Christian Großbayer

Portrait of Christian Großbayer on a votive picture (reproduction on a text panel in the monastery church he built in Oberndorf am Neckar , original: Stadt Haigerloch) as a thank you for recovery after a leg problem, 1780

Christian Groß Bayer (* 1. January 1718 in Haigerloch , † 1782 ibid) was the chief architect and architect of the late Baroque in Hohenzollern and Hohenzollern-Hechingen and city mayor of Haigerloch.

Life

Großbayer was born in Haigerloch on January 1, 1718, the son of master mason Valentin Großbayer and Anna Ney. In 1739 he passed his master mason examination and married Theresia Diamanstein in Donauwörth that same year . In 1740 it is documented that he and his brother Franz (1709–1777), also a master bricklayer and, after his father's death in 1739, a brickworker, carried out repairs on various stately buildings in the Haigerloch area.

Haigerloch Castle and Castle Church

Großbayer was one of three local artists who were in the favor of their sponsor Prince Joseph Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1715–1769). Joseph Friedrich moved the residence of the small principality from Sigmaringen to Haigerloch. In the 32 years until his death, the prince had the small town of Haigerloch converted into his baroque ruler's seat with the help of Großbayer. In 1741 and 1742, at the age of 23, Christian Großbayer rebuilt the Lower Town Church in Haigerloch. From 1744 to 1746 he was commissioned to rebuild the upper town tower, and in 1747 the castle fountain was built. Even before the construction of St. Anna's Church, he was busy renovating the Dominican convent in Rangendingen . Then Christian Großbayer appears in Hechinger construction bills with journeymen and henchmen.

Without these prestige objects, Großbayer would probably not have been able to expand its sphere of activity into the entire Hohenzollern dominion. Buildings bearing the signature of Greater Bavaria can be found within a 40-kilometer radius of his hometown Haigerloch. In 1775 he took over the construction management of the monastery church Oberndorf am Neckar , in 1780 he rebuilt the monastery church Inzigkofen . Christian Großbayer bought land worth 5,000 guilders between 1740 and 1778. At that time, the daily wage of a master mason was 1/2 gulden. In 1782 he died as a town schoolmaster and master builder in his hometown of Haigerloch.

literature

• Eckart Hannmann, Karl Werner Steim: Christian Großbayer. 1718-1782. A Hohenzollern builder of the late baroque . Jan Thorbecke, Sigmaringen, 1982. ISBN 3-7995-4042-3
• Hans Albrecht Oehler: Großbayer und die Maler, in: Zeitschrift für Hohenzollerische Geschichte, 29./116. Vol., Sigmaringen 1993, pp. 77-99.
• Ulrich Feldhahn: Christian Großbayer (1718-1782): Facts and questions on the 300th birthday of the Haigerloch master builder , in: Hohenzollerische Heimat, No. 4/2017, pp. 87–92.