 From 1523 to 1546 he was a council member in the town of Görlitz and from 1526 was also the "Ratsbaumeister" (town council's chief builder).He died in Görlitz, aged about 69.After Görlitz burned down in 1525, in 1526 Roskopf built the , the town's first Renaissance building - it was restored in 2006 to house the town's Schlesisches Museum.