Joseph Hueber Explained

Joseph Hueber
Nationality:Austrian
Birth Date:1715 or 1717
Birth Place:Vienna, Austria
Death Place:Graz, Styria, Austria
Significant Buildings:Admont Abbey Library,
Schloss Eggenberg Pavilion,
Herberstein City Palace (Graz)
Significant Projects:two tower façade of the Mariahilferkirche, Graz,
conversion to Baroque style of Bistrica Castle in Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia

Joseph Hueber, (1715 or 1717–1787), was a significant Austrian baroque master builder who studied under Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt.[1]

Buildings & Projects

Among his most notable achievements are the Parish Church of Our Lady on the Weizberg in the Styrian town of Weiz and the Pilgrimage Church of St. Veit in Sankt Veit am Vogau.[2] His most significant work is the famous library at the Admont Abbey. He also supervised the construction of a baroque pavilion for the park at Schloss Eggenberg in the Styrian capital of Graz as well as the conversion of the Schloss Eggenberg theater into a baroque palace chapel, Our Lady of the Snows.[3]

Literature

Notes and References

  1. Web site: weiz.at . Stadt Weiz. 11 October 2009.
  2. Web site: Electronic Journal Literatur Primär . Franz Krahberger . 11 October 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110531194849/http://ezines.onb.ac.at:8080/ejournal/pub/admont/synopsis/hueba-t.html . 31 May 2011 .
  3. Kaiser, B. Schloss Eggenberg. Graz: Christian Brandstätter Verlag, 2006, p. 205. (available in German or English editions through the Universal Museum Joanneum)