Jörg von Halspach

Jörg von Halspach (* before 1441 presumably in Halsbach near Altötting ; † October 6, 1488 in Munich ), also known as Halsbach , Ganghofer or 'Jörg von Polling' , was a Munich builder and architect of the late Gothic period .

Jörg Ganghofer († 1488), master bricklayer from Halspach or Haslbach, builder of the Munich Frauenkirche .

Jörg von Halsbach probably received his training in Braunau or Wasserburg am Inn , where a good tradition of late Gothic architecture prevailed. In 1441 it was first recorded during renovation work on the choir of the monastery church in Ettal . He was also involved in the parish church in Polling , which was completed in 1450 .

His main work is the Frauenkirche in Munich, which was built between 1468 and 1494. For their vaulting , he had traveled to Ulm and Augsburg , where he studied the Ulrich Church and the cathedral . In 1470 he began in Munich with renovation work on the old town hall in the late Gothic style, in 1478 with the All Saints Church on the Cross (Kreuzkirche) . Between 1479 and 1484 he was used to build the tower of the church in Hall in Tirol . In addition, he was u. a. active for the Freising Prince-Bishops. When he died in 1488, the Munich Cathedral was essentially complete, but the two "Welschen" domes - modeled on Italian Renaissance domes - were not added until almost four decades later. They were shown for the first time in a city view from 1524. Master Jörg is buried under the northern tower.

literature

Hyacinth Holland : Jörg von Halsbach . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 359 f.
Victor Alexander Carus : Ganghofer, Jörg also Jörg von Halspach and Jörg the bricklayer von Polling . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 159–160 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Norbert Knopp: Jörg von Halsbach (von Polling, Jörg Ganghofer etc.). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 459 ( digitized version ).
Joachim Sighart : The Frauenkirche in Munich. Your story and description, initially designed from an art historical point of view. Landshut 1853, p. 100 ff. ( Books.google.de ).
Wolf Stadler u. a .: Lexicon of Art. Volume 5: Gal Lord. Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1994, ISBN 3-86070-452-4 , p. 11.
Volker Liedke: The church master Jörg von Halspach, the builder of the Munich Frauenkirche. In: Ars Bavarica. 82, 1999, pp. 39-77.
Anne Dreesbach: Jörg Ganghofer, originally Jörg von Halsbach (Halspach) or Polling called. In: Jürgen Wurst, Alexander Langheiter (Ed.): Monachia. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-88645-156-9 , pp. 118–119.
Carola Wenzel: Jörg von Halsbach . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 78, de Gruyter, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-023183-0 , p. 130.

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Remarks

^ Carola Wenzel: Jörg von Halsbach . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 78, de Gruyter, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-023183-0 , p. 130.
^ Joachim Sighart : The Frauenkirche in Munich. Your story and description, initially designed from an art historical point of view. Landshut 1853, p. 100 ff. ( Books.google.de ).
^ ^A ^b Wolf Stadler: Lexicon of Art. 1994, p. 11.
^ Colum Hourihane: The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture . OUP USA, 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5 ( google.de [accessed August 18, 2020]).
^ Victor Alexander Carus: Ganghofer, Jörg . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 159–160 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Halspach, Jörg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ganghofer, Jörg von; Halsbach, Jörg von; Haselbach, Jörg von; Polling, Jörg the bricklayer from; Polling, Jörg von; Sandhofer, Jörg; Sandkofer, Jörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Munich builder and late Gothic architect
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1441
PLACE OF BIRTH	Halsbach near Altötting
DATE OF DEATH	October 6, 1488
Place of death	Munich

[1] Carola Wenzel: Jörg von Halsbach . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 78, de Gruyter, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-023183-0 , p. 130.

[2] Joachim Sighart : The Frauenkirche in Munich. Your story and description, initially designed from an art historical point of view. Landshut 1853, p. 100 ff. ( Books.google.de ).

[kunstlexikon-3] A ^b Wolf Stadler: Lexicon of Art. 1994, p. 11.

[4] Colum Hourihane: The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture . OUP USA, 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5 ( google.de [accessed August 18, 2020]).

[5] Victor Alexander Carus: Ganghofer, Jörg . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 159–160 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).