Johann Georg Fischer (architect)

Johann Georg Fischer ( born January 21, 1673 Oberdorf im Allgäu, † April 24, 1747 in Füssen) was also a stonemason and builder. Long he stood (1652-1717), as its Palier he first worked in the shadow of his famous uncle, Johann Jakob Herkomer. With Herlomer maßvollem, at the same time universal use canon he acquired the ability to achieve maximum impact with minimum effort. The practicability of the system eventually led to his widespread in Swabia and Tirol by the so-called Füssen school. Fischer's son Franz Karl stepped professionally in his father's footsteps, as well as its Palier Franz Xaver Kleinhans.

Marktoberdorf reminds the Georg- Fischer-Straße and the Johann -Georg Fischer art prize to the son of the city. In Kißlegg there is a Johann -Georg -Fischer -Weg.

Life

Johann Georg Fischer was the son of a master baker Georg Fischer and his wife Regina, the older sister (* 1639 ), the painter and architect Johann Jakob Herkomer. As 1679 Johann Georg lost his father. When his uncle returned from Italy in 1685, this quasi adopted the nephew and took care of all the way to his own intention to the specialized training of the boys. One stone mason Johann Seidmann in vineyards am Forggensee (probably from about 1686 to 1690 ), a shorter second lesson from 1693 to 1695 in Augustine Stickel from Weibletshofen, the beriehmten master mason of Pfleg Oberndorf, called Hill Thaler.

As of 1701, Fischer worked as a stonemason and Palier his uncle Johann Jakob Herkomer at the new building of the monastery of St. Mang Füssen. The end of 1706 he bought a house in Füssen Reichenstraße, 1707 he married the daughter of Füssen baker Euphrosinia Stadler. In 1710 he was elected supervisor of Füssen Masonry, from 1741 created the Dillinger Hofkammer for him the office of a hochstiftischen landscape architect.

Only Herlomer death in 1717, Fischer could also occur with their own architectural ideas and work. In Innsbruck indeed he had to take over the existing foundations for the construction of St. Jacob, but changed the plans crucially on. Its construction was the trend for the Tyrolean Baroque architecture. After the death of his first wife Fischer graduated in 1744 at the age of 71 years a second marriage with Maria Victoria Berchtold from Schongau. Increasingly plagued by gout, he died on April 26 in 1747.

Work

Stonemason

Fischer's training as a stonemason and his extensive and sometimes excellent stone carvings have been previously presented in the literature never related and overall only inadequate. Here, the architect has always operated until his death as a stonemason. However, as a rule, he had to implement this foreign designs.

Palier

As Palier his uncle Johann Georg Fischer led almost all construction projects Herlomer, in 1701 in particular, the construction of the monastery of St. Mang Füssen. Also in Innsbruck, he was initially planned for St. Jacob as Palier before he came up with his own plans as a builder for the course.

Builder

Only after the death Herlomer, ie in 1717, Fischer becomes tangible with their own architectural work. The Basics of Masonry he had learned in contrast to his uncle with a tasteful local champion. Further knowledge he could probably learn in Italy two stays with his uncle - in the summer of 1695 until the end of 1697 and again in 1698 but above all, he benefited from the almost 17 years of intensive cooperation with Herkomer. . As a builder of the period between the powerful innovators (such as Herkomer ) and the creative full respondents (such as Dominic Zimmermann) Fischer was far greater fame failed. Fast singular is the fact that his first independent building at the same time was his most important.

List of Works

Stone carvings

( archival occupied)

The stone carvings listed below Johann Georg Fischer played a decisive role with near certainty:

Most important architectural works

The buildings are arranged according to the year of commencement

The works listed are mostly occupied archival. Only a small proportion is reversed. In addition, planned and created by Johann Georg Fischer also numerous chapels, rectories and small secular buildings.