Josef Munggenast
Josef Munggenast (5 March 1680 – 3 May 1741) was an Austrian architect and masterbuilder of the Baroque period. • Illustration — Dürnstein Abbey in the Wachau 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 in hand, principally at Melk Abbey, Herzogenburg Priory and the Pilgrimage Church of the Holy Trinity on the Sonntagberg near Seitenstetten Abbey, for which he was the masterbuilder from 1718.
Also recorded as Josef Munkenast · Joseph Munggenast
Josef Munggenast
C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Born
- Josef Munggenast was born on 5 March 1680. · Tyrol.
- Died
- Josef Munggenast died on 3 May 1741. · St. Pölten.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- architect
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Josef Munggenast (5 March 1680 – 3 May 1741) was an Austrian architect and masterbuilder of the Baroque period. • Illustration — Dürnstein Abbey in the Wachau 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 in hand, principally at Melk Abbey, Herzogenburg Priory and the Pilgrimage Church of the Holy Trinity on the Sonntagberg near Seitenstetten Abbey, for which he was the masterbuilder from 1718.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Josef Munggenast. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q94647 · wikipedia · Josef Munggenast
In this article
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Josef Munggenast was born in Tyrol.
Birthplace
Josef Munggenast died in St. Pölten.
Deathplace
Tyrol.
Birth place
St. Pölten.
Death place
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Josef Munggenast”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q94647: Josef Munggenast
General reference · Wikidata
External links/Sources
External links/Sources
Together with Matthias Steinl he built the towers at Zwettl Abbey and Dürnstein Abbey. His main works are the Baroque refurbishments of Altenburg Abbey and Geras Abbey in the 1730s.
• Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseums Lexikon: entry for Josef Munggenast
Das „Neugebäude“ des Prämonstratenser-Chorherrenstiftes in der niederösterreichischen Stadt Geras. Ein barocker Bau mit einer dem Ort zugewandten Hauptfassade und einem überhöhten Torpavillon mit Einfahrt. Er wurde von 1736 bis 1740 nach Plänen und unter Aufsicht von Joseph Munggenast errichtet.
C.Stadler/Bwag
Westsüdwestansicht der Kirchensiedlung Sonntagberg auf einem 712 Meter hohen Bergrücken mit der Basilika zur Heiligen Dreifaltigkeit und zum hl. Michael in der niederösterreichischen Marktgemeinde Sonntagberg. Die barocke Basilika in weithin sichtbarer, dominierender Lage zählt zu den markanten Wahrzeichen des Mostviertels. Sie wurde von 1706 bis 1732 nach Plänen der Barockbaumeistern Joseph Mun
C.Stadler/Bwag
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Design
11,558 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Josef HrejsemnouDesigner
- Josef KaiserDesigner
- Josef MelanDesigner
- Josef MockerDesigner
- Josef NeuwirthDesigner
- Josef NiklasDesigner
- Josef Paul KleihuesDesigner
- Josef PleskotDesigner
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Josef Munggenast?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.