Wenceslas Render

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Wenzel Render (≈ August 31, 1669 in Olomouc ; † April 3, 1733 there ) was an imperial privileged architect and Olomouc master stonemason of the Baroque era .

Life

Wenzel Render's house

Wenzel Render was the son of the bricklayer Felix Render. In 1705 he received the imperial privilege, which allowed him to work freely outside the guild order. Render never married and had no children. He bequeathed his estate to the completion of his unfinished main work, the Trinity Column in Olomouc. Render's house and workshop was at 7 Böhmengasse, today's 8th května street. Render was buried in the St. Mauritz Church.

Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc

plant

Wenzel Render shaped the image of his hometown Olomouc through his work. The Trinity Column on the upper ring in particular is an extraordinary building that is one of the most outstanding achievements of the Central European Baroque. In thanks for the extinction of the plague in the city, Render designed the unusually large and tall Trinity Column, on which he had been working since 1716. After his death in 1733 it was further built so that it could be completed in 1754.

  • Statue of St. Florian , Skrbeň (1707), originally on the Niederring in Olomouc, replaced by the Jupiter Fountain in 1735
  • Triton Fountain , Olomouc (1709)
  • Pauline altar in the Mauritz Church , Olomouc (1716)
  • Plague column , Littau (1724)
  • Marian column on Niederring, Olomouc (1715–1723)
  • Portal of the Jesuit Church Maria Schnee , Olomouc (1716–1722)
  • Holy Trinity column on the upper ring, Olomouc (1716–1733), UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Caesar fountain on the upper ring, Olomouc (1725), statue by Johann Georg Schauberger
  • Merkur-Brunnen (1727), together with Philipp Sattler and Johann Jakob Kniebandel
  • Base of the Florian statue in front of the St. Michael Church , Olomouc (1728), statue by Johann Georg Schauberger

photos

  • Statue of St. Florian, Skrbeň

  • Triton fountain

  • Marian column in Litovel

  • Marian column on Niederring

  • Portal of the Jesuit Church Maria Schnee

  • Caesar fountain on the upper ring

  • Mercury fountain

literature

  • Josef Matzke : Wenzel Render. Kaiserl. privileged architect u. bourgeois Master stonemason in Olomouc (1669 - 1733) . Series of publications by the Heimatverband Olomouc and Central Moravia e. V .; No. 13. Quellenverlag Diwisch, Steinheim am Main 1972.

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personal data
SURNAME Render, Wenceslaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Render, Václav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Moravian architect and stonemason
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1669
PLACE OF BIRTH Olomouc
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1733
Place of death Olomouc