Lorenz Zotz the Elder

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Lorenz Zotz the Elder (* 1862 in Nesselwängle in Tyrol ; † 1903 ) was an Austrian- German master of plastering .

Lorenz Zotz the Elder comes from the Tyrolean family of artists and scholars, the Zotz family , who produced numerous masters of stucco art such as Hubert Zotz , Lorenz Zotz the Younger and Ämilian Zotz . He emigrated from Tyrol to Germany, where he and his brothers Gottfried Zotz and Eduard Zotz († 1935) founded a construction company with a stucco art studio in Münster .

One of the masterpieces of the Zotz brothers' studio is the design of the neo-baroque church of St. Magdalena and Luzia in Bruchhausen (Arnsberg) .

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  1. ↑ Monika Bilgeri: The wandering nature of the building craftsmen. The expansion of the building trade in Ausserfern. ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ws.nesselwaengle.eu
  2. ^ Building history of the Church of St. Magdalena and Luzia zu Bruchhausen (Arnsberg). ( Memento of the original of September 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kirchengemeinde-bruchhausen.de
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SURNAME Zotz, Lorenz the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-German plasterer
DATE OF BIRTH 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Nesselwängle
DATE OF DEATH 1903