Niklaus Schiltknecht
Niklaus Schiltknecht (born December 16, 1687 in Rüeggisberg , † January 17, 1735 in Bern ) was a Swiss architect and foreman at the Bern Minster .
Life
Niklaus Schiltknecht was the son of Johann Schiltknecht, pastor in Rüeggisberg, and Anna Katharina Vulpius. He was a carpenter and in 1718 became a master stone maker in Bern. As a result, a residential building on Spitalgasse and the guild house for merchants on Kramgasse in Bern were built under his leadership. In 1726 he was entrusted with the construction of the Heiliggeistkirche, his most important work. From 1728 until his death he was foreman at the Bern Minster. In addition to various restorations, he built the first organ player with baroque arches for the new, first post-Reformation organ. The rood screen was replaced in 1859 by one in Gothic style. In 1730, Schiltknecht rebuilt the burned down Sumiswald Palace on behalf of the State of Bern. From 1732, the new building of the Burgerspital zum Heiligen Geist was built according to plans by Joseph Abeille . As a foreman, Schiltknecht managed the construction work, among other projects, until his death in January 1735. The building was completed in 1742 under his successor, Samuel Lutz.
Appreciation
In 1723, Niklaus Schiltknecht applied in vain as a trained carpenter for admission to the monkey stonecutter guild, because the builders who were arrested in conventional thinking could not yet make friends with his cosmopolitan ideals. Based on French models from François Blondel's circle or according to Palladian theories, Niklaus Schiltknecht built the society house for Kaufleuten in the pre-classicist style, a sober form of the Bernese baroque, which also set the style for the Church of the Holy Spirit. Schiltknecht was one of the first to shape the baroque style typical of Bern.
Works
- 1718–1720 Gesellschaftshaus zu Kaufleuten , Kramgasse 29, Bern
- 1718 House Spitalgasse 24, Bern
- 1726–1729 Church of the Holy Spirit (Bern)
- 1728 Bern Minster , 1st organ player and restorations
- 1730 Sumiswald Castle , new building after a fire
- 1730 Abbey building in Oberhofen , school building at Schlossgasse 8
- 1732–1735 Burgerspital Bern, construction management
- 1732 Wildenstein Castle (Veltheim) , four rooms renovated
- 1732 Lauenen rectory
- 1732 Pfrundscheune Blumenstein BE
- 1734 Bleienbach church , new building
- 1734 Meiringen rectory
literature
- Christoph Schläppi: Schiltknecht, Niklaus. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Alfred Zesiger: Die Münsterbaumeister, Festschrift for the 500th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the Bern Minster in 1421/1921. In: Leaves for Bernese history, art and antiquity. Vol. 17 1921 (PDF; 6.4 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zunfthaus zu Kaufleuten, accessed on June 2, 2019
- ↑ Abbey building in Oberhofen PDF
- ↑ Pfrundscheune Blumenstein PDF
- ↑ Bleienbach Church
- ^ Pfarrhaus Meiringen page 13, PDF
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schiltknecht, Niklaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss builder of the Heiliggeistkirche Bern |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1687 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rüeggisberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1735 |
| Place of death | Bern |