Christoph Hackner

Christoph Hackner (* 16th March 1663 in Jawor , Duchy of Jawor , † 2. April 1741 in Breslau ) was a German architect of the Baroque .

Life

Christoph Hackner learned the mason trade in his hometown and then went on the usual years of traveling as a journeyman . After his return he received training as a master builder with Johann Georg Knoll in Breslau from 1695 to 1696 . In 1705 he was appointed the oldest of his guild and building inspector ( inheritance ) of the Wroclaw magistrate. In 1716 he rose to the position of master builder ( city ​​mason ) in Breslau and was given the task of rebuilding the city court. In the last years of his life he rose to the position of court architect of the Breslau prince-bishop Philipp Ludwig Cardinal von Sinzendorf .

Works (selection)

• Parish church in Trachenberg , 1706–23;
• Palais Hatzfeld in Breslau , 1714–22;
• Trachenberg Castle (also Hatzfeld Castle) in Żmigród (Trachenberg), large parts of it rebuilt by him after 1700, continued work by Carl Gotthard Langhans from 1764 ;
• Hochbergkapelle at the Church of St. Vincent in Breslau , 1723–27;
• Eleven Thousand Virgins Church in Breslau ( predecessor to the current one ), 1725–34;
• Collegium Leopoldina (today the main building of the University of Breslau ), 1728–43;
• "Weißes Vorwerk", pleasure palace of the Wroclaw prince-bishop, after 1734.

Most of his buildings have been preserved or rebuilt after 1945.

literature

• Dehio Handbook of Art Monuments in Poland. Silesia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich et al. 2005, ISBN 3-422-03109-X , pp. 59f., 63, 123, 194, 247, 256, 422, 475, 742, 798, 968, 1003, 1057, 1069, 1071, 1077 , 1084, 1100, 1109, 1124, 1139, 1147, 1208f.
• Hugo Weczerka (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical places . Volume: Silesia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 316). Kröner, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , pp. 49, 79, 191 and 542.
• Traud Gravenhorst: Silesia, experiences of a country. Wroclaw 1938
• Hans Jung: Hackner, Christoph - a Silesian baroque master builder