Michael Hoppenhaupt

Michael Hoppenhaupt (* 1657 in Robür on Lolland , Denmark; † July 23, 1710 in Merseburg ) was a Danish sculptor in the Baroque period .

Life

Michael Hoppenhaupt, trained in building trade in Denmark, can be traced back to Merseburg since 1680. There he married Regina Beyer in 1682 and received civil rights on April 24, 1685 . His first work included the renovation of the dam on the Gotthard pond and the construction of the two-story fish house between 1689 and 1691 as well as a three-story house in Domstrasse.

In addition to building a few houses, he was mainly concerned with furnishing churches. Hoppenhaupt created the high altar of St. Maximi's town church, which is now only partially preserved, between 1684 and 1686 and the crucifix on the altar of St. Thomae Neumarktkirche in 1692. In Leipzig , he furnished the Matthäikirche in 1698/99 with a pulpit, an altar and two figures on the portal and made the decoration work on the stalls. In addition, a number of tombstones and tombstones are attributed to him in the St. Maximi cemetery in Merseburg, the old Johannis cemetery in Leipzig and the town church of Lauchstädt .

family

Michael Hoppenhaupt is considered to be the progenitor of the family of sculptors and builders, which have lasted two more generations. After his death in 1710, his son Johann Michael took over his father's workshop in Merseburg, who was followed by his youngest son Moritz Ehrenreich in 1751 . Two other artistically active grandchildren were the ornament sculptors Johann Michael (the elder) and Johann Christian (the younger). They were particularly active in Prussia at the time of Frederick II and were instrumental in the decorative style of the so-called " Frederician Rococo ".

literature

• Ramm, Peter: Baroque in Merseburg - Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt (1685 - 1751) and his time , catalog for the memorial exhibition in the Museum Merseburg 1985, Merseburg 1988 (Merseburger Land, special issue 22)
• Hermann Heckmann: Hoppenhaupt, Michael . In: Saxon Biography , ed. from the Institute for Saxon History and Folklore e. V., edited by Martina Schattkowsky