Franz Karl Fischer

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St. Peter and Paul in Petersthal
Hospital church in Füssen
Choir altar in Innsbruck-Wilten
Choir altar in the parish church of Deggendorf, until 1883 in the Eichstätter cathedral

Franz Karl Fischer (born November 4, 1710 in Füssen , † August 5, 1772 in Füssen) was, like his father Johann Georg Fischer , a stonemason and master builder at the same time. At first he was undoubtedly overshadowed by his older father, in whose service he mainly worked as a stonemason for St. Mang in Füssen for a long time. Only after the death of Johann Georg Fischer († April 24, 1747) was Franz Karl able to make a name for himself as a master builder. His church buildings are in the tradition of the "Füssen School" founded by Johann Jakob Herkomer . Franz Karl Fischer did not become a rococo master builder according to Bernhard Rupprecht's strict criteria.

Life

Franz Karl Fischer was born as the son of the builder Johann Georg Fischer and his wife Euphrosina. Of his seven siblings, only two reached adulthood. Although there is no written confirmation for this, it can be assumed that Franz Karl received his training as a stonemason and master builder from his father. Only after his death did he go into business for himself, married the butcher's daughter Katharina Mayr from Füssen on August 8, 1747 and set up his own household. On February 9, 1756, after his first wife had died, he made the second marriage with Maria Veronica Hauser from Oberpinswang . The stages of his professional emancipation can be well documented by entries in various account books:

  • September 5, 1745: eodem pay Franz Carl Fischer, Steinhauer for the erection of the 14th Helper Altar over received Gibs 5  fl. 59 kr.
  • January 9, 1751: Master builder Franz Carl [Fischer] to 2000 fl.
  • December 11, 1755: Hochfürstl. Augsb. Landt Baumaister in Füessen [signature]

plant

As a stonemason, Franz Karl Fischer left behind at least two highly significant works: the high altar of the parish church and basilica Mariae Conception in Innsbruck- Wilten (he received 1,500 guilders for the tabernacle alone!) And most likely also the former high altar for the Eichstätter cathedral (since 1883 in the parish church of Deggendorf ). Fischer's activity as a builder has not yet been adequately researched. The hospital church in Füssen is considered to be his best architectural achievement. Although it has its model in the Franciscan convent church in Dillingen an der Donau - a work by his father - it is not simply a copy, but rather represents a visible and tangible further development. The rectory in Füssen-Weißensee, which was converted by Franz Karl Fischer, was next to Goethe's Garden house in Weimar to the architectural model of the heritage protection architecture.

Catalog raisonné

  • 1745/47: Stone carving on the side altars of Sankt Mang in Füssen
  • after 1746: splendid marble rococo choir altar for the Eichstätter cathedral (execution by Franz Karl Fischer however not proven with certainty. Draft and altar sculpture by Eichstätter court sculptor Matthias Seybold , cost of the altar 70,000 Reichstaler, consecration on 1st September 1749. The altar consists of 10 different types of marble, but partly also made of wood.)
  • 1748/49 Heilig-Geist-Spitalkirche in Füssen
  • 1749: Chapel of St. Franz Xaver in Heggen (Gde. Stötten am Auerberg ) - attribution!
  • 1752 Right side altar of the Füssen hospital church (as an entrepreneur)
  • 1755: High altar in the basilica of Innsbruck- Wilten
  • 1755: Reconstruction of the nave and tower of the parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Petersthal
  • 1756: Baptismal font for the collegiate church in Lindau (Lake Constance)
  • 1757 plan for the former rectory in Pfronten- Berg
  • 1760: St. Joseph Chapel in Geisenhofen (Gde. Stötten am Auerberg ) - attribution!
  • 1763: Filialkirche St. Joseph in Marktoberdorf -Rieder - attribution!
  • 1763/64 plans for the new building of the Franciscan monastery church in Füssen
  • 1766: Reconstruction of the rectory in Weißensee (Füssen)

literature

  • Adolf Layer : Füssen-St. Mang as the artistic center of the Lechtal Baroque and Rococo . In: Festschrift for the twelve hundredth anniversary of St. Magnus . Füssen 1950, pp. 47-89.
  • Heinz Jürgen Sauermost: The Allgäu baroque master builder Johann Georg Fischer . (Studies on the history of Bavarian Swabia, Volume 14), Augsburg 1969.
  • Ingo Seufert: Johann Jakob Herkomer (1652–1717) . Lindenberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89870-195-2 .

Web links

Commons : Franz Karl Fischer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sauermost, p 157
  2. ↑ Monastery archive Füssen, Vol. 362, AR 1745–1751 (year 1745)
  3. ↑ Klosterarchiv Füssen, Vol. 362, AR 1745–1751 (year 1751). Apparently the monastery owed Fischer 2,000 guilders, for which he received interest of 60 guilders annually.
  4. ^ Wilten Stiftsarchiv, Lade 77, Lit. K, No. 1
  5. ↑ State Archives Augsburg, Augsburger care offices 315, protocols of the city of Füssen, deposit protocol of October 23, 1746 (Layer, p. 66; Sauermost, p. 148). Johann Georg Fischer and his son Franz Karl provide their entire property as a deposit for the good execution of the Eichstatt choir altar. Because of the illness and the death of his father soon afterwards, only Franz Karl is eligible for the execution.
personal data
SURNAME Fischer, Franz Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fischer, Franz Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German builder
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1710
PLACE OF BIRTH Feet
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 1772
Place of death Feet