Erhard Bauer (stonemason)

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Erhard Bauer , also Eberhard Bauer von Aistel (Eichstadt, Aichstätt), (* 15th century in Eichstätt , † 1493 in Wunsiedel ) was a stonemason and city architect from Eger.

Erhard Bauer ("Steinmetz von Aistel") was from 1463 in the service of the city of Eger . From 1472 he was significantly involved in the construction of the three-aisled basilica of St. Nicholas in Eger. In 1476 King Vladislav II summoned him to Prague , but Erhard Bauer stayed in Eger. In 1489, the City Council of Leipzig tried to poach Erhard Bauer to build the St. Thomas Church.

buildings

  • from 1472 - St. Nicholas in Eger (Cheb)
  • 1481 - Church in Salb
  • 1483 - Market fountain in Eger
  • 1487 - Parish church in Elbogen (Loket)
  • 1490 - St. Michael's Church in Angel's House (Andělská Hora)

literature

  • Rich. Bauer, Die Steinmetzzeichen Erhard u. Peter Bauer, Master Kunz, Hans u. KK, undated (before 1960, Ms., Leipzig, Stadtgeschichtl. Mus.)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Sächsischer Altertumsverein : "Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony", edition 18, CC Meinhold 1896, page 309
  2. ↑ Ernst-Heinz Lemper: “The Thomaskirche in Leipzig: the church of Johann Sebastian Bach as a monument to German architecture”, Koehler & Amelang 1954, page 86
  3. ↑ a b Anna Gnirs: "Topography of the historical and art-historical monuments in the districts of Karlsbad (Prague 1933)", in: Volume 8 of Handbuch der Sudetendeutschen Kulturgeschichte, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag 1996, page 24 f.
  4. ^ Renate Vorpahl:  Krebs, Konrad (Kunz). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 729 f. ( Digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Bauer, Erhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Farmer from Aistel, Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Stone mason and town builder from Eger
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Eichstatt
DATE OF DEATH 1493
Place of death Wunsiedel