Johann Christoph Kosch (master builder, 1698)

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Pilgrimage church Maria Trost in Klösterle, built according to plans by JC Kosch

Johann Christoph Kosch (Czech. Jan Kryštof Kosch ) (* 1698 in Männelsdorf near Atschau (Zvoníčkov near Úhošťany ); † 1778 in Kaaden ) was a German-Bohemian builder and architect of the late Baroque. His churches and other buildings are in the tradition of Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer . His work was mainly concentrated in the region around Kadaň (Kaaden).

House No. 175 - JC Kosch's house where he died in Kaaden

Like his eponymous cousin Johann Christoph Kosch and his relative Johann Wenzel Kosch, he came from a family of builders. At the age of 30 he was able to give up his bondage to the Counts of Thun-Hohenstein in the Klösterle lordship and settle in Kaaden. In 1728 he was accepted as a master mason in the masons' guild in Kaaden, in which his father Johann Kosch (1670–1729) was a member. In 1729 he married in Kaaden and lived there in house no. 175 (ul. Vrchlického) until his death in 1778. In the death register he was named "ornatissimus Dominus et civis Cadanensis et Architectus optimus" (revered master, citizen of Kaaden and best architect). His son Franz Kosch was later a pastor in Okenau . After the city fires of 1746 and 1750, he rebuilt numerous town houses in Kaaden in baroque forms.

Works

  • Participation in the reconstruction of the church in Atschau (Úhošťany) (1726)
  • Nikolauskirche in Göttersdorf (Kostel svatého Mikuláše Boleboř) (1725–1729)
  • Parish church of St. Laurentius and St. Stephan in the former place Retschitz (Kostel svatého Vavřince a Štěpána Račice) (1737–1741), demolished in 1982
  • Pilgrimage church of St. Peter and Paul in Priesen near Komotau (Poutní kostel sv. Petra a Pavla Březno) (1739–1763) by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer and JC Kosch
  • Pilgrimage Church of Maria Trost in Klösterle an der Eger (Poutní kostel Panny Marie Klášterec nad Ohří) (1743–1760)
  • Rococo chapel in the cemetery in Klösterle (1764/65)
  • Reconstruction of the deanery church for the elevation of the Holy Cross in Kaaden (Děkanský kostel Povýšení sv. Kříže Kadaň) (1746–1755) in cooperation with KI Dientzenhofer
  • Church of St. Peter and Paul in Brunnersdorf (Kostel svatého Petra a Pavla Prunéřov) (1750–1754), demolished around 1965
  • Building of the Elizabethine Monastery with the Church of St. Family in Kaaden (Alžbětinský klášter s kostelem Svaté Rodiny) (1753–1755)
  • Baroque reconstruction of the side wing at the town hall and new construction of numerous town houses in Kaaden
  • Townhouse No. 6 (ul. Švermova) and No. 100 (ul. Žatecká) in Kaaden
  • Egermann house No. 7 (ul.Svermova) in Kaaden
  • Town houses No. 67, No. 78, No. 79 and No. 86 (Dum "U sv. Trojice" with a Trinity sculpture by Karl Waitzmann ) on the Ringplatz in Kaaden (with characteristic roof core and volute gables )
  • Rectory in the former town of Tschachwitz (Čachovice) (1765–1769), attributed to Kosch, demolished in 1970

photos

  • House No. 78 in Kadaň on the ring road

  • House No. 79 in Kadaň on the ring road

  • Pilgrimage Church of St. Peter and Paul in Březno

  • Rococo chapel at the pilgrimage church of Maria Trost in Kadaň

  • Deanery Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Kadaň

  • Elizabethine Monastery in Kadaň

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pavel Zahradník: The Kosch Mason Family (Czech) (accessed on September 13, 2019)
  2. ↑ a b c Barockes Kaaden I. (Czech) (accessed on June 4, 2017)
  3. ↑ Hrady.cz - kostel sv. Petra a Pavla (Czech) (accessed June 4, 2017)
  4. ↑ Kadaň - Sights (Czech) (accessed June 4, 2017)
  5. ↑ Jan Kryštof Kosch, architect (Czech) (accessed June 4, 2017)
  6. ↑ Zaniklé kostel sv. Petra a Pavla (Czech) (accessed June 4, 2017)
  7. ↑ Barockes Kaaden II. (Czech) (accessed June 4, 2017)
  8. ↑ Dum "U sv. Trojice " (accessed June 4, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Kosch, Johann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Bohemian builder and architect of the late baroque
DATE OF BIRTH 1698
PLACE OF BIRTH Männelsdorf near Atschau (Zvoníčkov near Úhošťany )
DATE OF DEATH 1778
Place of death Kaaden