Sebastian Stumpfegger

Sebastian Stumpfegger (* around 1670 in Salzburg ; † November 14, 1749 there ) was a Salzburg stonemason and master mason .

Life

Stumpfegger grave at the Petersfriedhof Salzburg with seven crosses: Sebastian Stumpfegger, his four wives and his parents

Monument to Sebastian Stumpfegger in the Petersfriedhof Salzburg

Sebastian Stumpfegger comes from an old Salzburg family of master masons and stonemasons who had worked there as master masons since the 16th century. Since 1675 he was also a citizen of the city here. His father was the Salzburg citizen and Domkapitel master bricklayer Lorenz Stumpfegger (1641–1709).

After his apprenticeship in the prince-archbishop's court master builder, Sebastian Stumpfegger spent six years training in Vienna, Italy, Tyrol, Bavaria, Palatinate, Bohemia and Moravia, Silesia and Prussia, in Sweden, Denmark and Holland as well as in imperial cities in the Rhineland and Hamburg.

His son Johann Adam Stumpfegger (December 24, 1703 to August 28, 1753) and his grandson Lorenz Valentin Stumpfegger (March 13, 1737 to July 20, 1792) continued the family's artistic work.

Sebastian Stumpfegger four wives died one after the other. He had a total of 21 children and is buried in the Petersfriedhof Salzburg in Salzburg. In addition to his grave cross, the grave crosses of his parents and those of his four wives at St. Peter's Cemetery have been preserved.

Works

Holy Trinity Column in Linz

The high altar in the Klosterneuburg collegiate church , made according to a design by Matthias Steinl von Stumpfegger .

In the city of Salzburg

• Crypt altar (1699) as well as church facade and monastery portal (1707) of the parish church of Mülln and collaboration in the Ursuline church
• High altar side portals and oratorios of the Kollegienkirche (together with Götzinger, 1706)
• Work in the garden of the Emsburg on Hellbrunner Allee and construction supervision at Klessheim Castle for Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1707)
• Parish church Gnigl : plans for the church
• Tower reconstruction at the Erhardkirche in Nonntal (1711/12)
• High altar of the Gnigl parish church (1738)
• two kneeling angels on each side altar of the Trinity Church (1742)

Outside the city of Salzburg

• Parish church Flachau (1719/1721)
• Construction of the Ponlach Church in Tittmoning
• Construction of the St. Gilgen Nursing Court ,
• Church expansion in Mariabichl (near Lendorf im Drautal),
• Holy Trinity Column in Linz
• Church building in Neumarkt am Wallersee ,
• Church planning for the Assumption of Mary , also known as Maria Kunterweg ( Ramsau near Berchtesgaden )
• High altar of the Klosterneuburg collegiate church
• High altar of the parish church Zwettl

Web links

Commons : Sebastian Stumpfegger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Stumpfegger, Sebastian (in the article Stumpfegger, Lorenz) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 40th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1880, pp. 199–201 ( digitized version ).