David Khöll

Stonemason's mark David Khöll

David Khöll (* 1652 ; † July 28, 1683 in Vienna ) was the imperial court stonemason and in 1682 the headmaster of the Viennese building works .

Life

David was born into a family of stonemasons, his father Bartholomäus Khöll was the imperial master stonemason , his mother Christine, daughter of Simon Unger, once a stonemason and master builder at St. Stephan .

The mother died on July 21, 1661 at the age of 29. In her will, she bequeathed her three children, David, Maria and one-year-old Michael , 150 guilders each in cash to a silver kändl on the ornamental gold . One of the will witnesses was Adam Haresleben , currently a cathedral master builder.

The father remarried, he wrote his will on February 19, 1664, the day after he died at the age of 50. The widow married the master stonemason Urban Illmayr , who took over and continued the business in 1665. David and his siblings were orphaned become her livelihood by the parental legacy secured.

The stepfather as a teacher

The stepfather Urban Illmayr took David in as an apprentice and released him on July 5, 1671 in front of an open drawer as a journeyman and brother . On February 6, 1676, he stopped in front of the craft for the masterpiece . This was given to him on February 11, 1676 by Oberzechmeister Urban Illmayr. As early as April 30, 1676 he showed it to the trade, but was punished with 12 Reichstalers as a result of the defects found .

Homeowner in Vienna

The young master David Khöll took over the craft from master Franz Hieß , whose artistic epitaph is on the west facade of St. Stephen's Cathedral . Through his tax payments from 1677 to 1683 he can be recognized as a wealthy home owner. He was a house owner in the Kärntnerviertel and the owner of a larger stonemason's hut in the Wibmerviertel. The house itself was on Krueggasse. It was his property from 1677 to 1682 and was taken over by his heirs in 1683. The place in front of his house was called the "Steinmetzplatz". (In 1858 this house was demolished)

The second, smaller house or hut at Kärntnerstraße 1033 was bought by Khöll and Mrs. Helena in 1679. A stonemason’s hut was set up from a former guard room by the old Kärntnertor and a house was built on it. According to the will this hut was awarded to his brother, the master stonemason Michael Khöll, at the opening of the will on September 28, 1683.

His famous contemporary Abraham a Santa Clara already established that David Khöll was a wealthy master . When the latter was dining with him at noon, he is said to have used the winged phrase: Beatus vir, qui habet multum silver dishes!

Headmaster

On January 20, 1682, David Khöll, as Oberzechmeister, gave the masterpieces to Bartholomäus Glimpfinger; these were presented to him on May 11, 1682.

Plague column

The plague column on the Graben in Vienna

The plague column on the Graben was commissioned by Emperor Leopold I as a marble memorial on the occasion of a plague epidemic on October 10, 1679 . Master Khöll could only witness the beginnings. In August 1681 a passport letter was issued for stone deliveries from Salzburg. Sculptor Mathias Rauchmiller created two standing and one seated angels. The round railing and the balustrades were designed by David Khöll together with Veith Steinböck .

On May 30, 1683 he took on the apprentice Mathias Hordung, after his death on September 26, 1683, he was awarded to the master Veith Steinböck.

death

The death protocol reads: ... July 28, 1683, David Khöll bürger and stainmetz in his house in Kruegerstraße died of gall and water addiction, 31 years old . David Khöll decreed in the will ... if I die without a physical heir ... my dear brother Michael Khöll, journeyman stonemason, my stonemason huts or workshop next to the old carpenters gate, including the stonemason's tools and 100 Rt and stones, ... sambt a silver candlestick, gilded inside and out, which I inherited from our father blessed ... His will witnesses were the imperial court sculptor Johann Frühwirth and the painter Christoph Werner.

Archival material

• Vienna City and State Archives : tax files, stone mason files, event logs .

literature

• Otto E. Plettenbacher: History of the stonecutters of Vienna in the 17th century. An economic and cultural historical as well as sociological investigation . Dissertation, University of Vienna 1960.
• Helmuth Furch : Historical Lexicon Kaisersteinbruch . 2 volumes. Museum and cultural association, Kaisersteinbruch 2002–2004. ISBN 978-3-9504555-8-8 .
• Dehio Vienna: 1st district, plague column on the Graben . 2003.
• Herbert Haupt: The handicrafts freed from court and court in baroque Vienna 1620 to 1770 , David Köll . Research and contributions to the history of the city of Vienna. No. 46. Studien-Verlag, Innsbruck, Vienna, Bozen 2007, ISBN 978-3-7065-4342-2 .