Mathäus Höbel

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Altenklingen Castle (1586)
Schlössle in Kempten (1593)
Sonnenberg Castle (1596)

Mathäus Höbel also Matthias Höbel / Heubel (* around 1540 in Eggen near Martinszell ; † after 1605 ) was a builder and architect of the German Renaissance .

Life

Mathäus Höbel came from the hamlet of Eggen near Martinszell (since 1976 part of Waltenhofen ) and was foreman in the imperial city of Kempten in 1564 . At first he was probably a master bricklayer, but from 1577 he also hired himself as a master builder in the Allgäu and Switzerland. Höbel was a city architect in Kempten for over 40 years and lived in a company apartment.

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In 1570 he completed the spire of the parish church of St. Mang .

In 1585 Höbel began expanding and upgrading the beguinage in Kempten.

For the Zollikofer patrician family from St. Gallen , he built Altenklingen Castle in the summer of 1586 in an eleven-week construction period, and the Schlössli am Spisertor in 1587.

From 1593 he built the Schlössle on Fischerstrasse for the then mayor Ulrich Dorn .

The new construction of Falkensberg Castle by Höbel in 1593, which was destroyed again in the Thirty Years' War , is no longer preserved .

In 1596 he rebuilt the burned down Sonnenberg Castle in a new style for the Zollikofer family.

He also upgraded the city ​​fortifications of Kempten , for example Höbel submitted a draft for the expansion of the Rieggerturm.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Birgit Kata: Allgäu master builder of the 16th century in Thurgau and St. Gallen. October 17, 2018, accessed November 10, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Philip Jakob Karrer: Faithful and complete description and history of the old town of Kempten . Ed .: Dannheimer. 1828.
  3. ^ Konrad Falco Wutscher: Altenklingen Castle. (PDF) 2013, accessed on November 10, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Monika Kritzmüller, Martin Schregenberger: Textile Path City of St.Gallen. (PDF) Retrieved November 10, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Georg Guggemos: Rückholz in the story .
  6. ^ Albert Knoepfli, Cornelia Stäheli: Art guide through Switzerland - Canton Thurgau . Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2006, ISBN 978-3-03797-141-3 .
personal data
SURNAME Höbel, Mathäus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heubel, Matthew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Master builder and architect of the German Renaissance
DATE OF BIRTH around 1540
PLACE OF BIRTH Harrows near Martinszell
DATE OF DEATH after 1605