Niklaus Purtschert

Niklaus Purtschert , also Nikolaus Purtscher or Butschert (born October 3, 1750 in Pfaffnau , † February 3, 1815 in Lucerne ) was a Swiss builder and politician . He became known through several church buildings in Central Switzerland .

biography

His father Johann Jakob Purtschert came from St. Gerold in the Great Walsertal ( Vorarlberg ) and settled in Pfaffnau in Lucerne. Niklaus Purtschert received his training as a master builder from his father and in Paris . After he became Hintersasse of the city of Lucerne , in 1776 he was awarded the first order to build the new parish church in Entlebuch .

Purtschert was inspired by the Tyrolean master builder Jakob Singer , who worked in Lucerne, and further developed his late baroque church type in a classicist manner . Over the years, other churches were added in Wollerau , Ruswil , Beckenried , Richenthal , Buochs , Schüpfheim and Wohlen . The mundane buildings of Purtschert include the orangery of the St. Urban monastery and the town hall of Altdorf .

From 1797, in addition to his work as a builder, Purtschert was also a master mason for the city of Lucerne. In 1803 he received Lucerne citizenship and in the same year was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Lucerne , of which he was a member until his death.

buildings

• Entlebuch Parish Church (1776–1781)
• Parish Church Wollerau (1780–1785)
• Parish Church Ruswil (1783–1792)
• Beckenried parish church (1790–1807)
• Orangery of St. Urban Monastery (1777–1780)
• Richenthal Parish Church (1803–1807)
• Parish church of Buochs (1802-1808)
• Parish church Reiden (1803-1807)
• Parish Church Schüpfheim (1804–1808)
• Parish Church of Wohlen (1804–1808)
• Altdorf Town Hall (1805–1806)

literature

• Fritz Gysi: On the development of church architecture in German-speaking Switzerland in the 17th and 18th centuries . A. Trüb, Aarau / Zurich 1913, p. 16, 54, 58 and 94 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Paul Meintel : Purtschert, Lucerne master builder family . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 466 .
• Niklaus Flüeler (Ed.): Culture guide Switzerland. Ex Libris Verlag, Zurich 1982.

Web links

• Heinz Horat: Purtschert, Niklaus. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heinz Horat: Jakob Singer. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz ., Accessed on May 21, 2012.
2. ↑ Historical review of the villages. Reiden parish, accessed on May 21, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Publications / Media. (No longer available online.) Canton of Uri, archived from the original on May 16, 2012 ; Retrieved May 21, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.