Franz Häffele

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Franz Häffele , sometimes referred to as Heffele, Hefele or Häfele (* probably 1711 , place of birth unknown; † January 25, 1785 in Neckarsulm ), was a Baroque master builder from Neckarsulm (called: "Builder zu Neckarsulm"), who lived in the Odenwald and Heilbronner Unterland has built numerous churches and other representative buildings.

biography

Nothing is known about his childhood and youth. Franz Häffele was first mentioned in 1727 in connection with Stettenfels Castle in Gruppenbach . He initially worked as a simple bricklayer on behalf of Count Ludwig Xaver von Fugger . He later qualified as a master builder and architect and was called "Master Builder von Gruppenbach" at that time. For Count Ludwig Fugger, he built a “pleasure house with hall” in the palace gardens in 1737 and the town hall in the village below the palace in 1739/40 . Due to denominational disputes between Count Ludwig Fugger (who was Catholic) and the Protestant Württemberg government, Häffele was also forced to sell his property in Gruppenbach.

As early as 1743, Häffele was entrusted with the construction management for the reconstruction of the Abbey Church of the Amorbach Monastery , after his building plans were rejected and the plans of Johann Maximilian von Welsch were given preference. This is evidenced by the large fresco by the Augsburg fresco painter Matthäus Günther in the nave of the abbey church, which shows Franz Häffele as a construction manager with a measure of length and a three-cornered corner .

He moved to Neckarsulm in 1745 and from that time worked for the Teutonic Order for almost four decades , for which he built the Church of St. Remigius in Dahenfeld around 1745 as a replacement for a dilapidated older church, in Tiefenbach in 1747 the Jakobuskirche in Offenau The church of St. Alban was built in 1751 , the tower of the church of St. Dionysus in Neckarsulm in 1757 and the rectory in Dahenfeld in 1760. In 1781 he built the rectory in Erlenbach together with JM Keller , and in 1781/1782 the town hall of Neckarsulm. In Neckarsulm, Häffele was also the innkeeper of the “Golden Angel”. His second wife Maria Salome, née Röckel, gave birth to three girls and four boys here between 1747 and 1757.

Buildings

Architectural style

Franz Häffele had a typical architectural style for his churches, and he used a model plan that he modified as required. His style included his own portal design, the frequent use of Tuscan pilasters , a well-structured tower structure and a distinctive gable design. He seldom deviated from this style, for example with the church tower in Haßmersheim , although the reason for this has not yet been clarified.

Structure overview

  • 1735 burial chapel and Capuchin hospice on Stettenfels (had to be demolished again due to disagreements with the Württemberg government)
  • 1737 Lusthaus with hall and greenhouse with spacious basement rooms, Stettenfels (both no longer exist)
  • 1737 chapel in Binswangen (plans preserved)
  • 1739/1740 (old) town hall in Gruppenbach
  • 1740 Church in Erlenbach (plans preserved)
  • 1742 wine press in Bachenau (plans preserved)
  • 1743/1747 construction manager during the renovation of the Abbey Church of Amorbach Monastery
  • 1745 Construction of the Remigius Church in Dahenfeld
  • 1747 Tiefenbach, construction of the Jakobuskirche
  • 1751 Offenau, construction of the Albanskirche
  • 1751/1753 Amorbach , City Church St. Gangolf as construction manager
  • 1752 Construction of the Wendelinskirche in Jagstfeld (only the tower is preserved)
  • 1753 Construction of Kilian's Church in Hagenbach
  • 1757 Neckarsulm, church tower of St. Dionysius
  • 1757 Construction of the sheep barn in Kochendorf
  • 1757 Construction of the Marstall at Horneck Castle in Gundelsheim
  • 1760 Höchstberg , construction of the rectory
  • 1760 Interior work on Horneck Castle, Gundelsheim
  • 1760 Construction of the church tower in Haßmersheim
  • 1760 Dahenfeld, construction of the rectory
  • 1766 Hesselbach , Church of St. Luzia and St. Odilia
  • 1766 construction of the church in Simprechtshausen (near Mulfingen)
  • 1767 Elsenfeld near Miltenberg, parish church
  • 1768 Johannesberg near Aschaffenburg, Johanneskirche
  • 1781 Erlenbach, rectory with JM cellar
  • 1781/1782 New town hall in Neckarsulm

photos

  • Old town hall Gruppenbach, 1740

  • Jakobuskirche Tiefenbach, 1747 (profaned after 1900)

  • St. Remigius in Dahenfeld, 1748

  • St. Alban in Offenau, 1751

  • Wendelinskirche Jagstfeld (tower is preserved), 1752

  • St. Dionysius in Neckarsulm, tower from 1757

  • Rectory in Dahenfeld, 1760

  • Erlenbach rectory, 1781

  • Town hall in Neckarsulm, 1781/1782

literature

  • Werner Thierbach: Franz Häffele - master builder to Neckarsulm , historical sheets of the Heimatverein Neckarsulm eV, July / September 1987
  • Julius Fekete: Art and cultural monuments in the city and district of Heilbronn , Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-8062-0556-6

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Häffele, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heffele, Franz; Hefele, Franz; Häfele, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German baroque master builder
DATE OF BIRTH around 1711
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1785
Place of death Neckarsulm