Johann Philipp Högl

Johann Philipp Högl (born August 25, 1755 in Vienna ; † 1805 there ) was a Viennese city stonemason, chief judge in Roßau and, in 1797, head of the Viennese building works .

Life

Johann Philipp was the son of the master stonemason Georg Andreas Högl and Franziska, previously a widow after the Viennese master stonemason Michael Waltner with the Roßau catchment area. The father came from Eggenburg , the most important stonemason center in Lower Austria . His grandfather, the master stonemason Johann Gallus Högl , once moved from Gemünden am Main in Franconia to the Eggenburg Brotherhood's quarter drawer. The memory of him had faded, Master Gallus died in 1719.

Kaisersteinbrucher side altar, in the stone floor Elias Hügel's epitaph

Death of the senior of the family

The 17 years younger brother Elias Högl , the last representative of a bygone era, a famous court stonemason still under Emperor Charles VI. , died three days ago on August 22, 1755 in the imperial quarry on Leithaberg . The Kaisersteinbrucher Brotherhood had not yet celebrated such a conduct in the church there.

Teach with the father

The mother died on August 19, 1764. The father had several underage children to look after; on January 28, 1766, he took Elisabeth Stricknerin from Eggenburg to his second wife. His older brother Andreas Georg (* 1744) was already trained as a stonemason by his father, and he will get married in a master craftsman position in Vienna.

Johann Philipp completed his apprenticeship as a stonemason with his father. For the rest of his life, it was crucial that his father, Mr. Andreas Högl, handed him his own bourgeois stonemason on March 19, 1779.

masterpiece

Certificate for Philipp Högl dated December 10, 1779 ..

The Examination Commission hereby announces that Philipp Högl, a journeyman stonemason, was born in Vienna, and that he will manufacture the exams given to him in the main hut

1. a double spiral staircase with a hole in the middle and profiles decorated with architecture ..

2. a Roman portal with an arch under the entablature , along with columns ...

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City stone mason in Vienna

Certificate for Mr. Philipp Högl dated January 11, 1780

After Mr. Philipp Högl was recognized by the examination commission for a city stonemason in Vienna as capable, and his father Mr. Andreas Högl had his civil stonemason justice with the approval of a laudable city council, he was a stonemason in the trade accepted.

Marriage contract

In the Schottenkirche on January 9, 1781: Virgin Barbara Eckmayrin, of Mathias Eckmayr, bourgeois wine host and wife Catharina, living on the Wieden near the Rote Apfel as bride and

Mr Philipp Högl, civil master stonemason, son of a master stonemason, resident in Roßau No. 4, as a groom. One of the witnesses was Franz Duschinger , a civil builder.

Carmelite Church

Three sons remained in the building trade, Philipp Joseph, Johann and Carl .

Appraiser

On February 23, 1783, the Mayor and Council of the City of Vienna published the master inspectors and appraisers proposed by the bourgeois master builders, masons and masons. As one of the deputies also the young master Philipp Högl.

Carmelite Church

Master Högl is currently documented doing the following work. In 1783 he carried out stone carving work at the Carmelite Church in Leopoldstadt .

Teacher

Here is a small selection of his apprentices

Quarter of fasting March 27, 1791

Mr. Philipp Högl, a bourgeois master stonemason, apprenticed a qualified stone mason named Anton Högl from Warsaw , who was to study for 2 years. This Anton Högl was with him related . According to the teacher, it didn't come to that after all.

For the years 1795–1800 he served as the Rossau judge .

Whitsun quarter June 5, 1796

.. let his son Philipp Joseph Högl, born in Vienna, work on the stonemasonry for 5 years . Its guarantors are the father and teacher principal and Adam Jungbauer stonemason companion. Has submitted the school report and paid the fee.

Was acquitted on March 16, 1800 according to the Christian teaching certificate.

In the Vienna City Hall, master masons and stonemasons elected Johann Philipp Högl as head of the Viennese building works in 1797.

Whitsun quarter June 2, 1797

.. let his son Johann Högl, who was born in Vienna, become a stonemason . Its guarantors are Mr. Franz Jäger and Mr. Father, both civil stonemasons. Has paid the fee and submitted the school report.

Was acquitted on June 14th, 1801 by Mr. Franz Jäger as superior master after having submitted a Christian teaching certificate and paid fee.

Widow business

At the handicraft meeting of the Viennese masons and stonemasons on July 12, 1805, the presence of Barbara Högl, Philipp Högl's widow, is already documented. After his father's death, his son Johann continues the widow's stonemason business successfully for five years. This will be credited to him as part of his master craftsman examination.

literature

• Vienna City and State Archives : Steinmetzakten .
• Schottenkirche matriculation archive: church records
• City archive Eggenburg: Aufding and Freysagebuch the Eggenburg stonemasons' guild .
• Helmuth Furch : In: Messages of the Museum and Culture Association Kaisersteinbruch . ISBN 978-3-9504555-3-3 .

Master Johann Gallus Hügel . No. 22, 1992.

The Hügel family from Gemünden am Main . No. 42, 1996.

• Entry Högl family . In: Felix Czeike : Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 3, 1994.
• Helmuth Furch: Historical Lexicon Kaisersteinbruch . 2 volumes. Museum and cultural association, Kaisersteinbruch 2002–2004. ISBN 978-3-9504555-8-8 .