Person GND

Name

Knorr (Knorre), Wolff Albrecht (um 1595-1643)

Son of the mintmaster Ernst Knorr the Elder (1556-1622).

Appointed mintmaster in Corvey/Northrhine-Westphalia in October 1620, active there until 1624.

Again appointed mintmaster in Corvey from 1638 to 1643.

Wolff Albrecht Knorre's personal symbol was a combination of a Zainhaken (mintmaster's tool) and a tau cross resp. a monogram of the letters F, K and a Zainhaken.

Lit.: P. Ilisch - A. Schwede, Das Münzwesen im Stift Corvey 1541-1794 (2007) pp. 34, 232-234.

Types

Mintmaster (MM Mod) Info

GND

https://d-nb.info/gnd/1196290342 GND

VIAF

http://viaf.org/viaf/22157037990966861707 nomisma

https://mmlo.de/12096

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https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/person/11741

created

10.05.2024