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 arts, textile art which was traditionally Weaving, woven by hand on a loom. Normally it is used to create images rather than patterns. Tapestry is relatively fragile, and difficult to make, so most historical piece ...

, which is owned by the

University of Greifswald The University of Greifswald (; ), formerly known as Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald, is a public research university located in Greifswald, Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Founded in 1456, it is one of th ...

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

Reformation The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a time of major Theology, theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the p ...

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 Szczecin, Stettin – 14 February 1560, in Wolgast) was Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast. Life Philip was the only surviving son of Duke George I, Duke of Pomerania, George, from his first marriage to Amalie of t ...

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

Szczecin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la ...

or Jasenitz. 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, 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, Theology, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Reformation, Pr ...

. Also in the background are the Protestant reformers

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, an intellectual leader of the ...

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 ...

. 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

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of 1548 (thesis by Heimo Reinitzer). Ernst Bogislaw von Croÿ, 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

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, 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 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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