Hans Georg Koller

Hans Georg Koller (* 1665 in Ortenburg ; † 1742 ) was a count's court carpenter as well as an art carpenter and master builder .

Live and act

Hans Georg Koller was born as the son of the linen weaver Hans Koller in the direct empire county of Ortenburg . First he should learn his father's craft. This activity was not enough for him, however, as Koller designed models of buildings, such as mills, in his youth.

Imperial Count Georg Philipp von Ortenburg soon became aware of the young Hans Georg Koller. The count then accepted Koller as a lackey in the count's joiner's workshop at Alt-Ortenburg Castle . He was also given permission to use the books on geometry and architecture in the court library . Koller thus learned the art of carpentry and construction.

Soon Koller's reputation became known beyond the boundaries of the small county. The Saxon Elector Johann Georg II called Hans Georg Koller to Dresden . There he worked on the construction of the electoral residence . After completing the work, he was offered a position as court architect by the elector. Koller refused, however, and returned to Ortenburg in the count's services.

For a long time it was assumed that Hans Georg Koller was the creator of the splendid Renaissance wooden coffered ceiling in the castle chapel on Alt-Ortenburg and that it was made between 1680 and 1690. As Hans Schellnhuber was able to show in 1924 using a chronogram on the ceiling, this was probably made in 1628 and thus before Hans Georg Koller's creative period. Recent research also shows that the castle ceiling was built during the reign of Count Friedrich Casimir .

literature

• Prince Albert of Saxony, Walter Beck: Bavaria and Saxony - common history, art, culture and economy , Munich 2004, ISBN 3-8004-1462-7 .
• Siegfried Seidl, Toni Ott: Lower Bavarian farm furniture: between Isar u. Inn, in the Rott and Vilstal. , Munich 1979, ISBN 3-7667-0485-0 .
• Alexander Erhard: History and topography of the area around Passau or the former principality of Passau and the land of the abbey, excluding the city of Passau and the prince-bishop's meetings further down in Austria - Part III. In: Negotiations of the Historical Association for Lower Bavaria , Volume 41, Landshut 1905 (pp. 67–255).
• Carl Mehrmann: History of the Evangelical Lutheran community of Ortenburg in Lower Bavaria - memorandum for the anniversary celebration of the 300th anniversary of the introduction of the Reformation there on October 17 and 18, 1863 , Landshut 1863 ( digitized version )