Joseph Munggenast

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Dürnstein Abbey in the Wachau
Main facade with gate pavilion of the "new building" of the Geras Abbey , renovation and expansion (1736–1740)
Marienkapelle in the parish church Scheibbs
Seitenstetten Abbey , conversion and expansion (1718–1747)

Joseph Munggenast (born March 5, 1680 in Schnann ( Tyrol ), † May 3, 1741 in St. Pölten ) was an Austrian baroque master builder .

Life

Munggenast was the nephew of Jakob Prandtauer , who promoted the bricklayer and from whom he was stylistically influenced throughout his life. Munggenast was initially trained by building craftsmen in his area, especially since after the victory over the Turks in the Battle of Kahlenberg in 1683 a huge building boom set in and therefore there was a corresponding need for building specialists and masons . It was also his mentor Prandtauer who entrusted the young mongoose in Sankt Pölten , Dürnstein and Herzogenburg with the first work, such as cellars and reading areas.

A significant influence on the career of Joseph Munggenast was his work on the new building of Melk Abbey , in particular on the shell of the abbey church begun in 1702 by Prandtauer. Thereby he learned from the organizational and technical skills of his master and also made himself familiar with his artistic forms of expression. So it was only logical that after the death of Jakob Prandtauer, he should take over his unfinished projects, such as the north wing, the library and the balcony of the Melk Abbey; continued to build and complete the Sonntagberg basilica and the Herzogenburg Abbey . From 1718 Munggenast was also a master builder in Seitenstetten .

In addition to Jakob Prandtauer, the architect and sculptor Matthias Steinl also exerted a significant artistic influence on him. Munggenast's own designs for the towers of Zwettl Abbey and Dürnstein Abbey could not prevail; instead, the space-consuming designs by Matthias Steinl were approved, and it was again Munggenast who implemented these designs. Munggenast was a monastery master builder in Zwettl from 1722 to 1729 and in Dürnstein from 1729 to 1733. Munggenast's designs for Herzogenburg, Seitenstetten and Geras are more flat and more decorative than those by Matthias Steinl, but have little to do with Prandtauer's strict concepts. Munggenast developed a repertoire of forms that was able to skillfully incorporate new structures into existing ones.

After his death, the business was continued by his sons Franz Munggenast and Matthias Munggenast .

Works (excerpt)

literature

Web links

Commons : Joseph Munggenast  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rupert Feuchtmüller:  Munggenast, Joseph. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 592 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ^ Dehio: Lower Austria, north of the Danube ; Berger Verlag , Horn / Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85028-395-3 , p. 259
personal data
SURNAME Mungweed, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian baroque master builder
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1680
PLACE OF BIRTH Schnann ( Tyrol )
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1741
Place of death St. Polten