Peter August Becker

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Peter August Becker (* before 1772, † after 1801) was a bell and piece caster in Hanover at the time of the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg .

Life

Peter August Becker lived and worked in the Aegidienneustadt of Hanover, there “ on the Walle .” In 1778 he advertised in the magazine Hanoverian advertisements of all kinds of things, which were necessary and useful to publicize the common being under the rubric mixed messages “melodious permanent bells, which he can certify with certificates on request ; also fire sprinklers of various kinds, with double and simple works; of the latter kind another finished, and otherwise all kinds of metalwork. You can get it at any time, e.g. E. Different types of post taps , the piece to 3 to 4 Rtlr. , Mortars , candlesticks , flat irons , wine and beer taps, the former at 18 to 24 mgr. , and the latter to 15 mgr. 24 mgr. also a Rthl. ”In 1780 Becker offered in the same magazine in the category of things to sell, among other things, 4 cannons at 15 pounds each .

Famous works

  • 1772: the largest of three bells for the church in Nordstemmen
  • 1777: Casting of a small, broken bell, which was cast again by the bell founder Dreyer in Linden between 1861 and 1862 .
  • 1785: Casting of the big bell for the church in Liebenau ; shortly afterwards, however, the bell got a crack when the mayor Leiding's death knell, so that the bell's previously beautiful sound was lost. As a result, a lawsuit was brought against Becker. However, in order to save the costs of re-casting, the master blacksmith Hockemeyer tried to knock out the cracked part of the bell with a large forging hammer - with success: The then somewhat usable bell was used until 1833, before it was then used by the bell founder Bock was poured again in Linden. After this procedure the weight of the big bell in Liebenau was 19 3/4 quintals .
  • On March 20, 1801, Becker, who was still active in Hanover, was commissioned to cast a new bell to replace the broken one of the two bells in the Elisabeth Church in Langenhagen , but the weight was not allowed to exceed 13 quintals. For the new cast he was allowed to use the material of the old bell from the Hanoverian bell foundry Weidemann.

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Hector Wilhelm Heinrich Mithoff : Nordstemmen , in ders .: Art monuments and antiquities in Hanover , Volume 3: Principality of Hildesheim together with the formerly free imperial city of Goslar , Hanover: Hellwing'sche Hofbuchhandlung, 1875, p. 206; limited preview in Google Book search
  2. ↑ a b Hi: The bells of the Elisabethkirche Langenhagen , PDF document from May 22, 2013 on the website of the Evangelical Lutheran Elisabeth Church Congregation Langenhagen, last accessed on May 11, 2019
  3. ↑ a b Hanoverian advertisements of all kinds of things, the publication of which is necessary and useful for the common being. From 1780 , Hanover, 1781, column 518; Digitized via Google books
  4. ↑ Hanoverian advertisements of all kinds of things, the announcement of which is necessary and useful to the common being. From 1778 , Hanover, 1779, column 318; Digitized via Google books
  5. ↑ Carl Wolff: Die Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Hannover , Volume 3: District Lüneburg , Part 1: Districts Burgdorf and Fallingbostel , ed. by the Provincial Commission for Research and Conservation of the Monuments in the Province of Hanover, Hanover: Self-published by the Provincial Administration, Theodor Schulzes Buchhandlung, 1902, p. 55; limited preview in Google Book search
  6. ↑ Journal of the Historical Association for Lower Saxony , ed. under the direction of the association committee, born in 1863, Hanover: Hahn'sche Hofbuchhandlung, 1864, p. 332f .; limited preview in Google Book search
  7. ↑ Document information from the Technical Information Library (TIB)
personal data
SURNAME Becker, Peter August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bell founder in Hanover
DATE OF BIRTH before 1772
DATE OF DEATH after 1801