Gregor Hauser

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Gregor Hauser (* around 1470 in Stetten am kalten Markt ; † September 20, 1520 in Vienna ) was a German-Austrian architect and stonemason and from 1515 master builder of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna .

Life

Gregor Hauser was born around 1470 at Stetten Castle ( Stedin ) under the rule of Hausen near Sigmaringen , Johannes Cuspinian names Freiburg im Breisgau as his place of origin, where he had his training in building the cathedral choir , which was completed in 1513 . At first in Vienna, he was the parlier of the Dombauhütte, and in 1515 he succeeded the late Anton Pilgram , whose widow Dorothea he married. In his will he also honored his brother-in-law Hannsen Kirchmann von Freiburg with his golden signet ring and armor ( gulden phetschad ring and harnaß ) and five pounds pfennigs.

plant

As a Parlier under Pilgram, Gregor Hauser carried out the technically complicated restoration work on the south tower helmet, which had become necessary due to another lightning strike. Since Hauser's maker's mark and owner's mark can be found on two copies of the plans for the unfinished north tower, he had obviously considered the possibility of continuing to build the north tower, but work on it was not resumed. Together with Michael Tichter, he created the balustrade of the Friedrichsgrab in St. Stephen's Cathedral, and the staircase to the pilgrimage pulpit , the technical drawing of which has been preserved, was probably executed by him. In the Maria am Gestade church in Vienna, the west gallery, dated 1515, goes back to his (preserved) design. In September 1520, just a few weeks before his death, Hauser was invited by the city of Krems to appraise the new building project for the parish church of St. Veit.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Perger: The builders of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna in the late Middle Ages . In: Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte , 23, 1970, pp. 90f.
  2. ^ Johann Josef Böker : St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, Architecture as a Symbol for the House of Austria , Verlag Anton Pustet, Salzburg 2007, p. 316.
  3. ^ Hans Koepf : The Gothic plan plans of the Viennese collections . Böhlau-Verlag, Vienna 1969, p. 4.
  4. ^ Hermann Göhler: Contributions to the history of the north tower of St. Stephan in Vienna . In: Our home. Journal of the Association for Regional Studies of Lower Austria and Vienna , NF 6, 1933, p. 252
personal data
SURNAME Hauser, Gregor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian architect and stonemason
DATE OF BIRTH around 1470
PLACE OF BIRTH Stetten am kalten Markt
DATE OF DEATH before February 1520
Place of death Vienna