Johann Nepomuk Tinkhauser

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Johann Nepomuk Tinkhauser (born May 9, 1787 in Bruneck , † August 30, 1844 there ) was a Tyrolean goldsmith , copper engraver and die cutter . He is particularly important as a chronicler of his hometown.

Life

He was the third son of the ropemaker and innkeeper Josef Tinkhauser and his wife Maria Kastl. From 1802 to 1805 he learned the goldsmith's trade in Brixen , after his acquittal in 1805 went on a wandering to Passau , Linz and Vienna , where he also worked for Ignaz Kindinger, and returned to Bruneck in 1806, where he became a citizen in December of the same year and goldsmith was added to the city. In 1817 he married Marie Piffrader, with whom he had three children.

In 1822, Tinkhauser opened a goldsmith's shop in what is now Seeböckhaus , Oberragen 4, and was mayor of Bruneck from then until 1824.

Johann Nepomuk Tinkhauser was the uncle of the monument conservator Georg Tinkhauser (1811–1873). The daughter Maria Theresia, married Seeböck, after whom the house bears its name, made great contributions to the preservation of her father's legacy.

The funny cock game. Colored pen drawing by Johann Nepomuk Tinkhauser

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View of the city of Bruneck by Johann Nepomuk Tinkhauser

In addition to his professional activity as a goldsmith, Tinkhauser was a versatile, talented and interested man. So he took up the then technical innovation of the lightning rod and installed it on numerous churches in the Pustertal .

Tinkhauser emerged as a graphic artist with the creation of business cards and religious small graphics, which were very popular. He published extensive series of copper engravings with images of landscapes and traditional costumes.

He became important for posterity as a chronicler and collector of folklore objects. In 1831 he first wrote a chronicle of his family. In 1834 he wrote his Geschichtliche Nachrichten of the kk district town Bruneck and the same surroundings , which are of particular importance as a source for the time of the French-Bavarian occupation of Tyrol. This work was also illustrated with copperplate engravings.

At the same time he collected a lot of folklore objects from the Puster Valley that were accessible to him, some of which were of considerable value, such as late Gothic paintings and sculptures by the great artists of the valley. This collection, carefully cared for and preserved by his daughter, formed the basis of the Bruneck Local History Museum founded in 1912. What has been preserved is now housed in the Dietenheim Folklore Museum and the Bruneck City Museum .

Publications

  • 50 landscapes . Engravings (1826-1830).
  • Traditional costumes in the Pustertal from the old and new times. Engravings (1834).
  • Historical news from the kk district town Bruneck and the same area . 1834 (New edition: Ed. Hubert Stemberger: JN Tinkhauser's Brunecker Chronik 1834. Athesia, Bozen 1981, ISBN 88-7014-203-5 ).

Honors

In 1966, the Johann Tinkhauserweg was named after him in the north of the city of Bruneck . In 1992 the name in Johann-Tinkhauser-Straße was corrected.

Exhibitions

  • Johann Nepomuk Tinkhauser: Chamber of Art and Curiosities . Bruneck City Archives December 19, 2015– February 14, 2016.

literature

Web links

Commons : Johann Nepomuk Tinkhauser  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann-Tinkhauser-Strasse . Bruneck City Archives. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Tinkhauser, Johann Nepomuk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tyrolean goldsmith, engraver, collector and chronicler
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH Brunico
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1844
Place of death Brunico