Dominik Gläsl

Dominik Gläsl (also Glässl, Glasl; also Dominikus Gläsl ) (born March 21, 1660 in Reichersdorf bei Weyarn ; † April 25, 1731 in Freising ) was a Bavarian builder of the Baroque era .

Life

Dominik was the son of Melchior Gläsl, who lives in Reichersdorf, and the brother of the baroque master builder Caspar Gläsl. He was baptized on March 21, 1660 in Weyarn . He received his training from Lorenzo Sciara when he was building the monastery and church in Weyarn from 1687. In 1701 he worked as a master bricklayer in Zangberg Castle near Ampfing . From 1708 to 1714 he led the construction work on the Sankt Veit monastery after the monastery fire in 1708, before he was appointed court mason to the Prince-Bishop of Freising in 1715. Several works in the Hochstift Freising come from him . His son was the plasterer Thomas Glasl .

Chancellor's arch on the Domberg in Freising

Works (selection)

1701: Zangberg Castle
1708/14: St. Veit Monastery in Neumarkt-Sankt Veit
1710/16: St. Salvator pilgrimage church in Binabiburg
1712, 1717/18: Catholic parish church St. Valentin in Unterföhring
1715/17: Ismaning Castle
1717: St. Valentin branch church (Altenhausen)
1719 New construction of the Burgrain Castle Chapel
1720 West gate "Chancellor Arch" rebuilt on the Freising Cathedral Hill
around 1720: Castle Chapel Our Lady in Kalling (attributed)
1722/24: Vicarage in Schliersee

literature

Lorenz Maier : Gläsl (Glässl, Glasl), Dominik. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 256 ( digitized version ).
Max Gruber: The Freising court mason Dominikus Gläsl . In: Amperland . 1967, ISSN 0003-1992 , pp. 11 ff . ( zeitschrift-amperland.de [PDF; 600 kB ]).

Individual evidence

↑ Leaves of the Bavarian State Association for Family Studies , Volume II, Issue 5/6, page 44
^ Günter Meissner: Glasl, Dominik . In: General artist dictionary: the visual artists of all times and peoples . tape 56 . KG Saur Verlag, Berlin / Boston 1992, ISBN 3-598-22740-X , p. 40 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Gläsl, Dominik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Glässl, Dominik; Glasl, Dominik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German builder of the baroque
DATE OF BIRTH	baptized March 21, 1660
PLACE OF BIRTH	Weyarn
DATE OF DEATH	April 25, 1731
Place of death	Freising

[1] Leaves of the Bavarian State Association for Family Studies , Volume II, Issue 5/6, page 44

[2] Günter Meissner: Glasl, Dominik . In: General artist dictionary: the visual artists of all times and peoples . tape 56 . KG Saur Verlag, Berlin / Boston 1992, ISBN 3-598-22740-X , p. 40 ( limited preview in Google Book search).