Wendel Roskopf
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Wendel Roskopf the Elder (* 5 February 1485 – 1490; † 25 June 1549 in Görlitz) was a stonemason, master builder and member of the cities council 1523 to 1548. In 1526 onwards he was the towns council chief builder.{{cite web |title=Wendel Roskopf |url=https://saebi.isgv.de/biografie/Wendel%20Roskopf%20(um%201480-1549) |website=saebi.isgv.de |publisher=Sächsische Biografie |access-date=18 March 2021}}
Work
After Görlitz burned down in 1525, Roskopf built the Schönhof,{{cite web |title=Schönhof (Brüderstraße) |url=https://www.denkmalschutz.de/denkmal/Schoenhof-Bruederstrasse-8.html |website=Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz |publisher=Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz |access-date=18 March 2021}} the town's first Renaissance building - it was restored in 2006 to house the town's [http://www.schlesisches-museum.de/ Silesian Museum]. From 1537 to 1539 he also headed the construction of the town hall staircase. He also designed the Archivflügel (archives wing) of the town hall.{{cite web |title=Altes Rathaus |url=https://www.denkmalschutz.de/denkmal/Altes-Rathaus-Goerlitz.html |website=Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz |publisher=Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz |access-date=18 March 2021}} He owned the house whose address is now Bierhof Rosengasse 4.
1515 - 1516 He is the author of the first portrait of Jan Zizka from Trocnov. He worked on the order of the local town council in Tábor. A city in the south of Bohemia. Source: prof.PhDr.Petr Cornej,Czech Republic
Bibliography
- Inga Arnold: Wendel Roskopf der Ältere und die Renaissance in Görlitz, Denkmalpflege in Görlitz, Nr. 8, 1999, S. 4 - 9
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Category:15th-century German artists
Category:15th-century architects from the Holy Roman Empire