Bonaventure Schwanthaler
Bonaventura Schwanthaler (* July 14, 1678 in Ried im Innkreis , today Austria , then Bavaria ; † May 17, 1744 , Enzenkirchen , Austria, then also Bavaria) was, in keeping with family tradition, a sculptor - but also a Bavarian freedom fighter and leader of the Bavarian popular uprising 1705 .
Life
Bonaventura Schwanthaler was born as the son of Thomas Schwanthaler and Maria Katharina Zetler. In addition to the two siblings Johann Josef and Johann Franz, he also had two half-siblings, namely another Johann Franz and Basilius .
According to Christian Probst , he was the leader of the farm boys at the Ried court . The 200 lads led by Schwanthaler ordered the rest of the peasantry to come to Tumeltsham and Aurolzmünster and threatened those who opposed this with the death penalty and their farms burned down.
Schwanthaler was apparently married twice: In the sources there is first a Josefa, later an Eva, who died on November 8, 1749 in Enzenkirchen .
Works
- In the parish church of Gmunden in Gmunden is Schwanthaler's man of sorrows "Christ in prison".
- 1701 Figures of the Madonna and Child, Leonhard and Antonius in the parish church of Geiersberg
literature
- Christian Probst : Better to die Bavarian. The Bavarian popular uprising in 1705 and 1706. Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-7991-5970-3 .
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| SURNAME | Schwanthaler, Bonaventure |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sculptor and leader of the Bavarian popular uprising in 1705 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1678 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ried im Innkreis , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1744 |
| Place of death | Enzenkirchen , Austria |