Hans of Ulm (Herrenberg)

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Hans von Ulm or Hans Steinmetz (* around 1460 in Ulm , † 1519 in Herrenberg ) was mainly in Württemberg active master bricklayer and stonemason , who settled in Herrenberg.

Life

The correct family name of the master mason, who was referred to in the documents as "Hans von Ulm", "Hans Steinmetz" or just "Church mason", is not known. He came to Herrenberg at the latest in 1488 with his wife and a daughter. In 1488, he was commissioned by the then provost Wenzel Melweiß to complete the collegiate church . It was necessary to build the vault of the church and to make urgent repairs to the masonry that had been carried out earlier. Immediately afterwards, Hans von Ulm must have applied for citizenship in Herrenberg and received it soon. As a citizen of Herrenberg, he was allowed to settle in Herrenberg and was subject to tax there continuously from 1488 to 1518/19. Work on the collegiate church lasted until 1493. Hans' maker 's mark is on a keystone in the south aisle of the collegiate church. Hans von Ulm was a craftsman who was admired and valued in Herrenberg. In 1492 he got an additional order to build a well. Even before the work on the collegiate church was completed, he took on a larger contract in Pforzheim in 1492 . Perhaps that is why he was not involved in the work on the St. Vitus Church in Gärtringen , which was completed in 1496 and incorporated into the Herrenberg Monastery. Hans von Ulm worked again on the collegiate church when Melweiß 'successor Johannes Rebmann had the work continued in 1498. At that time, mainly the south portal and the south sacristy were built.

Hans von Ulm probably only had one daughter who married a Caspar Rumelstein from Altdorf in 1501.

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ a b c Roman Janssen: Provost Johannes Rebmann ... , p. 110
  2. ↑ Hans Rott: Sources and Research ... , p. 223
  3. ^ Roman Janssen: Provost Johannes Rebmann ... , p. 112

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
  • 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
personal data
SURNAME Hans of Ulm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hans Steinmetz; Church mason
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg bricklayer and stonemason
DATE OF BIRTH around 1460
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulm
DATE OF DEATH 1519
Place of death Herrenberg