Hans Puchsbaum

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Hans Puchsbaum
Inscription Hanns Buxböm, Puchsbaumgasse 60

Hans Puchsbaum or Puchspaum (* before 1390; † 1454 in Vienna ) was an architect and master craftsman of the Gothic and between 1444 and 1454 head of the building works of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna .

Life

In 1418 Puchsbaum was briefly involved in the construction of the Ulm Minster , from 1432 he can be traced back to Vienna . Presumably as early as 1444 he was initially head of the cathedral construction works of Sankt Stephan for two years , in 1446 his employment was for life, where he received a whole vision and the in-house response of the pause and the tom house, the churches, and what is to be pounded on it , was transferred. At the same time, he appointed Laurenz Spenning as his parlier, who succeeded him as master builder when he died eight years later.

Works

Puchsbaum's first independent building was the new building of the choir of the parish church in Steyr , with which he was commissioned in 1443. After his appointment as master builder in Vienna, he redesigned the cathedral longhouse, which was still under construction, into a relay hall and prepared the vaulting. In 1450 he laid the foundations of the north tower, the construction of which was started according to new plans only after his death. The renovation work on the south tower, which was hit by a lightning strike in 1449, was more urgent. In 1452 he and his Parlier Spenning renewed the memorial of the spinner on the cross , which was destroyed in 1446 ,

Despite the short span of a decade as master builder of St. Stephan, many works had been attributed to him in older research, for which Laurenz Spenning is now considered the author. Compared to the work of his successor, his style can be described as more cubic and not very detailed.

legend

The legend had taken hold of the person of Hans Puchsbaum early on, and various versions have been passed down. What they all have in common is the fact that Puchsbaum, either through a pact with the devil or through a jealous old master or old journeyman, dies while falling from the scaffolding. Already according to Friedrich Tilmez (1722) that big mistake / as it is known everywhere at day / and is held by the common people in front of it / easily rebutted , but behind the legend there may actually be a tragic construction accident or a generation conflict .

reception

In 1872 Puchsbaumgasse and in 1875 Puchsbaumplatz in Vienna- Favoriten were named after him.

literature

  • Bruno Grimschitz : Hanns Puchsbaum . Vienna 1947 (out of date).
  • Johann Josef Böker : Laurenz Spenning and the development of the architectural profession in the late Middle Ages . In: Stefan Bürger, Bruno Klein (Hrsg.): Werkmeister of the late Gothic. People, office and image . Darmstadt 2010, pp. 162-170.
  • Johann Josef Böker: Architecture of the Gothic. Inventory catalog of the world's largest collection of Gothic architectural plans (legacy Franz Jäger) in the Kupferstichkabinett of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna; with an appendix on the medieval architectural drawings in the Wien Museum Karlsplatz . Salzburg [et al.] 2005.
  • Johann Josef Böker: The Vienna St. Stephen's Cathedral. Architecture as a symbol for the House of Austria . Salzburg 2007. ISBN 978-3-7025-0566-0 .
  • Jörg Deuter:  Puchsbaum, Hans. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 756 ( digitized version ). (problematic state of research)
  • Karl Weiß:  Puchsbaum, Heinz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 685. (outdated state of research)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Josef Böker: The Vienna St. Stephen's Cathedral. Architecture as a symbol for the House of Austria . Salzburg 2007, pp. 164-175.
  2. ^ Friedrich Dahm, Manfred Koller: The Viennese spinner on the cross . Vienna 1991.
  3. ^ Johann Josef Böker: Hans Puchsbaum and Laurenz Spenning. Two 15th century Viennese cathedral builders . In: stones speak. Journal of the Austrian Society for the Preservation of Monuments and Sites , XI / 2 (2001), pp. 2–15.
  4. ↑ Elisabeth Koller-Glück: Old Viennese sagas and legends and their real backgrounds . Erfurt 2009, pp. 53–58. ISBN 978-3-86680-534-7 .
  5. ↑ Friedrich Tilmez: Exquisite memorabilia from the both ancient and art- rich St. Stephen's cathedral churches and towers . Vienna 1722, p 93. https://books.google.de/books?id=lT9iAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=Puchsbaum&source=bl&ots=ON1DGemagm&sig=cuUW9Zwsba7mc8neE6pNM6rh4cc&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ_oqio_PRAhVqBMAKHVACCy84FBDoAQgoMAQ#v=onepage&q=Puchsbaum&f=false

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SURNAME Puchsbaum, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Puchspaum, Hans; Puchspaum, Hanns
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gothic builder
DATE OF BIRTH before 1390
DATE OF DEATH after 1454