Thumb (family of architects)

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Thumb is the name of a Baroque family of architects from Vorarlberg , members of the Auer Guild , from whom the designs of numerous important sacred buildings in southern Germany , Switzerland , Austria and Alsace originate.

Peter I. Thumb (* around 1610) ∞ Barbara Beer:

  1. Michael Thumb (1640–1690) ∞ Christina Feurstein († 1690):
    1. Gabriel Thumb (1671–1719?), Master builder (with his brother Peter) ∞ Agatha Feuerstein
    2. Peter II. Thumb (1681-1766)
  2. Christian Thumb (1645-1726)
  1. Alois Thumb (before 1818) foundation builder
    1. Albert Alois Thumb (1838–1886) architect
      1. Albert Thumb (1865–1915) Professor, Dr. of linguistics.

literature

  • Lexicon for Theology and Church , Volume 10, Herder, 1993, p. 16

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