Career

He began his career as an apprentice to Hans Beierlein in Augsburg. Between 1511 and 1512 he settled in Eichstätt, where in 1519 he was elected to the city council, from which he was elected to the post of Mayor several times (1523-1524, 1527, 1533 and 1540). His greatest patron was the Prince-Bishop Gabriel von Eyb.