Wolfgang Steinböck

Stonemason's mark Wolfgang Steinböck

Wolfgang Steinböck (* 1650 in Eggenburg , Lower Austria ; † February 1, 1708 ibid) was an Austrian master stonemason and baroque sculptor .

Life

Wolfgang was the first son of the Eggenburg master stonemason Thomas Steinböck (* 1625), mother: Catharina. Over the years he got the brothers Veith and Andreas , the sisters Martha, Barbara and Christina.

Wolfgang learned the trade from his father, his acquittal as journeyman and brother took place on September 27, 1671, he became a master stonemason and took over public functions as councilor , from 1699 to 1701 city ​​judge , from 1703 to 1707 mayor in Eggenburg.

Teacher

According to the guild book , ten stonemason boys learned the craft from him by 1705 . Two examples, the boy Johann Georg Haresleben from Kühnring near Eggenburg was arrested by master Wolfgang Steinböck, and on October 16, 1689 he was acquitted. The journeyman married Catharina Ferrethin, widow of the court stonemason, Ambrosius Ferrethi , in the Imperial Quarry on Leithaberg .

He trained his son Jacob to be a stonemason and acquitted him as a journeyman in 1696. Documented as Eggenburg master from 1707.

Branch in Eggenberg and family

Sign of the son Jacob Steinböck

Wolfgang Steinböck was the owner of house no. 4 on Eggenburg's main square, a patrician house with a richly designed house portal. The lintel of the window above the gate bears his stonemason's mark and his monogram WSP. His coat of arms can also be seen on Kremserstrasse 6 in the keystone of the basket arch portal .

Eva Regina survived her husband by 26 years and died at the age of 94 in 1734. They had seven children, their son Jacob also learned to be a stonemason.

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The epitaph in the Eggenburg church is a large tomb made of sandstone and red marble . The gilded writing on the marble slab proclaims (in extracts):

STAND STILL O PEOPLE THINK YOUR END WELL ..

THE NOBLE AND BEST MR WOLFGANG STEINBÖCKH

CIVIL STEINMÖZ MASTER ALL HERE ..

THE FIRST DAY HORNUNGS

IN THE 58TH YEAR OF HIS AGE

WHOSE SOUL LIVE RESTLY WITHOUT END WITH J. CHRISTO ..

His widow Eva Regina had the tomb erected in his memory and a new Corpus Christi altar in 1716 . She donated the "Christ statue with the flag" on the east side of the bell tower, the year 1712 and the statue of the "painful Mother of God" on Calvary from 1715.

Works

Trinity Column in Tulln ; together with Paul Strickner
(1694–1696)

• 1675: Palais Sprinzenstein in Vienna, Wallnerstrasse 3 , Landmarschall Ferdinand Maximilian Graf Sprinzenstein had two smaller houses converted into a palace. In 1674/75 Wolfgang Steinböck received stonemason orders, the window posts a. a. more
• 1685: Wayside shrine with Sebastian statuette at Kühnring, inscription with monogram.
• 1690–1695: Commissioned by the city of Brno , Parnassbrunnen on the herb market, design by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach , executed stonemason Bernard Höger, Wolfgang Steinböck documented.
• 1694–1696: Trinity column in Tulln on the Danube, main square. Erected on the basis of a vow by the city ​​council from 1693 by master stonemasons Paul Strickner and Wolf Steinböck, surrounded by a balustrade , the base with corner posts adorned with reliefs Madonna, hll. Rochus, Rosalia (above the coats of arms of the miller Matthias Staindl, inscribed 1696) and Sebastian, as well as inscription and coat of arms cartouches ( city ​​coat of arms , imperial double eagle), column with composite capital and Trinity group surrounded by four angels by the sculptor Johann Hiernl 1695.
• 1699: Liechtenstein City Palace in Bankgasse , Wolfgang Steinböck took over in 1699 with Michael Khöll and the Prince Liechtenstein'schen Hofsteinmetz Martin Mitschke the execution of the main stairs (stairs of hard Kaiserstein ).
• 1700: Lednice Castle (then Eisgrub), statue decorations for the outbuildings of the Liechtenstein Castle. Master Wolfgang Steinböck zu Eggenburg delivered the blocks, Giovanni Giuliani took care of the execution .
• 1705: Melk Abbey , new building by Jakob Prandtauer , stone carvings from Eggenburger Stein by Wolfgang Steinböck a. a. Masters, window stones, capitals, coats of arms, ..
• 1705–1709: Trinity column in Waidhofen an der Thaya , main square. Column and figures by Wolfgang Steinböck. Balustrade enclosure with corner figures hll. Maria and Joseph, as well as Johannes Evangelist and Johannes Nepomuk , on the two-storey base block reliefs Mariahilf and plague saints Rochus, Rosalia and Sebastian between corner pillars, cartouche-holding angel figures as corner crowns (marked with 1709) and on the top of the column Godvaterpietá.

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  Palais Sprinzenstein, later Lamberg, facade

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  Brno, Parnassusbrunnen on the herb market

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  Liechtenstein City Palace

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  Grand stairs, steps Kaiserstein, figural jewelry Eggenburger Stein

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  Melk Abbey

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  Trinity column Waidhofen / Thaya

literature

• Vienna City and State Archives : Steinmetzakten .
• Alois Kieslinger : Stone handicraft in Eggenburg and Zogelsdorf . In: Our home, monthly newspaper of the Association for Regional Studies and Homeland Security of Lower Austria and Vienna . No. 5-7, 1935.
• Otto E. Plettenbacher: History of the stonecutters of Vienna in the 17th century. An economic and cultural historical as well as sociological investigation. Price list 1688, set order of the stone carvings . Dissertation, University of Vienna 1960.
• Hans Brandstetter: Eggenburg, History and Culture , 1986.
• Burghard Gaspar: The white stone of Eggenburg. The Zogelsdorf sand-lime brick and its masters . In: The Waldviertel . Issue 4, 1995.
• Ivo Krsek, Milos Stehlik and others: Umění baroka na Moravě a ve Slezsku . Academia Praha, Prague 1996, ISBN 80-200-0540-4 .
• Helmuth Furch : Historical Lexicon Kaisersteinbruch . 2 volumes. Museum and cultural association, Kaisersteinbruch 2002–2004. ISBN 978-3-9504555-8-8 .

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