Mathias Drexler

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Mathias Drexler (* 1790 in Neukirchen , Altötting district in Bavaria ; † March 23, 1850 in Kaisersteinbruch in western Hungary , today Burgenland ) was a German - Austrian master stonemason and sculptor of historicism .

The Heiligenkreuz Abbey takes over the Kaisersteinbruch handicraft, which has been independent since 1618

Life

The master stonemason Mathias Drexler, who immigrated from Bavaria , the father Georg, was the landlord and citizen of Neukirchen, and the mother Gertrude, 29 years old, married the widow Theresia Stockmayerin on April 19, 1820 in the Kaisersteinbruch Church , after the master stonemason Johann Stockmayer. He died of fever on December 25, 1818 at the age of 49 . Five years earlier, Stockmayer had married the 26-year-old maiden Theresia Gehmacher, daughter of the local master stonemason Michael Gehmacher and Christina Winklerin. Witnesses were the lordly district hunter Georg Ziegel and master stonemason Michael Stockmayer.

Land register 1820

In the land register, Theresia Stockmayerin was registered with a house, including a garden and herb garden, and had previously come to the widow through inheritance with Johann Stockmayer, her husband and wife, after his death. She got married to Mathias Drexler and had him write next to her.

Tax list 1822/23

In the tax list 1822/23 Mathias Drexler was entered with a house, in it residents , with servants and two cows.

New “Franciscus” bell for the church

On July 26, 1814, a conflagration broke out in the quarry, which buried 22 houses and the churches . The "St. Maria “bell from 1726 fell from the tower and broke. The honorable stonemasons decided to have this bell made at their own expense, as in the past. This bell was cast in Ödenburg by the bell founder Zettenhofer, for which 403 fl. 37 kr were paid  . This bell was inaugurated on November 8, 1825 in the local church by Abbot Franz Xaver Seidemann as the landlord and the name Franciscus Xaverus was added and therefore called the "Franciscus" bell.

The entire honorable craft voluntarily paid 308 fl, the following master stonemasons Michael Gehmacher, Carl Gehmacher, Laurenz Pansipp , Johann Pansipp , Joseph Winkler, Michael Stockmayer, Mathias Drexler , Franz Gehmacher, Anton Gehmacher and Philipp Perchthold paid the lost 96 fl.

Hands-free book for stonemasons and masons in Kaisersteinbruch, from 1807 quarry

In this Kaisersteinbruch Freysprechbuch it is documented that Sommerein , Mannersdorf , Hof and Au were incorporated in the Kaisersteinbruch craft of stonemasons and masons from 1649–1801, Maria Loretto also continued to do so. Mathias Drexler became a master craftsman for the stonemasonry, at the beginning he took over apprentices from the deceased master Johann Stockmayer:

"If Master Mathias Drexler, master stonemason, acquitted his apprentice Joseph Gehberger, inherited from the godly master Johann Stockmayer, after his correctly completed 5 years of apprenticeship as a stonemason with the drawer open, and the surety asked for their surety was therefore released, his fee in the drawer with 4 fl. "

- Quarry June 24, 1820

" Kaisersteinbruch " was the official name until 1801, " Heiligenkreuzer Steinbruch " until 1804 , then (until 1824 in this script) " Steinbruch ".

“Mr. Mathias Drexler, master stonemason here, acquitted his apprentice Franz Frank, who had been handed down by the godly master Johann Stockmayer, after a really extended five years of apprenticeship in front of an open drawer to a stonemason. The guarantors were Martin Markowitsch and Franz Edelmann, both stonemasons, were completely relieved of their surety, imposed his fee in the ark with 5 fl 30 x gulden "

- Quarry January 27, 1822

Works as a teacher in the main hut in Vienna

Mathias Drexler was also a master of the Viennese stonemasonry, in the brotherhood book of the main hut he is documented twice as a teacher.

On August 30, 1827, Franz Frankl von Braunau became a brother and learned about Kaisersteinbruch from master Mathias Drexler.
On August 10, 1839, Karl Kraus von Kaisersteinbruch became a brother and learned about Kaisersteinbruch from master Mathias Drexler.

Jury office

A jury was assigned to the judge in the quarry . In this function Drexler was often best man , in 1820 for the stonemason Jacob Koresch , in 1824 for the master carpenter Georg Moser, 1827 for the stonemason Rochus Weidbacher, 1830 for the stonemason Johann Amelin, 1832 for the stonemason Anton Arnt, 1846 for the miller Jacob Hofer.

death

Master Drexler died on March 23, 1850 at the age of 60 years of flutter flow . The widow Theresia no longer married, she died on April 5, 1865 at the age of 77 of pulmonary edema .

Land register 1851

The manufactured Theresia Drexler appears on October 24, 1851 and is looking for an entry in the land register for:

A small house Konsk.Nr. 53 next to Kirchengaßl and Stephan Heischmann's garden, Top No. 75 next to the Top house garden. No. 76, 180 square fathoms .
Legal title: After the death of her spouse Mathias Drexler according to the inventory of July 21, 1850 for the inventory estimate of 1,000 CMz. hereditary acquired. Furthermore
A small house Konsk.Nr. 54 next to the Kirchengaßl and the parish hall, Top No. 77, without a property.
Legal title: .. around the appraised value of 600 CMz. hereditary acquired.

progeny

Daughter Carolina married the master stonemason Franz Nunkowitsch in 1850. Daughter Barbara married the master baker Ferdinand Riess in 1852. Son Francis died in 1855 at age 25 of lung - and trachea consumption . His name was on the recruiting list in 1852 in accordance with the highest regulation for recruit training . The pastors were asked to prepare the name directories according to their parish registers .

Archival material

  • Heiligenkreuz Abbey Archive: Church books, registers .

literature

  • Helmuth Furch : Historical Lexicon Kaisersteinbruch . ( Drexler, Gehmacher, Stockmayer , etc.) 2 volumes. Museum and cultural association, Kaisersteinbruch 2002–2004. ISBN 978-3-9504555-8-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heiligenkreuz Abbey Archive: Parish register of Kaisersteinbruch, land register
  2. ^ Archives Mosonmagyaróvár , list of taxpayers in quarry
  3. ↑ Helmuth Furch (ed.), Festschrift: The praiseworthy house of God St. Rochi and St. Sebastiani im kaisl. Quarry at Leithaberg Contained in: Communications of the Museum and Culture Association Kaisersteinbruch No. 40, December 1995. P. 28. ISBN 978-3-9504555-3-3 .
  4. ↑ Burgenland State Archives , 1791 hands-free book for stonemasons and masons in Kaisersteinbruch A / VI-1l; Fasc. 1/2
  5. ^ Vienna City and State Archives : Steinmetzakten, Brotherhood Book
  6. ↑ Archive Mosonmagyarovar : kkBezirksgericht Neusiedl / community quarry protocols arranged land registry establishment . Contained in: Announcements of the Museum and Cultural Association Kaisersteinbruch No. 45, March 1997. P. 6–24
  7. ^ Archive Kaisersteinbruch: Currens book entry from January 21, 1852


personal data
SURNAME Drexler, Mathias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian stonemason of historicism, teacher of the Viennese main hut
DATE OF BIRTH 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH Neukirchen , Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1850
Place of death Kaisersteinbruch