Elias Holl
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Elias Holl (* February 28, 1573 in Augsburg; † January 6, 1646 in Augsburg) was the most important architect of the german early Baroque architecture.
[edit] Life
Elias Holl was born in Augsburg,Werbhausgasse 2. He was descended from a master-builder-Family. His father Hans Holl (1512-1594) was teaching him. 1596 he passed the exam, the Meisterprüfung. After an abidance in Italy in the years 1600/1601 – he visited Bolzano and Venice – he became 1602 Werkmeister of Augsburg. 1629 he lost his office as Stadtbaumeister because he was a protestant. Since that he only was called Stadtgeometer. He was dismissed from office in 1631.
[edit] Building
He was the architect and constructor of Augsburg's landmark: the town hall of Augsburg. More buildings in Augsburg are Zeughaus (1602-1607), Wertachbrucker Tor (1605) Stadtmetzg (1609), St.-Anna-Gymnasium (1613), addition of the Perlachturm (1614-1616) and the Heilig-Geist-Spital (1626-1631) (it contents the Augsburger Puppenkiste)
