DOPRINOS KREŠIMIRA FILIĆA ISTRAŽIVANJU TRGOVAČKE OBITELJI PRAUNSPERGER IZ VARAŽDINA
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE HISTORIAN KREŠIMIR FILIĆ TO THE RESEARH OF THE MERCHANT FAMILY PRAUNSPERGER IN VARAŽDIN

Summary/Abstract: The contribution of the historian Krešimir Filić (1891- 1972) to the research of the merchant family Praunsperger in Varazdin is twofold. His research, conducted during the 1940’s, was recorded in his manuscript books, notebooks and papers and it dealt with the history and construction of the Franciscan church and monastery in Varaždin and ancient inscriptions in the city, as well as containing notes on houses within the Varaždin city walls. In 1944 Krešimir Filić published the information on the Franciscan church and convent in a monograph entitled Franjevci u Varaždinu (Franciscans in Varaždin). In it he included as well the information on the wealthy merchant Daniel Praunsperger (1635-1692), the commissioner of the artistically crafted St. Joseph’s chapel in the Franciscan church. His monograph came to be a source for researchers, particularly art historians, who wrote about the chapel, placing it along and comparing it to other works of art of the early baroque period in the north-western part of Croatia. His second major contribution consists of manuscripts - namely, notebooks and papers containing information about the Franciscan church and convent, which shed new light on St. Joseph’s chapel and its modification in the 19th century. In a manuscript entitled Bilješke o kućama grada Varaždina (intra moenia civittis) prema Proth. Magistraturale i Liber Fassionum. Varaždin, dne 1./I. 1940. (Notes on the Houses of the City of Varaždin (intra moenia civitis) with respect to Proth. Magistraturale and Liber Fassionum. Varaždin, dated 1/1/1940) based on The Records of the Varaždin City Council, Filić gathered information on Daniel’s son Francis Ignatius Praunsperger, a military officer serving with the Generalship of Varaždin, the husband of Catharine Ester Guallander, and one of the owners of what is now known as the Mrazović House in Varaždin, which he purchased from the widow Magdalene Sidonia Czunko-Multnperg on May 1st 1710 . Therefore, with his findings, both the ones published and the ones gathered in manuscripts, Krešimir Filić contributed to the research of the merchant family Praunsperger in Varaždin, by revealing its identity.

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