Tilman von Hachenburg

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Tilman von Hachenburg (* around 1420, † around 1486) is one of the first bell founders known by name in the former part of the Archdiocese of Trier on the right bank of the Rhine . More than 40 bells are still preserved from his workshop, mostly in listed churches in the Westerwald area .

Life

Little information has survived about the life of Tilman von Hachenburg. It is unclear whether Hachenburg was his birthplace or that of one of his ancestors. Tilman probably learned the bell-casting trade in Cologne . Around 1450 he opened a workshop in Andernach and acquired citizenship.

In the mid-1460s, Tilman relocated its production to Montabaur and acquired citizenship there. From this workshop he delivered bells to churches on the right bank of the Rhine in the Archdiocese of Trier. The 15th century saw the high point of the introduction of the Gothic rib bell .

The workshop in Andernach was taken over by his journeyman Johann van Andernach, whose descendants carried it on until 1543. Until 1488, the churches on the left bank of the Rhine in the Archdiocese of Trier were preferably supplied from here.

Tilmann died around 1486. ​​After Tilman's death, the workshop in Andernach took over delivery on the right bank of the Rhine.

In Hachenburg, Tilmannstrasse was named after him.

Preserved bells (selection)

Marien or Elfuhr bell in the Evangelical Church in Großen-Linden

literature

  • Bernhard Hemmerle : Preserved medieval bells in the Limburg-Weilburg district . In: Yearbook for the Limburg-Weilburg district . The district committee of the district of Limburg-Weilburg, Limburg 2006, ISBN 3-927006-41-6 , p. 259-264 .
  • Kurt Köster : Tilman von Hachenburg. Studies on the work of a bell founder from the Middle Rhine . In: Yearbook of the Hessian Church History Association . tape 8 , 1957, pp. 1-206 .
  • Hellmut Schliephake: Bell customer of the district of Wetzlar. In: Heimatkundliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Lahntal e. V. 12th yearbook. 1989, ISSN  0722-1126 , pp. 5-150, here: pp. 26-29 ( Tilman von Hachenberg in the 15th century ).

Web links

Commons : Tilman von Hachenburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernhard Hemmerle: Preserved medieval bells in the Limburg-Weilburg district, p. 261.
personal data
SURNAME Tilman von Hachenburg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dielman von Hachenburg; Dillmann von Hachenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bell founder
DATE OF BIRTH around 1420
DATE OF DEATH around 1486