Hans von Burghausen

Hans von Burghausen

Hans von Burghausen on a memorial stone on the outer wall of Martinskirche in Landshut

Hans von Burghausen (* between 1350 and 1360 in Burghausen ; † August 10, 1432 in Landshut ; actually Hanns Purghauser ) was a German builder of the late Gothic . In the older literature he was often mistakenly equated with Hans Stethaimer or Hans Krumenauer .

Hans von Burghausen probably learned his trade at the Viennese building works. He played a key role in building the Martinskirche in Landshut (1406 - 1432), the choir of the Franciscan Church in Salzburg , the churches of St. Nikolaus in Neuötting , St. Jakob in Straubing and St. Jakob in Wasserburg am Inn as well as many other smaller buildings, including the St. Barbara Chapel in Merano . The Holy Spirit Church in Landshut is regarded as his main work . Features of its construction were three-aisled hall churches and low chapels set in the buttresses. He used brick as a building material . The towers of his churches go from a square plan to an octagonal plan. The main inspiration for his work was a building from the 14th century, the Heilig-Kreuz-Münster of Schwäbisch Gmünd , built by Heinrich Parler . There you will find the features that were exemplary for Hans von Burghausen: very tall and slim round pillars and the polygonal construction plan with ambulatory . The transition from the basilica to the hall church is particularly evident in the Landshut Heilig-Geist-Spitalkirche , an extremely steep building with single-story windows that emphasize the verticality. The polygonal choir is closed by a single pillar around which light flows from the apse window behind .

The inscription on his epitaph reads:

Anno. dni. m. cccc. xxxii.

died. hanns. stainmezz. in .

the laurentii, master of the

church vnd cto hospital vnd

in salczburg cze óting cze

strawbi (n) g vnd cze bass (er) bu (r) k

to the god have mercy ament

(In the year of the Lord 1432 / Hans Steinmetz died on / Laurentius day, master of the / church and the hospital and / in Salzburg, in Ötting, in / Straubing and in Wasserburg / to whom God be gracious)

literature

• Friedrich Kobler: Hanns von Burghausen, Steinmetz - About the current state of research on the life and work of the builder . In: old and modern art, 30, 198/199 (1985), pp. 7-16.
• Peter Baldass: Hans Stethaimer's real name. In: Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte. Vol. 14, 1950, ISSN  0083-9981 , pp. 47-64.
• John W. Cook: A New Chronology of Hanns von Burghausen's Late Gothic Architecture . In: Gesta. Vol. 15, No. 1/2 = Essays in Honor of Sumner McKnight Crosby , 1976, pp. 97-104.
• Volker Liedke: Hanns Purghauser, known as Master Hanns von Burghausen, his nephew Hanns Stethaimer and his son Stefan Purghauser, the three master builders at St. Martin in Landshut. In: Volker Liedke, Norbert Nussbaum, Hans Puchta: Contributions to the life and work of the master Hans von Burghausen. Part 1 (= Burghauser Geschichtsblätter. Episode 39, ZDB -ID 342459-5 ). City of Burghausen, Burghausen 1984, pp. 1-70.