Jakob prandtauer biography for kids

  • Jakob Prandtauer (baptized in Stanz bei Landeck (Tyrol) on 16 July 1660; died in Sankt Pölten on 16 September 1726) was an.
  • The Austrian baroque architect Jakob Prandtauer (1660-1726) is famed chiefly for his monastic and religious buildings, notably the abbey and church of Melk.
  • The third Austrian master, Jakob Prandtauer, on the other hand, came from a local stonemason tradition and worked primarily for monastic orders.

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    Jakob Prandtauer

    Austrian architect

    Jakob Prandtauer (baptized in Stanz bei Landeck (Tyrol) on 16 July 1660; died in Sankt Pölten on 16 September 1726) was an Austrian Baroquearchitect.

    Trained as a stonemason rather than as an architect, he designed and supervised the construction of the church of Melk Abbey, in Melk, Lower Austria. He was the uncle of Josef Munggenast, who inherited his business and continued his style.

    References

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    • Albert Ilg (1888). "Prandtauer, Jakob". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 26. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 501–502.
    • Huberta Weigl, Prandtauer, Jakob. In Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker (AKL). Vol. 96, de Gruyter, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-023262-2, pp. 479–481.
    • Hugo Hantsch, Jakob Prandtauer. Der Klosterarchitekt des österreichischen Barock, Vienna 1926.
    • Huberta Weigl, Jakob Prandtauer 1660–1726. Baumeister des Barock (Studien

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      Melk Abbey facts for kids

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      Melk Abbey
      Native name
      German: Stift Melk

      Melk Abbey

      LocationAustria
      AreaEurope
      ArchitectJakob Prandtauer
      Architectural style(s)Baroque
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      Aerial view of the Melk Abbey and its park

      Melk Abbey (German: Stift Melk) is a Benedictineabbey above the town of Melk, Lower Austria, on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Danube river, adjoining the Wachau valley. The abbey contains the tomb of Saint Coloman of Stockerau and the remains of several members of the House of Babenberg, Austria's first ruling dynasty.

      History

      The abbey was founded in 1089 when Leopold II, Margrave of Austria gave one of his castles to Benedictine monks from Lambach Abbey. A monastic school, a forerunner of the Stiftsgymnasium Melk, was founded in the twelfth century, and the monastic library soon became renowned for its extensive

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