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Tyrolean-born Johann Georg Oegg (1703 - 1782) was, like his ancestors, a trained blacksmith who also learned the art of locksmithing. 1733 Prince-Bishop Karl Friedrich von Schönborn appointed him to the Würzburg court, no doubt on the recommendation of the famous Prince Eugene of Savoy, for whom he had already worked after his apprenticeship and journeyman's period. Many of the furnishings in the Würzburg Residence are the creations of Oegg, who was not only exceptionally talented as a craftsman but also as an artist. In 1952, a monument was erected in Würzburg's Hofgarten for the important artisan.