Triumphal Cross in Lübeck Cathedral

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Triumphal Cross by Bernt Notke in the Lübeck Cathedral
Effect before 1943

The triumphal cross of Bernt Notke is the dominant late medieval sculpture in Lübeck Cathedral today .

Triumphal cross

In Lübeck Cathedral there is the striking 17-meter-high triumphal cross by the Lübeck artist Bernt Notke , which dominates the nave . It was donated by the Lübeck bishop Albert II. Krummendiek from his own but borrowed funds and erected in the nave in 1477. The cost was 2,000 marks in Luebisch . Krummendiek is shown as a donor among the sculptures on the triumphal cross . The Mary Magdalene to the legend, his concubine , that represent his mistress. His private finances never recovered from this generous foundation. In the case of this central work of art, too, it was not until the 20th century that the art-historical assignment to artist and workshop was possible. The preacher Heinrich Christian Zietz remarks only briefly in his depiction around 1820: “In front of the choir, a large, curled wooden cross with several kneeling and standing figures floats on a queer bar. The bishop Albert von Crumedyk had it put there in 1477, he died in 1489. He immortalized his portrait, together with a Magdalena, under which figure, according to legend, his sleeper is depicted; The artist demonstrated a great deal of diligence in its execution. "This classification of Notke's work as diligent work changed vividly over the course of the 19th century and the art historian Grautoff, who was critical of the church, remarked:" The most important monument of this time is that in 1477 from Bishop Albert Crummedyk donated triumphal cross in the cathedral, the most excellent testimony to the by educated Can the Lübeck artist, which unfortunately in 1894 very spoiled by clumsy restoration as some other monuments of the cathedral. "the triumph cross was the Dombrand after the air raid on Lübeck badly damaged in 1942 and as a result, professionally renovated in the 1970s. A workshop slip from Bernt Notke was found in one finger.

literature

  • Johannes Baltzer , Friedrich Bruns: The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Issued by the building authorities. Volume III: Church of Old Lübeck. Dom. Jakobikirche. Aegidia Church . Verlag von Bernhard Nöhring, Lübeck 1920, pp. 158–162 Unchanged reprint 2001: ISBN 3-89557-167-9
  • Max Hasse : Albert Krummediek, a bishop of Lübeck. In: Der Wagen , 1953
  • Kerstin Petermann: Bernt Notke. Working method and workshop organization in the late Middle Ages. Reimer, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-496-01217-X .
  • Hildegard Vogeler , Uwe Albrecht and Hartmut Freytag (eds.): Bernt Notke. The Triumphal Cross in Lübeck Cathedral . Verlag Ludwig, Kiel 2010, ISBN 978-3-86935-033-2 .
  • Heinrich Christian Zietz : Views of the Free Hanseatic City of Lübeck and its surroundings. Frankfurt a. M. 1822
  • Jan Friedrich Richter : Triumphal Cross in: Jan Friedrich Richter (Hrsg.): Lübeck 1500 - Art metropolis in the Baltic region . Catalog. Imhoff, Petersberg 2015, pp. 161–165 (No. 3)

Web links

Commons : Triumphcrucifix in Lübeck Cathedral  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Latin inscription text on the girder with explanation and translation by: Adolf Clasen : Misunderstood treasures - Lübeck's Latin inscriptions in the original and in German. Lübeck 2002, ISBN 3-7950-0475-6 , p. 57 ff.
  2. ↑ Ernst Deecke: Mr. Krummendiek . In: Lübische stories and legends . Carl Boldemann, Lübeck 1852, p. 235 ( Wikisource )
  3. ^ Heinrich Christian Zietz: Views of the Free Hanseatic City of Lübeck and its surroundings. Frankfurt a. M. 1822, p. 96.
  4. ^ Otto Grautoff : Lübeck . Leipzig 1908, p. 72.