Johann Gustapfel

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Johann Gustapfel (born August 29, 1807 in Schondorf am Ammersee , † January 16, 1867 in Munich ) was a German shaper , smelter and author .

Life

Johann Gustapfel was naturalized in Neuhausen (now part of Munich) in 1837 . The royal ore foundry in Munich , where he worked as a former and smelter from 1837, was also located in Neuhausen . In the same year he married the bricklayer's daughter Anna Hoermann (1812–1869). Three children were born to the couple (Johann 1838–1858; Anna 1843–1920; Maria 1848–1856). Only the daughter Anna, married Bernauer, survived the parents. In 1847 the couple bought a house on the outer Karlstrasse (today Karlstrasse 116). In 1855 it bought a garden on Nymphenburger Strasse .

On behalf of Ferdinand von Miller , Gustapfel wrote the "Notes on the History of the Royal Ore Foundry in Munich" from 1861–1863. This order shows Miller's particular confidence in Gustapfel.

job

Gustapfel worked with the sculptors Ludwig Schwanthaler and Bertel Thorvaldsen . He was, among other things, the maker and smelter of the Bavaria statue in Munich, the maker of the equestrian statue of Elector Maximilian of Bavaria (Wittelsbacherplatz in Munich), the maker of the Schiller monument (Schillerplatz in Stuttgart).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mundorff, Angelika / von Seckendorff, Eva: Die Millers. The start of a family: Allitera Verlag 2006, pp. 112-138
  2. ↑ Bavaria, giant picture made of ore in front of the Hall of Fame on Theresienwiese near Munich by Josef Anselm Pangkofer, 1850 - p.33
  3. ↑ Mundorff, Angelika / von Seckendorff, Eva: Die Millers. Starting a family: Allitera Verlag 2006, p. 113
  4. ^ List of the monuments produced - Royal Ore Foundry in Munich , accessed on April 6, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Gustapfel, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German shaper, smelter and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Schondorf am Ammersee
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1867
Place of death Munich