Nikolaus Theiner

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City church Jena-Lobeda, pulpit by Nikolaus Theiner the Elder Ä.
The town hall portal in Gera, on the right the Geraer Elle (0.572 m)

Nikolaus Theiner the Elder Ä. (* around 1535/40 in Lobeda ; † March 26, 1620 in Weimar ) was a stonemason and master builder of the Renaissance and is proven several times in Jena and the surrounding area in the second half of the 16th century . His symbol: ligature from the letters NTL - Nikolaus Theiner Lobedanus.

Nikolaus Theiner the Elder Ä. first appears in documents of the city of Lobeda in 1555 as "defensive". His son Nikolaus Theiner the Younger was born in Lobeda (* date unknown, place: Lobeda; † August 2, 1648 in Weimar). From 1555 he worked as a stonemason and site manager with various residences. Nikolaus Theiner d. Ä. Citizens of the cities of Lobeda, Gera and Weimar. From these places he worked in the Central Thuringia area.

Works

  • 1556 Lobeda : the pulpit in the Lobedaer Peterskirche is often attributed to Nikolaus Theiner, although a foreign stonemason's mark is struck. The quality of the workmanship also speaks for a very experienced master. Theiner may have worked as a journeyman for him.
  • 1562 Jena : Chimney in the prince's cellar
  • 1573 to 1576 construction of the Gera town hall according to plans by Nikolaus Gromann ; There also stonemason work on the town hall portal with two other stonemasons
  • 1571 Magdala , town hall: portal
  • 1573/76 Weimar , castle
  • 1581 Zottelstedt , church: reliefs
  • 1590/91 Weimar, castle
  • 1594 Jena , Johannisfriedhof: Schrot grave
  • 1601 Bürgel , town church: portal
  • 1610 tear down , church: baptismal font
  • 1610 Oßmannstedt , church: portal and vestibule
  • 1611 Oßmannstedt, church: baptismal font

Web links

Commons : Nikolaus Theiner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dehio, Georg: Handbook of German Architectural Monuments - Thuringia, Munich 1998.
  2. ^ Hallof, L. and K .: The south portal at the city church in Bürgel and its inscriptions, in: Zum Burgelin, Heft 4, Bürgel 1996.
  3. ↑ Marckwardt, Werner: Stone witnesses to the history of Lobeda, Jena-Lobeda 2014.

literature

  • Koch: History of the city of Lobeda. Jena 1941
personal data
SURNAME Theiner, Nikolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jena stonemason and master builder of the Renaissance
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH Lobeda
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1620
Place of death Weimar