Wendel Roskopf
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Wendel Roskopf the Elder (1480, Franconia
- 15 or 25 June 1549, Görlitz
) was a stonemason and master builder. From 1523 to 1546 he was a council member in the town of Görlitz and from 1526 was also the Ratsbaumeister (town council's chief builder).
building - it was restored in 2006 to house the town's Schlesisches Museum. From 1537 to 1539 he also headed the construction of the Rathaustreppe. He also designed the Archivflügel (archives wing) of the Rathaus. He owned the house whose address is now Bierhof Rosengasse 4.
Franconia
Franconia is a region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria, a small part of southern Thuringia, and a region in northeastern Baden-Württemberg called Tauberfranken...
- 15 or 25 June 1549, Görlitz
Görlitz
Görlitz is a town in Germany. It is the easternmost town in the country, located on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland of Saxony. It is opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was a part of Görlitz until 1945. Historically, Görlitz was in the region of Upper Lusatia...
) was a stonemason and master builder. From 1523 to 1546 he was a council member in the town of Görlitz and from 1526 was also the Ratsbaumeister (town council's chief builder).
Work
After Görlitz burned down in 1525, in 1526 Roskopf built the Schönhof, the town's first RenaissanceRenaissance architecture
Renaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture. Stylistically, Renaissance...
building - it was restored in 2006 to house the town's Schlesisches Museum. From 1537 to 1539 he also headed the construction of the Rathaustreppe. He also designed the Archivflügel (archives wing) of the Rathaus. He owned the house whose address is now Bierhof Rosengasse 4.
External links
- Entry in Biographischen Lexikon der Oberlausitz