Peter Thumb

Peter Thumb ( born December 18, 1681 Bezau, Vorarlberg, † March 4, 1766 in Konstanz ) was an architect of the Rococo, who worked in South Baden, in the Black Forest, in Alsace, Upper Swabia, Lake Constance and Switzerland.

Life

Peter Thumb was a son of Vorarlberg architect Michael Thumb. He first went with the Steinmetz Michael Berbig in Au in the teaching and then later worked for his father, the architect Franz Beer. First own larger works were the abbey church Ebersmünster in Alsace and the church and library of the monastery of St. Peter in the Black Forest. In 1725 he received the citizenship in Konstanz. In 1737 he became a member of the Great Council of the city.

The Sanctuary Birnau, he built 1747-1750 for the monastery of Salem, is considered his masterpiece. This creates Thumb solid architecture in conjunction with the playful figurative features Joseph Anton Mayer's wet and the ceiling frescoes by Gottfried Bernhard Goz an impressive work of art. Also offers a picturesque setting on Lake Constance, the Birnau is now a tourist attraction and a major attraction of the Upper Swabian Baroque Route.

Thumb built one of the most important rooms of the library from the Baroque, today is a magnet for visitors and also with the entire monastery complex of the Abbey of St. Gall is a World Heritage Site by UNESCO with the Abbey Library of St. Gallen. The east façade and other parts of the monastery church of St. Gallen were probably built by Johann Michael Beer of Bildstein after drafts Peter Thumbs.

Impact and assessment

In Freiburg, in St. Peter ( Black Forest ) in Rust ( Baden), in Waldkirch, Cologne, Constance, Hilzingen, Waldshut -Tiengen, Weingarten (Württemberg ) and Bregenz, a street was named after Peter Thumb. It is the parish church in Schwerzen have arisen following his example (you guessed already, designed by him, but there is no evidence ). The Convent of St Gall is part of the UNESCO World Heritage in Switzerland

  • Parish Church of laughter (Canton of Schwyz ), 1707-1711
  • Abbey Ebersmünster in Alsace, 1708-1712 (facade and towers) and 1719-1727
  • Church of St. Martin in Erstein, 1715, later neo- Romanized by Antoine Ringeisen
  • City residence of Fürstabts Murbach, Gebweiler in Alsace, 1715
  • Monastery and church remodeling monastery Ettenheimmünster, from 1718
  • Sanctuary Thierenbach in young Holtz in Alsace, 1719-1723
  • Monastery church Koenigsbrueck at Haguenau, 1721 ( not received )
  • Monastery Peace Weiler, 1725
  • Abbey Church of St. Cyriac in Altdorf, 1725 (choir and transept ) → monastery Altdorf
  • Monastery Church of St. Mary in Frauenalb (municipality Marx cell ), 1727-1733 ( as a ruin receive )
  • Receive monastery Günterstal, 1728-1738, outer walls of the monastery buildings
  • Church of St. Margaret in Waldkirch, 1732-1734
  • Church and Convent of St. Trudpert, 1737-1756
  • Church and priory Sankt Ulrich in the Black Forest, 1739-1744
  • Monastery church and library hall in St. Peter in the Black Forest, 1724-1756
  • Church and Priory amounts, 1741-1744
  • Rectory Bermatingen, 1746-1747
  • Sanctuary of St. Mary and the Priory Birnau, 1747-1750
  • Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul in Hilzingen, 1747-1749
  • House for Red Dragon Tiergarten pharmacy in Konstanz, 1750
  • Catholic parish church in Mundelfingen, 1750-1751
  • Parish Church of St. Mary of the Assumption in Tiengen, 1753-1755
  • Abbey Library and Hospital of the Abbey of St. Gall, 1758-1767

Monastery church Ebersmünster

Nave St. Margaret Waldkirch

Abbey Church of St. Peter in the Black Forest

St. Mary of the Assumption, Tiengen

Abbey Library of St. Gallen

Church of Saint Maurice (Ebersmunster) Abbey of Saint Peter in the Black Forest Salem Abbey Sankt Peter, Baden-Württemberg Rust, Baden-Württemberg Lachen, Switzerland Guebwiller Jungholtz Koenigsbruck Abbey Friedenweiler Altorf St. Trudpert's Abbey St. Ulrich's Priory in the Black Forest Integrated Authority File
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