Johann Georg Haresleben

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Stonemason's mark by Joh. Georg Haresleben

Johann Georg Haresleben (* 1671 in Kühnring near Eggenburg , Lower Austria ; † July 24, 1716 in Kaisersteinbruch , Hungary, today Burgenland) was an Austrian master stonemason of the Baroque era .

Haresleben stonemason family from Eggenburg

Stonemason's mark by Adam Haresleben
Stonemason's mark by Thomas Haresleben

Three sons of Alexander and Maria Haresleben learned the stonemasonry: Michael, Thomas and Hans Georg. The Haresleben were a successful Eggenburg stonemason family, the uncle Adam Haresleben († 1683) became master builder in St. Stephen's Cathedral in 1654 after Hans Herstorffer , 1656 and 1677 headmaster of the Viennese building works, and brother Thomas Haresleben also held the office of chief master in Vienna in 1712 and 1717 inside. Hans Georg was arrested by the Eggenburg master Wolfgang Steinböck , and in 1689 he was acquitted.

The Eggenburger Stone, now called Zogelsdorfer Stone , a sculptural stone that is easy to work with, was one of the most important Viennese building stones. In the Hofburg , the Viennese city palaces and garden palaces, in the churches, etc., he contributed to the splendor of these buildings. The hard to very hard stone from Kaisersteinbruch was also used there. Towards the end of the 17th century, this connection was also strengthened in terms of personnel, which meant that the Eggenburg journeymen took over the Imperial Quarry through a widow marriage .

Marriage to the Ferrethi clan after Kaisersteinbruch

Hans Georg Haresleben was one of these pioneers at the age of 25. He married Catharina Ferrethin, a 56-year-old widow, on November 18, 1696. Court stone mason, Ambrosius Ferrethi , from Castiglione d'Intelvi in the Como district , had died. His wife Catharina had entered him as master craftsman in 1699 in the land register with two quarries and three houses.

Tax list 1699

In the tax list of 1699 Haresleben was entered with a quarry, two houses, six cows and three horses.

Schönbrunn Castle

In 1569 the already dilapidated Katterburg hunting lodge came into imperial possession. The actual building history of Schönbrunn Palace began in 1695 with the creation of the garden by Jean Trehet. The construction project of Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach is documented for the first time safely for the following year. The driving force behind the company was Obersthofmeister Graf Salm, the educator Joseph I , who let Fischer report personally in order to eliminate the bureaucracy of the building authorities. The planned structural extensions meant an upgrading of the hunting lodge in function, rank and form to a veritable residence in view of the impending wedding of Joseph and the resulting enlarged court.

In 1697 the Viennese masters Veith Steinböck and Thomas Schilck, both from Eggenburg , master Georg Deprunner from Loretto (then Hungary ) and master Hans Georg Haresleben from Kaisersteinbruch received stonemason orders . The 2,220 guilders demanded by Haresleben ... because of his stone carving work delivered to Schönbrunn were not paid during his lifetime, nor did his widow, re-married Maria Regina Synn, daughter of Maria Elisabetha Hügelin , wrote the most humble, obedient requests for the most gracious ordinance .

Salva Guardia privilege for Kaisersteinbruch

→ Salva Guardia-Privilegium for Kaisersteinbruch # Kaiser and King Karl VI.

Emperor Charles VI. renewed and confirmed on December 5, 1712 the privilege of exemption from military billeting for the masters Johann Georg Haresleben, Sebastian Regondi , Johann Paul Schilck , Elias Hügel , Johann Baptist Kral and Simon Sasslaber .

Independent quarter drawer for the imperial quarry in 1714

On December 20, 1714, the Kaiser approved and renewed the independent quarter store in Kaisersteinbruch.

Karlskirche in Vienna , in the beginning
Imperial Oratory of the Karlskirche

Major order Karlskirche

He was on the way to becoming the first in the Kaisersteinbrucher Brotherhood , which he had achieved with the stonemason contract for the construction of the Imperial Church , the Karlskirche . This building symbolized the baroque imperial art in Vienna. He was assigned a position within the Holy Roman Empire , such as was assigned to St. Peter's Basilica in Rome for all of Christianity.

death

But Haresleben died on July 24th, 1716, and his co-master Elias Hügel took over the overall management of the quarry and thus established his rise.

His epitaph was in the Kaisersteinbruch church . The inscription reads:

STANDING SILENT YOU TRAVELING / SEE WHAT THIS STONE SHOWS / UNDER WHICH IS HIDDEN / WHAT'S HAY IS HAINT OR TOMORROW / THE LORD GOD'S BLESSED / HONORED VEST OF MR.JOHANN GEORG HARISLEBEN / AFTER HEU VILLA IN THE YEAR XXX YEAR OLD / HAS HE ... the remaining 9 lines can no longer be deciphered. Last 1716.

Master Haresleben's stonemason mark is carved on the Kaisersteinbruch local stone by the sculptor Alexandru Ciutureanu .

Works

Archival material

literature

The Haresleben family . No. 3, 1990, pp. 6-13. ISBN 978-3-9504555-3-3 .
Hans Georg Haresleben, Heiligenkreuz subject and master stonemason in quarry . No. 36, 1995, pp. 10-40.
  • Helmuth Furch: Elias Hügel, court stone mason, 1681–1755 . Kaisersteinbruch 1992. ISBN 978-3-9504555-2-6 .
  • Hellmut Lorenz and Wilhelm Georg Rizzi: Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt's palace for Count Daun . and Luigi A. Ronzoni: The Sculpture Equipment of the Palais Daun-Kinsky . In: Palais Daun-Kinsky . Vienna-Freyung. Vienna 2001, p. 42 and p. 117/118.
  • Helmuth Furch: Historical Lexicon Kaisersteinbruch . 2 volumes. Museum and cultural association, Kaisersteinbruch 2002–2004. ISBN 978-3-9504555-8-8 .
  • Burghard Gaspar: The "White Stone of Eggenburg". The Zogelsdorf sand-lime brick and its masters . In: The Waldviertel . 44, 1995, No. 4, ISSN  0259-8957 , pp. 331-367.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Testament of Catharina Hareslebin dated August 14, 1707, in communications from the Museum and Culture Association Kaisersteinbruch, No. 3, Advent 1990, p. 10f.
  2. ^ Archives Mosonmagyaróvár , List of taxpayers in quarry 1699
  3. ↑ URL: https://regiowiki.at/index.php?title=Maria_Regina_S%C3%BCnnin&oldid=157781
personal data
SURNAME Haresleben, Johann Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian master stonemason of the Baroque
DATE OF BIRTH 1671
PLACE OF BIRTH Kühnring
DATE OF DEATH July 24, 1716
Place of death Kaisersteinbruch