Munggenast, Matthias#
b. St. Poelten, Feb. 12, 1729, d. St. Poelten, April 22, 1798, master builder, son of Josef Munggenast, brother of Franz Munggenast, continued his father´s and brother´s projects but did not attain their artistic excellence. Suffered financial problems.
Works#
Lower Austria: Fridau Palace, 1750-1754; district office St. Poelten, 1754-1756; houses for wealthy citizens in St. Poelten, 1756-1785; Lilienhof Palace, Stattersdorf (baroque style), 1756/57 Brand-Laaben parish church, 1758; library and sacristy in the Servite monastery at Jeutendorf, 1762; parish house and beneficiary house in Theiss, 1763; high altar and spire in the monastery church at Herzogenburg (in collaboration with M. Hefele), from 1765; additions to the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in St. Poelten, 1767-1769.Literature#
Die Baumeisterfamilie M., exhibition catalogue, St. Poelten 1991.