Oswald Hilliger (II.)

Oswald Hilliger (* 1518 in Freiberg ; † 1546 Stettin ) was a German gun and bell caster from the Hilliger foundry dynasty based in Freiberg .

Life

Oswald Hilliger was the son of Martin Hilliger and after his death worked together with his brother Wolfgang Hilliger in the former father's workshop. After casting the Luther plaque for the castle church of Hartenfels Castle in 1545 together with Wolfgang, he became a gun foundry for Duke Philip I of Pomerania in Stettin . From then on, Wolfgang ran the foundry in Freiberg alone. Oswald died early in his new home town.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Hilliger (bell and gun foundry family) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 99-100 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hilliger, Oswald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hilger, Wolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German gun and bell founder
DATE OF BIRTH	1518
PLACE OF BIRTH	Freiberg
DATE OF DEATH	1546
Place of death	Szczecin

[ThB-1] Hilliger (bell and gun foundry family) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 99-100 .