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 .

personal data
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

[1] Data from the Heilbronn City Archives, signature ZS-11594, Contemporary History Collection - Wolff, Balthasar; Builder. in the HEUSS database.

[2] The bay window at the Käthchenhaus . In: Swabia and Franconia. Local history supplement of the Heilbronn voice. Saturday May 7th 1955.

[3] 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 .