Hans von Hausen

Hans von Hausen or Hans Hanselmann (* around 1470 ; † 1532 (before November 10 ) in Herrenberg ) was a Württemberg stonemason who settled in Herrenberg and worked there until his death.

Life

The real family name of the stonemason, who was referred to in the documents as "Hans von Hausen" or "[Hans] Hanselmann", is not known. It is also not known from which house he came. He came to Herrenberg with his wife at the beginning of 1496 (or possibly a little earlier) and worked as a stonemason. His wife, who came from Staffort near Bruchsal, was a serf of Wilhelm von Neipperg , landlord of the margrave of Baden. The young stonemason must have made a good impression with the city regiment, because in April 1496 the mayor Ludwig Zwicker stood up for him at Duke Eberhard II , so that he could obtain the release of the woman and the “poor, skilled journeyman” himself as a citizen Master could settle in Herrenberg. Apparently this must have happened. Hanselmann had been subject to taxation since 1500 and paid 6 ß tax annually until 1508 .

Hanselmann received his first orders in Herrenberg from the city. In 1496 he worked 20 summer and 10 winter days on the town hall, in the following years on the city walls, on the gates, then again on the town hall and on the damaged echelons to the church and elsewhere as well as on the bridges and footbridges. Among his mostly manual work there is one work of high artistic value - it is the pulpit in the collegiate church . The order for this, which was achieved through the donation of the Herrenberg citizen Henslin Wegelin in the amount of 14 ℔ hlr. It was made possible by the provost Johannes Rebmann in 1503, who undoubtedly also designed the thematic decoration of the pulpit. First, Hans made a visor for the planned pulpit and after approving it, he broke the necessary stones in the same year and began working on it. In 1504 he was able to set up the pulpit. For the pulpit he received 21 ℔ 16 ß 4 hlr in 1503 . and 1504 82 ℔ 7 ß 4hlr., as well as 1 mltr rye and 3 mltr spelled. His servant Alexander received a tip of 2.

The decoration of the pulpit depicts the four church fathers, who sit as full figures at desks and group around the patroness of the church, Maria. The figures are not carved out of the pulpit, as is generally the case, but specially made and placed in the parapet niches. This indicates that Hans von Hausen hired out this part of the commission to a sculptor. Stylistic features speak for a sculptor from the Upper Rhine . The base of the pulpit is apparently based on the pulpit of the Tübingen collegiate church . Other elements, however, are a novelty within the Württemberg pulpits, which secure Hanselmann a place in art history. It is the crowning of the parapet niches, which have the shape of the architectural canopies, and the pulpit staircase, which is curved in an S-shape.

In 1505 Hans von Hausen made two new wells (apparently on the church): the Bodlerbrunnen and the Lembisbrunnen . In 1506 he built a bath fountain . He was also later busy with work in the Herrenberg collegiate church. 1514 and especially 1520–22, when he got a larger order: the installation of windows and vault repairs. From 1515–1524 he paid 5 ß and 1626 and 1630 and 1631 10 ß taxes annually. Hans von Hausen died during the tax year 1531/32 (from November 11th to November 10th) and worked until the end, because his widow was still taxable at the rate of 1 ℔.

His two sons Hans the Younger and Philipp were also stonemasons. Hans Hanselmann the Younger had been taxable (i.e. self-employed) since at least 1526 and paid 4 ß taxes annually.

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ Hans von Hausen died within the tax year 1531/32. Due to the tax liability of his widow, it can be assumed that this occurred in any case in the second half of this period. - see. Roman Janssen: Provost Johannes Rebmann ... , p. 112 and Hans Rott: Sources and research ... , p. 217/18
2. ^ Roman Janssen: Provost Johannes Rebmann ... , p. 112
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Hans Rott: Sources and research ... , p. 217
4. ^ ^{A b c} Roman Janssen: Provost Johannes Rebmann ... , p. 113
5. ↑ Hans Rott: Sources and Research ... , p. 217/8

literature

• Roman Janssen: Provost Johannes Rebmann († 1517) and the unity of the collegiate church choir . In: Roman Janssen; Oliver Auge (ed.): Herrenberg personalities from eight centuries , Herrenberg 1999, ISBN 3-926809-09-4 (= Herrenberger Historische Schriften, Vol. 6), pp. 107–116
• Karl Halbauer: Master Hanselmann and the pulpit . In: Roman Janssen; Harald Müller-Baur (ed.): The collegiate church in Herrenberg 1293–1993 , Herrenberg 1993, ISBN 3-926809-06-X (= Herrenberger Historische Schriften, Vol. 5), pp. 443–453
• Hans Rott : Sources and research on southwest German and Swiss art history in the XV. and XVI. Century. II, Old Swabia and Imperial Cities , Stuttgart: Strecker and Schröder 1934