Johann Wenzel Kosch

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Church of the Assumption of Our Lady in Arnoltice, built according to plans by JW Kosch

Johann Wenzel Kosch (Czech. Jan Václav Kosch ) (born June 28, 1718 in Männelsdorf near Atschau (Zvoníčkov near Úhošťany ); † April 18, 1798 in Tetschen ) was a German-Bohemian builder and architect of the late Baroque who served the Counts of Thun -Hohenstein in Děčín in northern Bohemia . His churches and other buildings are in the tradition of Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer . His work was mainly concentrated in the region around Děčín (Tetschen).

Live and act

Johann Wenzel Kosch, like his two colleagues of the same name, related to him, Johann Christoph Kosch (1698–1778) and Johann Christoph Kosch (1703–1784), came from a family of builders. He was born the son of the judge Andreas Kosch (1678–1761) and his wife Regina in Männelsdorf (Zvoníčkov) and was baptized on June 28, 1718 in the church of St. Gallus in Atschau (Úhošťany), now OT von Kadaň . It is not known where he trained as a bricklayer and where he passed the master craftsman examination. He went from Klösterle to Tetschen as a servant of the Counts of Thun. There he married Anna Franziska Honneter († 1771) in 1748, with whom he had three children. When his wife died, his son Vincent became a citizen of the city of Tetschen. Little is known about his subsequent life. He died on April 18, 1798 during construction work on Tetschen Castle after falling from a wall. His employers were:

  • Jan Josef Franz Anton von Thun and Hohenstein (1711–1788) and his son
  • Wenzel Josef Johann Graf von Thun and Hohenstein (1737–1796) - founder of the Tetschen line.

In the 1750s he was involved in the renovation of the Church of St. Wenceslas and Blasius in Tetschen. Here he realized his idea of ​​a church facade with only one tower. When the parish church in Arnsdorf (Arnoltice) was built in 1757/58, Kosch was able to realize his own plans for the first time. In the years 1764–1769 he led the second construction phase of the parish church of St. Wenceslas in Rosawitz (Rozbělesy) and changed the original project by KI Dientzenhofer. The construction of the deanery church of St. Peter and Paul in Auscha (Úštěk) 1764–1772 is attributed to JW Kosch. Various church buildings followed in Srbské Kamenice, Varnsdorf, Kytlice, Prácheň and Volfartice, located in today's Okres Děčín and Okres Česká Lípa . At the end of 1783 he was in charge of building supervision at the so-called Kaisertor to commemorate Josef II's visit to Tetschen in 1779, which was torn down again in 1830. From 1786 until his death he was involved in the renovation of Tetschen Castle (until 1790 as construction manager). Because of its architectural features, Kosch is also considered the builder of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Habartice.

Works

  • Participation in the renovation of the Church of St. Wenceslas and St. Blaise in Dechen (Kostel sv. Václava a sv. Blažeje v Děčíně) after the fire of 1749
  • Connecting passage from the Tetschen Castle to the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross (Kostel Povýšení sv. Kříže) (1754)
  • Church of the Assumption in Arnsdorf (Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie Arnoltice) (1757/58)
  • Reconstruction of the parish church of St. Wenceslas in Rosawitz (Kostel sv. Václava v Děčíně-Rozbělesích) (1764–1769)
  • Deanery Church of St. Peter and Paul in Auscha (Kostel sv. Petra a Pavla Úštěk) (1764–1772)
  • Forest administration building in Děčín (Lesní úřad Děčín) (1766/67)
  • Participation in the reconstruction of the Church of St. Wenceslas in Windisch Kamnitz (Kostel sv. Václava v Srbské Kamenici) (1772–1774)
  • Deanery Church of St. Peter and Paul in Warnsdorf (Děkanský kostel sv. Petra a Pavla Varnsdorf) (1774–1776)
  • Church of St. Maria Magdalena in Gersdorf bei Böhmisch Kamnitz (Kostel svaté Máří Magdaleny Kerhartice) (1776)
  • Church of St. Laurentius in Parchen bei Steinschönau (Kostel sv. Vavřince in Prácheň) (1777–1782)
  • Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Kittlitz (Kostel sv.Antonína Paduánského v Kytlici) (1777/78)
  • Church of St. Peter and Paul in Wolfersdorf near Böhmisch Leipa (Kostel sv.Petra a Pavla ve Volfartice) (1780)
  • Archangel Michael Church in Platten near Komotau (Kostel svatého Michaela archanděla Blatno near Chomutov) (1782–1784)
  • Church gate (Kaisertor) in memory of the visit of Josef II in 1779 in Tetschen (1783, demolished 1830)
  • Wenceslas Church in Fugau (Kostel svatého Václava Fukov) (1784–1788), destroyed in 1960
  • Church of St. John of Nepomuk in Herrnskretschen (Kostel sv.Jana Nepomuckého Hřensko) (1786/87)
  • Extension of the Nepomuk Church and construction of the rectory in Dittersbach (Kostel svatého Jana Nepomuckého Jetřichovice) (1787)
  • Dean's Church of the Assumption in Haida (Děkanský kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie Nový Bor) (1786/87)
  • Church of St. Anna in Tyssa (Kostel sv.Anny Tisá) (1786)
  • Reconstruction of Tetschen Castle (1786–1798)
  • Construction of the Church of St. Francis Xaverius in Biela near Děčín (Kostel sv. Františka Xaverského Bělá near Děčín) (1787–1788)
  • Bell tower at the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Ober-Preschkau near Böhmisch Kamnitz (Kostel sv.Petra a Pavla Horní Prysk) (1788)
  • Church of St. John the Baptist in Ober-Ebersdorf (Poutní kostel Narození sv. Jana Křtitele Horní Habartice) (1787)
  • Town houses in Tetschen

photos

  • Tower of the Church of St. Wenceslas and Blaise in Děčín

  • Wenceslas Church in Srbská Kamenice

  • Deanery Church of St. Peter and Paul in Varnsdorf

  • Church of St. Maria Magdalena in Kerhartice

  • Church of St. Lawrence in Prácheň

  • Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Kytlice

  • Church of St. Peter and Paul in Volfartice

  • Church of St. John of Nepomuk in Hřensko

  • Deanery Church of the Assumption in Nový Bor

  • Děčín Castle

  • Anne's Church in Tisá

  • Bell tower of the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Horní Prysk

literature

  • Petr Mandažiev: Jan Václav Kosch severočeský stavitel pozdního baroka (Johann Wenzel Kosch - a North Bohemian builder of the late Baroque), Charles University Prague (Master's thesis), 2007, 79 pages and 3 photo attachments, see [1]
  • Pavel Zahradník: Zednický rod Koschů a Jan Kryštof Kosch, neznámý stavitel z Klášterce nad Ohří (The Kosch family of masons and Johann Christoph Kosch - an unknown master builder from Klösterle an der Eger). Průzkumy památek, 2000, part 1, pp. 101–105, see [2]
  • Rudolf Dörre : The work of the master builder Johann Wenzel Kosch from Tetschen in our circle, Heimatverlag, 1941

Web links

Commons : Johann Wenzel Kosch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Petr Mandažiev: Jan Václav Kosch severočeský stavitel pozdního baroka with several individual documents (Czech) (accessed on June 4, 2017)
  2. ↑ Pavel Zahradník: The Kosch Mason Family (Czech) (accessed on September 13, 2019)
  3. ↑ Kittlitz - Falkenau (accessed June 4, 2017)
  4. ↑ Architektura na severu Čech (Czech) (accessed June 4, 2017)
  5. ↑ Děčín Castle - Tetschen (accessed June 4, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Kosch, Johann Wenzel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kosch, Jan Václav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Bohemian builder and architect of the late baroque
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1718
PLACE OF BIRTH Männelsdorf near Atschau
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1798
Place of death Tetschen