Stantler (family)

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The Stantler family (also Ständler or Stäntler ) was a family of blade smiths from Passau in the 15th - 17th centuries . The Stantlers built 1455-1647 blades for swords and sword .

They owned a house in Passau and a hammer workshop in Haibach in Lower Bavaria .

signature
Crescent moon with cross
Passau wolf stamp

Their products were exported across Europe under the trademark Passauer Wolfsklingen . The symbol embossed in the blade represented a running wolf, a reference to the coat of arms of the Passau bishops ( Passau wolf ). Other trademarks were a crescent moon with a cross and the signature “Stantler”.

List of known family members

  • Ulrich, * around 1420, † 1486/87.
  • Michel * around 1460/65, † around 1520/25, Ulrich's son. Became a citizen and master craftsman in Passau in 1487.
  • Wolfgang (I), 1534 and 1557 mentioned in a document.
  • Wolfgang (II), * around 1552, † October 4, 1617.
  • Thomas * around 1580, † around 1650. Son of Wolfgang (II). Last verifiable blade smith of the family in Passau.

Blades from the Stantler's workshop are preserved in the Historical Museum in Dresden , in the Armory in Berlin , in the Army Museum in Paris , in the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg and in the Museum Altes Zeughaus Solothurn .

A branch of the Passau line was also located in Munich . The Ständlerstraße in Munich reminiscent of the blacksmith family .

literature

  • The blade forge in the rest of Europe . In: Heribert Seitz: Ein Waffenhistorisches Handbuch - Edged weapons II - History and type development in the European cultural sector - From the 16th to 19th centuries , Klinkhardt & Biermann , Braunschweig 1965, ( OCLC 891820635 ), p. 272

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karl Bosl : Bosls Bavarian Biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, p. 745 digitized
  2. ^ Upper House Museum of the City of Passau : The Secret of the Brotherhood - Guild and Crafts in Passau - Catalog for the exhibition of the City of Passau in the Upper House Museum 1996 . Passau 1996, ISBN 3-929350-17-3 , p. 17 .
  3. ^ RegioWiki Niederbayern: Passauer Wolfsklingen
  4. ^ Association for historical weapons science : magazine for historical weapons and costume science . tape 6 . de Gruyter , Berlin 1914, OCLC 18712643 , p. 271 .