Joseph Meitinger

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Joseph Meitinger (* 1693 ; † 1769/70) was a German church builder and plasterer from Ustersbach .

Life

Town hall in Kirchheim in Swabia

In 1726 Joseph Meitinger led the construction of the new choir and nave of the parish church of St. Martin in Mertingen . From 1731 to 1734 he was involved in the production of the Johann von Nepomuk Chapel in Augsburg Cathedral . In Fischach he expanded the Catholic parish church of St. Michael in 1730 and built the synagogue in 1739 . For the Fuggers he designed the plans for the town hall in Kirchheim in Swabia .

In Ustersbach, Joseph-Meitinger-Straße is named after him.

literature

  • Benigna Schönhagen (Ed.): "Ma Tovu ...". "How beautiful are your tents, Jakob ..." Synagogues in Swabia . Franz Schiermeier Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-943866-24-7 , pp. 45 (Accompanying volume to the traveling exhibition “Ma Tovu…”. “How beautiful are your tents, Jakob…” Synagogues in Swabia of the Jewish Culture Museum Augsburg-Swabia and the Network of Historical Synagogue Places in Bavarian Swabia).

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personal data
SURNAME Meitinger, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German builder and plasterer
DATE OF BIRTH 1693
DATE OF DEATH 1769 or 1770