Simon Achleitner

Simon Achleitner (* before 1450 probably in Vienna ; † 1488 there ) was an Austrian architect and stonemason and from 1477 master builder of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna .

Life

Simon Achleitner initially worked as a parlier under Laurenz Spenning on the construction of the north tower of St. Stephan, where in 1476 at the celebration of the completion of the Katharinenkapelle maister Larenzen and his parlier umb ain essen [trout?], Wine and semeln 4 schillings 28 pfennigs were spent . Achleitner was married to Spenning's daughter Anna, and when he died in 1477 he would succeed him as master builder in Vienna. Achleitner died in 1488, at the time of the occupation of Vienna by Matthias Corvinus , and Jörg Kling became his successor as master builder of the Vienna cathedral .

activity

Under Spenning, Achleitner had worked on the construction of the basement of the north tower of St. Stephan, his independent achievement was the execution of the subsequent double-window storey, the tower hall of which could only be vaulted and completed after his death in 1491. In a construction period of only 25 years, the north tower was built up to the height of the church roof, which speaks for a swiftly carried out construction operation. Achleitner adhered closely to Spenning's plans during construction.

Individual evidence

^ Karl Uhlirz : invoices of the church master's office of Sankt Stephan. Vienna 1902, p. 475.
↑ Richard Perger: The builders of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna in the late Middle Ages . In: Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte 23, 1970, pp. 98f.
^ Johann Josef Böker : St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, architecture as a symbol for the house of Austria , Verlag Anton Pustet, Salzburg 2007, p. 305.

personal data
SURNAME	Achleitner, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian architect and stonemason
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1450
PLACE OF BIRTH	unsure: Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	1488
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Karl Uhlirz : invoices of the church master's office of Sankt Stephan. Vienna 1902, p. 475.

[2] Richard Perger: The builders of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna in the late Middle Ages . In: Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte 23, 1970, pp. 98f.

[3] Johann Josef Böker : St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, architecture as a symbol for the house of Austria , Verlag Anton Pustet, Salzburg 2007, p. 305.