Konrad Roritzer

Konrad Roritzer , also Conrad Roriczer (around 1410 in Regensburg ; † after 1477 ), was a German builder of the late Gothic . His father Wenzel Roritzer , probably from Bohemia, was also a foreman and from 1415 at the latest, a cathedral master builder in Regensburg.

Konrad had two sons, Matthäus (born around 1430/40) and Wolfgang , who succeeded him as master builders.

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Konrad Roritzer was a master builder at Regensburg Cathedral from 1456 to around 1478, when his eldest son Matthäus Roritzer can be verified in this office. Konrad Roritzer worked on the west facade of the Regensburg Cathedral and on the second construction phase of the hall choir of the Lorenz Church in Nuremberg (1455–1466). In 1474 he examined the vaulting of the Frauenkirche in Munich, which Jörg von Halspach , known as Ganghofer, had designed. He also acted as a consultant for church buildings in Nördlingen (1461), Vienna (1462) and Eger (1472).

literature

• Peter Morsbach: The builders of the cathedral. The story of the Regensburg cathedral master family Roriczer-Engel . Regensburg 2009, pp. 69-97.
• Gustav von Bezold:  Roriczer, Konrad . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 29, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, pp. 155-158.
• Peter Morsbach:  Roriczer. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 35 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Markus T. Huber: The west facade of the Regensburg Cathedral. Convention and innovation in a late medieval ironworks . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7954-2820-4 , pp. 41-44, 308f., 343f.
• Markus T. Huber: Roritzer. In: General Artist Lexicon - International Artist Database - Online.