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- 1456 citizen in Nuremberg, merchant, traded in the Adige
Martin Rosentljaler, Burger in Nürnberg, reiset ins gelobte Land, kam wieder 1492, ligt begraben in Sant Sebalds Kirch ben der Schau Thür unter seinem eigenen Stein.
Mögen die Rosenthaler in Frieden ruhen, und hoffen wir, dass sie nicht noch einmal, wenigstens nicht ganz unverschuldet, in ihrer Ruhe gestört werden!
Martin Rosenthaler, citizen of Nuremberg, travels to the promised land, came again in 1492, buried in Sant Sebald's church ben the show door under his own stone.
May the Rosenthals rest in peace, and we hope that they will not be disturbed again, at least not completely uninvited, in their rest!
NÜRNBERGER MESSING GOODS IN TYROL
Erich Egg
Nuremberg was famous since the 15th century as a city of brass and bronze goods,
which were exported all over the world1. Business efficiency and craftsmanship
formed the basis for Nuremberg's world position in the field of artistically
used commodities made of copper and its alloys. But the city was lying
not at the center of a mining area that supplied the raw materials. The purchase-
The male spirit of his patrician merchants, however, has understood the metals
to bring to Nuremberg. Copper was sourced from Upper Hungary and Tyrol, tin and
Zinc from the Bohemian and Saxon mountain districts. Thanks to the ingenuity, the practical
talents for the worldly coveted and a dainty craftsmanship
It was possible to produce castings from the raw material which were exportable. I) ie
Organization of production by specialization of the individual craft branches
the most varied goods gave Nuremberg a comprehensive monopoly position.
The production of brass and bronze ware is not in the lap of the city.
fall. Previously, Dinant and Bouvines went to Belgium and Aachen, where neighboring zinc
mines supplied one of the raw materials, because brass is 15 to 30 percent
zinc and 70 to 85 percent copper. There was also refractory clay,
which was important for the melting pot. In Dinant have been around since the 12th century
Casting vessels, bowls, baptismal fonts, candlesticks, etc. Made of brass in large quantities
and widely exported as Dinanderien. The panels of Dutch painters since
Hubert van Eyck show such brass instruments. In 1466, Dinant was defeated in the course of warlike
destroyed in the dispute over the construction of the Burgundian interim empire.
Since then, the city has never regained its former economic importance. But
also Aachen and the cast iron smelters of the Harz Mountains
Germany lost much of its importance in the 15th century.
Nuremberg recognized his chance and built his position as successor quickly and
fragrant. The purchase of untreated copper from Tyrol was witnessed early on. The Nuremberg
Lukas Hirschvogel is buried in the Schwaz parish church (1473). He was sure like that
In 1444 Leonhard Hirschvogel called a copper buyer2. The son of the Nuremberg
Dealer Martin Rosentaler, Kaspar, settled in Schwaz around 15003. He will
As his father several times in the documents as a dealer of Niirnberger copper and Mes-
named in 1542 and died in Schwaz in 1542 as a respected merchant, patron
foundations and clients of artistic work. On the of him at 1519/20
donated fresco of the Ecce homo in the cloister of the Schwaz Franciscan monastery is his
Portrait has been preserved4. Due to the large copper purchases was also the paragraph of
Niirnberger Gußwaren in Tirol very much promoted.
At the end of the 15th century, the production of brass and bronze goods stood
in Niirnberg already in full bloom, which continued throughout the 16th century.
The brass supplied by the foundries was of a great number of different kinds
Handicrafts further processed. One part was hammered into metal and hammered in hammers
then processed by the pelvic bats to driven pelvis and shingles, which for
the household, as blood bowls for the barbers and as baptismal bowls for church choirs
Purposes were used. Imitations of the brass basin are still used today
Signboards of the hairdressers who have replaced the barbers and Bader. This
brass basins were a Niirnberg monopoly, the
Sworn crafts, emigration was banned in 1493. Another part of the
Rohmessmgs was the casting of Tiirringen, weights, syringes, chandeliers, grave slabs,
Pipes (faucets), mortars, incense burners, bowl rings, hanging chandeliers, etc.
applies. The simple, only decorated with profiles, round sconces were from
Turned brass turners. This untwisting of the raw material in the brass mills and
Lathe banks were the great secret of Niirnberg, his turners owed these
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Abt 1418 - 1492 (74 years)
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