Mathes Helbling
Mathes Helbling (* before 1400 in Vienna ; † before February 1444 there ) was an Austrian architect and stonemason and from 1437 master builder of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna .
Life
Mathes Helbling was born before 1400 as the son of the painter Ulrich Helbling, who died in 1417, the stonemason Ulrich Helbling, who died in 1426, is documented as his brother. In 1435 Helbling worked on the city fortifications of Vienna. By 1437 at the latest, Mathes Helbling is documented as successor to Hans von Prachatitz as master builder at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. His successor as a Viennese cathedral builder was Hans Puchsbaum .
plant
Helbling's first task as Viennese cathedral builder was the restoration of the spire of the high tower of St. Stephan, which had been damaged by lightning strike on July 21, 1437, which had only been completed shortly before, in 1433. The construction of the hall longhouse was then pushed forward under his direction. Part of the north wall was completed by 1440 (inscription on the cornice), after which the construction of the free pillars began. Helbling's spatial concept was based on a conservative hall church with simple ribbed vaults.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Richard Perger: The builders of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna in the late Middle Ages . In: Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte , 23, 1970, pp. 90f.
- ^ Johann Josef Böker : St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, architecture as a symbol for the house of Austria , Verlag Anton Pustet, Salzburg 2007, p. 162f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helbling, Mathes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect and stonemason |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1400 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | before February 1444 |
| Place of death | Vienna |