Michael Thumb

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Michael Thumb, 1687

Michael Thumb (* around 1640 in Au -Argenau, Vorarlberg; † February 19, 1690 in Bezau ) was a Vorarlberg master builder of the Baroque era . His brother Christian Thumb and his sons Gabriel Thumb and Peter Thumb were also important builders of the Baroque era. See also Thumb (family of architects) .

Life

Michael Thumb received his training as a master builder from the founder of the Auer Zunft der Bauwerker, Michael Beer . As early as 1665, he worked as a colleague of Beer's at the Cistercian convent Rottenmünster as well as at the Jesuit college in Landshut. Eventually he settled in Bezau and in 1670 was commissioned to build the Wettenhausen collegiate church . This should be his first independently planned and implemented project. One of his most important buildings is the pilgrimage church Ellwangen-Schönenberg (1681–1685) and the monastery church Obermarchtal from 1686. Both buildings serve as a template for the Vorarlberg cathedral scheme , according to which many churches have just been built in Upper Swabia.

Works

Monastery church in Obermarchtal
View from the west of the towers of the Schönenbergkirche
Zwiefalten Benedictine Monastery

literature

  • Walther Genzmer: The influence of the architecture of Michael Beer on the Bregenzerwald baroque master builders . In: Preservation of monuments in Vorarlberg. Austrian Monument Preservation Conference 1966. Vorarlberger Verlagsanstalt, Dornbirn 1966, pp. 362–372.
  • Heinrich Habel: Two church buildings by Vorarlberg masters in Central Swabia . In: Reports of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, 26 (1968), pp. 108–118.
  • Tobias G. Natter, Ute Pfanner: Architectura Practica. Baroque master builder and modern building school from Vorarlberg . Exhibition catalog. Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz 2006, ISBN 3-901802-26-6 .
  • Adolf Reinle : The double tower facades of the Vorarlberg masters . In: Preservation of monuments in Vorarlberg. Austrian Monument Preservation Conference 1966. Vorarlberger Verlagsanstalt, Dornbirn 1966, pp. 342–361.

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