volume, Part 2, Die Kunstdenkmäler des Landkreis Cochem, Part 1, edited by Ernst Wackenroder , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich 1959, Cochem, Kath. Pfarrkirche, tombstone Niclas Keisjer, d. 1569, p. 155 -156
personal data
SURNAME Keisjer, Niclas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kayser, Niclas the Elder Ä.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vogt
DATE OF BIRTH around 1481
PLACE OF BIRTH Cochem
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1569
Place of death Cochem