Balthasar Wolff
Balthasar Wolff (* in Heilbronn ; † around 1564 in Heilbronn) was a German stonemason and master builder .
The master builder, first mentioned in 1522, received citizenship in Heilbronn in 1533. In Heilbronn in 1534 he designed the Käthchenhauserker with the four half-length portraits of four Jewish prophets . In 1541 he was commissioned to design the Heilbronn seven-tube fountain . The relief of Christ and the Samaritan woman on the tympanum of the fountain was not created by Wolff. Balthasar-Wolff-Strasse in Heilbronn has been named after him since 1925 .
Outside Heilbronn, he built several castles for the Barons of Gemmingen , redesigned Neuenstein Castle and expanded Weilburg Castle . He also built at Waldenburg Castle as well as in Homburg and Mainz.
- Relief work by Balthasar Wolff
Jeseja, Jewish prophet at the Käthchenhauserker
Jeremiah, Jewish prophet at the Käthchenhauserker
Hosea, Jewish prophet at the Käthchenhauserker
Habakkuk, Jewish prophet at the Käthchenhauserker
Siebenröhrenbrunnen , Charlemagne
Siebenröhrenbrunnen , Charles IV.
literature
- Wolff, Balthasar . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 192 .
- Gerhard Schwinghammer and Reiner Makowski: The Heilbronner street names. Edited by the city of Heilbronn. 1st edition. Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen 2005, ISBN 3-87407-677-6 , p. 36.
- Moriz von Rauch: Balthasar Wolff, a Heilbronn master builder of the 16th century . In: Württemberg quarterly for regional history . New series 31 (1922–1924), 1925, p. 200–216 , doi : 10.11588 / artdok.00006776 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Data from the Heilbronn City Archives, signature ZS-11594, Contemporary History Collection - Wolff, Balthasar; Builder. in the HEUSS database.
- ↑ The bay window at the Käthchenhaus . In: Swabia and Franconia. Local history supplement of the Heilbronn voice. Saturday May 7th 1955.
- ↑ Wolff, Balthasar . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 192 .
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SURNAME | Wolff, Balthasar |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German stonemason and master builder |
DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Heilbronn |
DATE OF DEATH | around 1564 |
Place of death | Heilbronn |