Statius Wessel

Statius Wessel , to distinguish it from his grandfather of the same name, Statius Wessel II (* around 1545 ; † before September 14, 1616 in Lübeck ) was a German goldsmith . From 1603 he was the municipal mint master in Lübeck.

Life

Treaty between the council and Wessel from 1603

Statius Wessel came from a family of goldsmiths. His grandfather of the same name, Statius Wessel (I), was a mint master in Lübeck from 1528 to 1531. His father's name was Hans Wessel and is possibly identical to the goldsmith Hans Wessel . After his apprenticeship and traveling years, Statius Wessel became a citizen of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck on April 6, 1571. In 1603 the Lübeck council appointed him mint master. He mainly coined the Reichstaler . His mint mark was a heraldic lily

In 1600 he acquired the house at St.-Annen-Straße 4 from the head of the cathedral . In 1604 he managed the lock on the chain that closed off Fleischhauerstrasse .

Since 1592 he was married to Catharina, b. Philip († 1617), a daughter of the preacher at the cathedral Johann Philip († 1591). The daughter from this marriage, Catharina, married the council secretary Johann Feldhusen in 1613 . Statius Wessel was related to August Hermann Francke's grandmother .

Web links

Wessel family

Individual evidence

↑ So the older literature; But see also the Wessel series ( memento of the original from November 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. that represents a different lineage. @1@ 2

^ Illustration by Heinrich Behrens : Coins and medals of the city and diocese of Lübeck. Verlag der Berliner Münzblätter, Berlin 1905 (reprint 2008, ISBN 978-3-936059-30-4 ) ( digitized ), p. 235

↑ See the family tree in Adolf Sellschopp : New sources for the history of August Hermann Franckes. Halle: Niemeyer 1913 ( digitized )

personal data
SURNAME	Wessel, Statius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wessel II, Statius (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German goldsmith and mint master
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1545
DATE OF DEATH	September 14, 1616
Place of death	Lübeck

[1] So the older literature; But see also the Wessel series ( memento of the original from November 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. that represents a different lineage. @1@ 2

[2] Illustration by Heinrich Behrens : Coins and medals of the city and diocese of Lübeck. Verlag der Berliner Münzblätter, Berlin 1905 (reprint 2008, ISBN 978-3-936059-30-4 ) ( digitized ), p. 235

[3] See the family tree in Adolf Sellschopp : New sources for the history of August Hermann Franckes. Halle: Niemeyer 1913 ( digitized )