Oldenburger Wunderhorn
The Oldenburger Wunderhorn is a late medieval drinking horn that is considered a symbol of the Oldenburg Count's House and is now in Copenhagen. It is also the subject of the legend of the Oldenburger Wunderhorn .
history
The Oldenburger Wunderhorn is a richly decorated drinking horn made of gold-plated silver with a height of 37 cm and a length of 22 cm. It is probably a goldsmith's work from Cologne from 1474/75, which came to Oldenburg iO in the 16th century and was kept in Oldenburg Castle . However, more recent research suggests a date around 1400 based on the clothing shown. 1592 it is attested in the inventory of the count's silver treasure.
During the reign of Count Anton Günther of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst (ruled 1603–1667), the famous horn was shown to the guests as a sight. With the death of Count Anton Günther, the counties of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst fell through succession to the royal Danish line of the House of Oldenburg , which brought the Horn to Copenhagen . The Oldenburger Wunderhorn has been at Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen since 1824 .
A true-to-original copy was made in Denmark in 1863 and is now exhibited in Oldenburg Castle . Another copy is in the holdings of the Museum of Hamburg History .
The legend of the Oldenburger Wunderhorn
The following legend relates to the Oldenburger Wunderhorn, which links the handicraft object with the history of the Oldenburg region:
Around the year 989 Count Otto von Oldenburg was hunting in the Barnführerholz near Oldenburg. On the hunt for a deer he separated from his entourage and suddenly found himself alone with his white horse on the sandy Osenberg . He was thirsty, and then a beautiful fairy stepped out of the hill and offered him an elaborate hunter's horn to drink from. But Otto refused because the content struck him as suspicious. Then the fairy said: "Drink up, you and your country should fare well. But if you do not drink, your count's house will fall apart." Otto, however, poured the contents behind him, whereby a few drops fell on his horse's back and seared its fur. When the fairy asked for the empty drinking horn back, the count rode away with it.
Use as an illustration and designation
Achim von Arnim (1781–1831) and Clemens Brentano (1778–1842) published between 1806 and 1808 the three-volume collection of German folk song texts Des Knaben Wunderhorn . The title copper of the second volume (Heidelberg 1808) was an illustration of the Oldenburger Wunderhorn, for which Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) had provided the template and which made the Oldenburger Wunderhorn widely known.
The following are named after the Oldenburger Wunderhorn:
- International Robert Schumann tournament for the Oldenburger Wunderhorn , a women's handball tournament that has been taking place since 1985
- Oldenburger Wunderhorn-Essen , a gastronomic event of the Köche-Club Weser-Ems eV since 2001
- In the Wunderhorn , a street in the Oldenburg district of Osternburg
literature
- Hermann Hamelmann: Oldenburgisch Chronicon , Oldenburg 1599, Reprint Oldenburg 1983, pp. 19-21
- Johann Just Winckelmann: Oldenburg peace and the neighboring Oerter war actions , Oldenburg 1671, Reprint Osnabrück 1977, p. 59
- Johann Just Winckelmann: The origin of the Oldenburger Wunderhorn , Bremen 1694
- Friedrich Gottschalck : The sagas and folk tales of the Germans, Halle 1814 full text Wikisource , [1]
- Ludwig Strackerjan : Superstition and legends from the Duchy of Oldenburg, vol. 1, Oldenburg 1909, p. 491 f.
- Friedrich Schohusen: The Oldenburger Wunderhorn, in: Oldenburger Jahrbuch für Altertumskunde und Landesgeschichte, Kunst und Kunstgewerbe, Vol. 27, Oldenburg 1921, pp. 3–64
- Friedrich Schohusen: News from the Oldenburger Wunderhorn, in: Oldenburger Jahrbuch, Vol. 31, Oldenburg 1927, pp. 261–280
- Hermann Lübbing: Oldenburgische Sagen , Oldenburg 1968, p. 16 f.
- Heinrich Dageförde: The legend of the Oldenburger Horn , Oldenburg 1971
- Johann Michael Fritz: Gothic goldsmithing in Central Europe , Munich 1982, p. 259 (No. 518)
- Michael Reinbold: Artwork of the Month October 1995. Copy of the Oldenburger Wunderhorn. Information sheet of the Landesmuseum Oldenburg (castle), Oldenburg 1995
- Matthias Struck: Mysterious Oldenburg , Oldenburg 2002, p. 16 (PDF; 92 kB)
- Peter Biel: Sandkrug - Pictures and Stories , Oldenburg 1983, pp. 99-102
- Peter Biel: The Sandkrug - An inn in the Osenbergen , Oldenburg 1984, pp. 21-22 and spine
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