Hochzeits- und Reformationsgedenkteppich Philipps I

The Croÿ-Teppich (Tapetum Concordiae) is a 6.80 metre long and 4.32 metre

tapestry Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Tapestry is weft-faced weaving, in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work, unlike most woven textiles, where both the warp and the weft threads may ...

, which is owned by the

University of Greifswald The University of Greifswald (; german: Universität Greifswald), formerly also known as “Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald“, is a public research university located in Greifswald, Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pom ...

. It is considered a unique cultural and historical testimony from the time of the

Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

due to its size, depiction and quality of execution. The work was commissioned by Duke

Philip I, Duke of Pomerania Philip I of Pomerania (14 May 1515, in Stettin – 14 February 1560, in Wolgast) was Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast. Life Philip was the only surviving son of Duke George, from his first marriage to Amalie of the Palatinate. After his mother died, o ...

in 1554 and made by Peter Heymans, a Dutch image weaver, in

Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...

Jasenitz Jasienica (german: Jasenitz) is a district of Police, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Police, Poland, a town in the Pomerania Region. In the Pomerania during the High Middle Ages, High and Pomerania during the Late Middle Ages, Late Middle Ages, the v ...

. The basse-lisse technique was used. On the carpet is a depiction of the Pomeranian Duke Philip I with his family as well as the family of his wife

Maria of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania Maria of Saxony (german: Maria von Sachsen; 15 December 1515 in Weimar – 7 January 1583 in Wolgast) was a member of the Ernestine line of the house Wettin and a Princess of Saxony by birth and by marriage a Duchess of Pomerania. Life Mary was ...

, of the Course of Saxony Princely House on the occasion of the wedding. The figures are arranged below the preaching

Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Reformation, Protestant Refo ...

. Also in the background are the

Protestant reformers Protestant Reformers were those theologians whose careers, works and actions brought about the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. In the context of the Reformation, Martin Luther was the first reformer (sharing his views publicly in 15 ...

Philipp Melanchthon Philip Melanchthon. (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lu ...

and

Johannes Bugenhagen Johannes Bugenhagen (24 June 1485 – 20 April 1558), also called ''Doctor Pomeranus'' by Martin Luther, was a German theologian and Lutheran priest who introduced the Protestant Reformation in the Duchy of Pomerania and Denmark in the 16th ce ...

. But not only the wedding is to be depicted, but also the longed-for unity of faith within Lutheranism in view of the disputes after the

Augsburg Interim The Augsburg Interim (full formal title: ''Declaration of His Roman Imperial Majesty on the Observance of Religion Within the Holy Empire Until the Decision of the General Council'') was an imperial decree ordered on 15 May 1548 at the 1548 Diet ...

of 1548 (thesis by

Heimo Reinitzer Heimo Reinitzer (born 24 September 1943) is an Austrian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () ...

Ernst Bogislaw von Croÿ Ernst Bogislaw von Croÿ (26 August 1620, in Finstingen (Fénétrange) – 7 February 1684, in Königsberg) was a Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Cammin and official in the service of Brandenburg-Prussia. Family Ernst Bogisl ...

, son of Duchess Anna von Pommern, donated the tapestry to the Greifswald University in 1681. The donation was accompanied by the condition that it be displayed in the university's large lecture hall every ten years, on the anniversary of Duchess Anna's death on 7 July. During the Second World War, the work was initially removed to

Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the stat ...

, from where it was transferred to the before being returned to the place of its testamentary destination on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the university in 1956. Since 2005, the Croÿ carpet has been on loan from the University of Greifswald to the

Pommersches Landesmuseum The Pomeranian State Museum (german: Pommersches Landesmuseum) in Greifswald, Western Pomerania, is a public museum primarily dedicated to Pomeranian history and arts. The largest exhibitions show archeological findings and artefacts from the ...

in Greifswald. In 2014, it was entered in the .Beschreibungsdetails
on Datenbank geschützter Kulturgüter

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Croy-Teppich
Informationen der Universität Greifswald zur Tradition der Croy-Feiern und zum Croy-Fest 2021. {{DEFAULTSORT:CroyTeppich Tapestries University of Greifswald House of Griffins 16th-century works House of Croÿ

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