!!!Munggenast, Franz

b. St. Poelten (Lower Austria), Jan. 23, 1724, 
d. St. Poelten, May 11, 1748, master builder, son of Josef  
Munggenast, brother of Matthias  Munggenast. After his sudden death in 
1726 his brother Matthias M. took over the family firm.

!Works
Lower Austria: Collegiate church in Herzogenburg, from 1743; 
(Tuerkenbruendl fountain) in Sonntagberg; Mount calvary in St. 
Poelten, 1746; garden pavilion at the monastery of Melk, 1746-1748; 
plans for a church in Maria Langegg (not built).

!Literature
K. Guethlein, Der oe. Barockbaumeister F. M., 
doctoral thesis, Heidelberg 1973; Die Baumeisterfamilie M., exhibition 
catalogue, St. Poelten 1991.



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