Josef Munggenast
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Josef Munggenast was an Austria
n architect and masterbuilder of the Baroque
period.
Munggenast was born in Schnann in Tyrol
, the nephew of Jakob Prandtauer
, who advanced his career and whose influence marked his style for the whole of his life.
From 1717 Munggenast was master mason in Sankt Pölten
. After Prandtauer's death in 1726 Munggenast continued the projects his uncle had had in hand, principally at Melk Abbey
, Herzogenburg Priory
and the Pilgrimage Church of the Holy Trinity on the Sonntagberg near Seitenstetten Abbey
, for whom from 1718 he was the masterbuilder.
Together with Matthias Steinl
he built the towers at Zwettl Abbey
and Dürnstein Abbey.
His main works however are the Baroque refurbishments of Altenburg Abbey
and Geras Abbey
in the 1730s.
After his death in Sankt Pölten his business was carried on by his sons Franz Munggenast and Matthias Munggenast.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n architect and masterbuilder of the Baroque
Baroque architecture
Baroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and...
period.
County of Tyrol
The County of Tyrol, Princely County from 1504, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, from 1814 a province of the Austrian Empire and from 1867 a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary...
, the nephew of Jakob Prandtauer
Jakob Prandtauer
Jakob Prandtauer was an Austrian Baroque architect....
, who advanced his career and whose influence marked his style for the whole of his life.
From 1717 Munggenast was master mason in Sankt Pölten
Sankt Pölten
Sankt Pölten is the capital city of the State of Lower Austria in northeast Austria. With inhabitants , it is Lower Austria's largest city...
. After Prandtauer's death in 1726 Munggenast continued the projects his uncle had had in hand, principally at Melk Abbey
Melk Abbey
Melk Abbey or Stift Melk is an Austrian Benedictine abbey, and one of the world's most famous monastic sites. It is located above the town of Melk on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river Danube in Lower Austria, adjoining the Wachau valley....
, Herzogenburg Priory
Herzogenburg Priory
Herzogenburg Priory is a monastery of the Augustinian Canons in Herzogenburg in Lower Austria.-History:The monastery was founded in 1112 by Ulrich I, Bishop of Passau, at St. Georgen an der Traisen, now in Traismauer, at the confluence of the Traisen with the Danube. In 1244 because of frequent...
and the Pilgrimage Church of the Holy Trinity on the Sonntagberg near Seitenstetten Abbey
Seitenstetten Abbey
Seitenstetten Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Seitenstetten in the Mostviertel region of Lower Austria.-History:...
, for whom from 1718 he was the masterbuilder.
Together with Matthias Steinl
Matthias Steinl
Matthias Steinl was an Austrian painter, architect and designer, and one of the country's best known Baroque sculptors...
he built the towers at Zwettl Abbey
Zwettl Abbey
Zwettl Abbey is a Cistercian monastery located in Zwettl in Lower Austria, in the Diocese of St. Pölten.- History :Zwettl Abbey was founded in 1137 by Hademar I of Kuenring, with Herrmann, a monk of Heiligenkreuz Abbey, as its first abbot . It was a daughter house of Heiligenkreuz, of the line of...
and Dürnstein Abbey.
His main works however are the Baroque refurbishments of Altenburg Abbey
Altenburg Abbey
Altenburg Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Altenburg in Lower Austria.It was founded in 1144 by Countess Hildeburg of Boigen-Rebgau. Under the abbots Maurus Boxler and Placidus Much the abbey took on its present Baroque form...
and Geras Abbey
Geras Abbey
Geras Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery in Geras in Lower Austria. Since 1783 it has also owned the premises of the former Pernegg Abbey nearby.-History:...
in the 1730s.
After his death in Sankt Pölten his business was carried on by his sons Franz Munggenast and Matthias Munggenast.