Peter Köster (sculptor)

The Leibnizhaus in Hanover

Peter Köster (* around 1621 , place of birth unknown; † buried on June 21, 1669 in Hanover ; also Koster , Kuster , Küster ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Apart from his marriage to Catharina Schrader (1663 in Hanover), only a few details of Peter Köster's life have come down to us. He was a student of Ludolf Witte and was considered the most creative sculptor of his time in Hanover. His main work is the stone work on the facade of the Leibnizhaus (built in 1652). It was considered the most beautiful Renaissance house in the city until it was completely destroyed during the air raids on Hanover in 1943 during World War II . When the Leibnizhaus was rebuilt from 1981 to 1983 on the Holzmarkt in Hanover, it was reconstructed using old documents and photos.

In addition, Köster created numerous, mostly no longer preserved gravestones. A relief on Cord Hölling's grave (around 1660) inside the Neustädter St. Johannis Church and the Hanebut tombstone (around 1661) in the St. Nicolai Church in Hanover-Bothfeld have been preserved . Peter Köster is known as the "Master of the Leibniz House".

Honors

Peter-Köster-Straße in Groß-Buchholz , laid out in 1927, was named after the sculptor.

Works

• A coat of arms of Duke Georg Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg from 1649 is integrated on the north side of the former ducal armory (today: Historisches Museum am Hohen Ufer) in the street Roßmühle .
• Façade of the Leibnizhaus in Hanover (reconstruction of the state from 1893)
• The Köster created a tombstone for Jasper Hanebuth's younger brother Hinrich , who died in 1661 , which can still be found today in the St. Nicolai Church in Bothfeld . There is also another tombstone of Kösters outside this church.
• Grave relief for the citizen Cord Hölling (around 1660), inside the Neustädter St. Johannis Church
• Gravestones in the old St. Nikolai cemetery in Hanover. In addition, there are numerous, mostly no longer existing or badly weathered gravestones in and around Hanover.
• The coat of arms in the Kreuzkirchenviertel , Kreuzstraße 11 , at the location of the former tailor's office , presumably comes from Köster. The inscription reads: "DAS AMPT DER SCHNEIDER GILHAUS"; the original addition on the right, "IST GEBAUWET ANNO DOMMINI 1669", was replaced by "RIEDERRICHTET IN 1939" under National Socialism .
• During excavations at the old town hall in Hanover , a stone relief with the Hanover city ​​coat of arms was found, as well as one by Hans Nottelmann the Elder . Both reliefs are kept as cultural assets by the Historical Museum on the Hohen Ufer .

literature

• Köster, Peter . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 192 .
• Helmut Zimmermann : Hanoverian portraits. Harenberg Verlag, Hanover 1983, ISBN 3-89042-008-7 .
• Hugo Thielen : Köster (also Koster, Kuster, Küster), Peter. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , pp. 205-206 (reading sample: books.google.de ).

Web links

Commons : Peter Köster  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Helmut Knocke, Hugo Thielen: Pferdestraße 6. In: Hanover Art and Culture Lexicon. P. 179 ff.
2. ↑ Helmut Zimmermann: Hanebuth… In: Jasper u. A. Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon. Pp. 149, 408 (excerpt: books.google.de ).
3. ^ Hugo Thielen: Köster (also Koster, Kuster, Küster), Peter. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover . P. 361.
4. ↑ Helmut Knocke, Hugo Thielen: Sutelstrasse 19/20. In: Hanover Art and Culture Lexicon. P. 202 f.
5. ↑ Helmut Knocke, Hugo Thielen: Goseriede. In: Hanover Art and Culture Lexicon. P. 124 f.
6. ^ Helmut Knocke, Hugo Thielen: Kreuzstrasse. In: Hanover Art and Culture Lexicon. P. 162.
7. ↑ Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen: Schmiedestraße 1. In: Hanover Art and Culture Lexicon . P. 194 ff., Here: P. 197.