Franz Beer

Franz Beer, since his village is conquered by the emperor on January 31, 1722 Franz Beer Edler von bleached, and in the writing form of Blaichten, ( born April 1, 1660 in Au ( Vorarlberg); † January 21, 1726 in Bezau ) was an Austrian architect and architect of the Baroque period, who built especially for church building monasteries in southern Germany and Switzerland. He was the son of the founder of Au Guild Michael Beer and father of Johann Michael Beer, also builder.

Life

Franz Beer went from 1677 to 1680 with Michael Thumb in the Au Guild in the building trades apprenticeship and worked from 1682 at Thumbs buildings in Ellwangen -Schönberg and Obermarchtal with. The monastery church of Obermarchtal he completed after the death of Michael Thumbs ( 1680) together with his brother Christian Thumb. Beers to the monastery church buildings churches of Rheinau and St. Urban as well as the church of the monastery began in 1717 Weingarten and the church of the monastery include Weißenau ( 1717-1724 ).

His numerous construction tasks (mainly monasteries and churches ) resulted in the most extensive and most geographically dispersed List of all Vorarlberg architect. Franz Beer was based on pilasters scheme that he tried to connect to the central building. Striking in his work are the twin tower facades with the towers are generously spaced. His work was influenced not only by the Bregenzerwald models by the buildings of Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach in Salzburg and by the Italian architecture.

The Seal of Franz Beer is oval. There are imaged in two bears who wear a pair of compasses in their paws. He signed his contracts always with first name franz without tz, this in contrast to the architect Franz Beer of Au.

In 1705, Franz Beer citizens of the city of Constance. Many offices in the city as well as his elevation to the peerage in 1722 are evidence of Beers great social esteem. In 1717 he had bought the Alpe bleached Mellau and remained until his death of his rural home.

Important buildings

The work of Franz Edler von Beer bleached can be difficult to distinguish from that of Franz Beer of Au (1659-1722), also a member of the Au Guild, delimit.

  • Monastery church in Obermarchtal Ehingen, from 1690 to 1701, with Christian Thumb
  • Kloster Gengenbach, construction of monastery and bell tower 1690-1722
  • Imperial Abbey Salem, New the monastery 1697-1710, and the Stefan Feld 's Chapel (1710 )
  • Monastery church at Irsee Kaufbeuren, new 1699-1704
  • Rheinau monastery in the Canton of Zurich, New Construction 1705-1711
  • Bellelay abbey in the Bernese Jura, new church 1708-1714
  • Abbey of St. Urban in the canton of Lucerne, new church 1711-1715
  • Old Inselspital in Bern, new 1714-1718
  • Hauterive monastery in the Canton of Fribourg, new building from 1715
  • Monastery of St. Katharinental in the canton of Thurgau, new 1715-1718
  • Weingarten monastery, church building 1715-1724
  • Monastery Kaisheim Donauwörth, new in 1716
  • Weißenau monastery near Ravensburg, new church 1717-1723
  • Dominican convent Bad Wörishofen, 1719-1723

The Vorarlberg Chronicle also mentions:

  • Monastery Zwiefalten in the district of Reutlingen
  • Monastery Oberschönenfeld in Gessertshausen in Augsburg

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