!!!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.



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