Johann Georg Specht
Johann Georg Specht (born December 20, 1721 in Lindenberg im Allgäu ; † December 30, 1803 ) was a late Baroque builder and belonged to the so-called Vorarlberg Building School or the masters of the Vorarlberg cathedral scheme .
Life
He learned his trade from the Vorarlberg master builder Peter Thumb (see Birnau pilgrimage church ).
Specht planned and built a large number of structures in the Allgäu and Upper Swabia. This also includes waterworks, bridges, mills, residential and economic buildings as well as castles and churches.
He found his main work in 1771 in the Wiblingen monastery church of St. Martin , which he planned and began, but was not allowed to finish. The Bavarian master builder, painter and later court painter to the Electorate of Trier, Januarius Zick , had already earned the client's trust before 1783 and achieved that he himself was commissioned with the further construction and Specht was dismissed.
Honors
The Baumeister-Specht-Straße was named after him in his hometown of Lindenberg in the Allgäu.
Works
- 1746–1748: Castle in Ratzenried . Extension of the N wing and N tower
- 1748–1750: various buildings at the castle (economic building) in Ratzenried .
- 1750: Expansion of the Löwenthal Monastery (today urban area of Friedrichshafen )
- 1751: Church in Siggen , rectory in Herlazhofen , waterworks in Vollmaringen
- 1752: Conversion of the three-part castle into a complete work, construction of the church and conversion of the rectory in Amtzell
- 1752–1753: Church renovations in Baisingen (today part of Rottenburg am Neckar ) and Gründringen (today part of Nagold )
- 1755–1756: Rimpach Castle and St. Leonhard Chapel in Rimpach (today urban area of Leutkirch , Friesenhofen district)
- 1758: Vicarage in Siggen
- 1760: Arch bridge at Mäuchen near Opfenbach
- 1762: Parish church in Amtzell
- 1764: various bridges, construction of the old parish church (Aureliuskirche) in Lindenberg im Allgäu
- 1765: Vicarage in Heimenkirch , field chapel in Mittelbiberach , castle chapel in Rimpach (today urban area of Leutkirch , district of Friesenhofen), church in Eglofs (–1766)
- 1766–1769: Kleinlaupheim Castle in Laupheim
- 1767: Tower of the church in Niedersonthofen (today district in the municipality of Waltenhofen )
- 1771: Parish church in Wiggensbach near Kempten, tower dome in Lindau
- 1771–1778: Monastery church in Wiblingen
- 1778: Thurn and Taxis post office in Kempten
- 1780–1782: Construction of economic buildings in the Irsee Monastery
- 1786: Plan for the church in Weiler
- 1786–1789: Neu-Trauchburg Castle near Isny
- 1792: Scheidegg parish church near Lindenberg in Allgäu
- 1793: Ruhlandser Bridge near Opfenbach
- 1796: Church in Scheidegg
- 1801: Ziegelstadel in Lindenberg in the Allgäu
- Buildings woodpecker
Pilgrimage church Birnau on Lake Constance
Apprenticeship with Peter Thumb
Ratzenried Castle, Argenbühl municipality
Löwental Monastery, Friedrichshafen
Rimpach Castle
Parish Church Eglofs
Kleinlaupheim Castle
Wiggensbach parish church
Wiblingen Monastery Church
Wiblingen Monastery Church interior view
Parish church hamlet
Parish church Weiler, interior view
Neutrauchburg Castle near Isny
Scheidegg parish church
literature
- An Allgäu baroque master builder. Johann Georg Specht. (Allgäuer Heimatbücher, 6), Verlag für Heimatpflege, Kempten (Allgäu) 1977.
- Bilger, Hugo; Scheller Ludwig: A master builder from the Allgäu at the end of the Baroque period: Johann Georg Specht. Drawings by Günther Scheller. Verlag für Heimatpflege, Kempten (Allgäu) 1977. Series “Allgäuer Heimatbücher”, 79th volume.
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Comments, individual references
- ↑ Now and then 1720 is also mentioned as the year of birth. This is the firstborn, but he died shortly after birth. According to custom, the second-born was given the same name - usually that of the godfather (see literature Bilger 1977, page 13)
- ↑ see castle inventory archive link ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woodpecker, Johann Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Master builder at the end of the baroque period |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1721 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lindenberg in the Allgäu |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1803 |