Hefele, Melchior#
b. Kaltenbrunn (Tyrol), Jan. 11, 1716, d. Szombathely, Hungary (then Steinamanger), Jan. 2, 1794, architect, brass founder. Designed the interiors of churches including the Sonntagberg pilgrimage church (Lower Austria) and rebuilt churches in Vienna.
Works#
Archiepiscopal Palais in Passau (1763-1770); rebuilding of the Peregrini chapel in the Serviten Church in the 9th district of Vienna (1765/66); Steinamanger cathedral (from 1791).Literature#
N. Salamon, M. H. (1716-1794), exhibition catalogue, Szombathely 1994; NDB.