Leonhardt Crab Apple

Kaiser Ebersdorf, hand drawing by Wolfgang Wilhelm Prämer

Portal built in 1618 by masters from Kaisersteinbruch

Leonhardt Holzapfel (also called Holzäpfl; † March 19, 1620 in Wiener Neustadt ) was an Italian master stonemason . He was a court stone mason under the emperors Matthias and Ferdinand II.

Life

In the master book of the Wiener Neustädter Steinmetzhandes of 1617 the names of the stonemasons of the Kaisersteinbruch quarter load are documented: Antonius Crivelli , Ulrich Payos : Leonhardt Holzäpfl. Pietro de Magistris , Nicola de Novo, Andre Ruffini and Antonius Bregno .

Craft regulations 1617

Report for the Lower Austrian lords 1618

In the report of the rent master Johann Miller to the Lower Austrian government of February 20, 1618, he also describes the working conditions in the imperial quarry and lists the names of the masters (excerpt):

“ ... the servants who stay in the quarry live from the work with these six masters. Ulrich Payos, Pietro de Magistris , Leonhardt Holzäpfl, Nicolae di Novo, Andre Ruffini and Antonius Bregno . They are all Swiss , including four Masters of Her Imperial Majesty. In the event Her Majesty need them, you owe them to put all other work aside and to get Her Majesty's things done. How they now lead a main gate on Ebersdorf ... "

Individual evidence

^ Wiener Neustädter Book of the Dead
^ Josef Mayer: History of Wiener Neustadt. Arts and crafts. P. 416, 4 volumes, 1924–1928.
↑ City Archives Wiener Neustadt : Description of the honorable masters of the two praiseworthy crafts stonemasons and masons names, which are in the Roman. Khay. Maj. Have incorporated the liberated craft regulations and the local Neustädterische Zeche . Started in 1617.
↑ Report by Johann Miller 1618 In: Helmuth Furch : 400 years of the Kaisersteinbruch 1590–1990. Festschrift. Kaisersteinbruch 1990, DNB 941654117 , p. 22f.
↑ Leonhardt Holzäpfl. In: Helmuth Furch: Historical Lexicon Kaisersteinbruch. Volume 1: A-H. Kaisersteinbruch 2002, DNB 97711516X , p. 226; Johann Miller. Volume 2: I-Z. Kaisersteinbruch 2004, DNB 973330643 , p. 473f.

personal data
SURNAME	Holzapfel, Leonhardt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Holzäpfl, Leonhardt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian master stonemason of the Renaissance
DATE OF BIRTH	16th Century
DATE OF DEATH	March 19, 1620
Place of death	Wiener Neustadt

[1] Wiener Neustädter Book of the Dead

[2] Josef Mayer: History of Wiener Neustadt. Arts and crafts. P. 416, 4 volumes, 1924–1928.

[3] City Archives Wiener Neustadt : Description of the honorable masters of the two praiseworthy crafts stonemasons and masons names, which are in the Roman. Khay. Maj. Have incorporated the liberated craft regulations and the local Neustädterische Zeche . Started in 1617.

[4] Report by Johann Miller 1618 In: Helmuth Furch : 400 years of the Kaisersteinbruch 1590–1990. Festschrift. Kaisersteinbruch 1990, DNB 941654117 , p. 22f.

[5] Leonhardt Holzäpfl. In: Helmuth Furch: Historical Lexicon Kaisersteinbruch. Volume 1: A-H. Kaisersteinbruch 2002, DNB 97711516X , p. 226; Johann Miller. Volume 2: I-Z. Kaisersteinbruch 2004, DNB 973330643 , p. 473f.