Johann Dientzenhofer (25 May 1663 – 20 July 1726) was a builder and architect during the
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
period in
Germany
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.
Johann was born in St. Margarethen near
Rosenheim
Rosenheim is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is an independent city located in the centre of the district of Rosenheim (Upper Bavaria), and is also the seat of its administration. It is located on the west bank of the Inn at the confluence of the ...
,
Bavaria
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, a member of the famous
Dientzenhofer
Dientzenhofer is the name of a family of German architects, who were among the leading builders in Bohemian and German Baroque.
Architects
* Georg Dientzenhofer, a poor mountain peasant & wife Barbara (Thanner) had five sons and two grandsons wh ...
family of German architects, who were among the leading builders in the
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...
n and German Baroque which included his brothers
Georg Dientzenhofer (1643–1689),
Wolfgang Dientzenhofer (1648–1706),
Christoph Dientzenhofer
Christoph Dientzenhofer ( cs, Kryštof Dientzenhofer) (born 7 July 1655 in St. Margarethen near Brannenburg, Landkreis Rosenheim - 20 June 1722 in Prague)[Leonhard Dientzenhofer
Leonhard Dientzenhofer (also: ''Johann Leonhard Dientzenhofer''; 20 February 1660 – 26 November 1707) was
a German builder and architect from the well known Dientzenhofer family of architects.
Life and Work
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(1660–1707), Johann's son
Justus Heinrich Dientzenhofer (1702–1744) and his nephew
Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer
Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer ( cs, Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer) (1 September 1689, Prague – 18 December 1751) was a Bohemian architect of the Baroque era. He was the fifth son of the German architect Christoph Dientzenhofer and the Bohemian-Ge ...
(1689–1751). Dientzenhofer died in
Bamberg
Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...
.
Works
* For the Prince-Abbot of
Fulda
Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.
History ...
:
**
Fulda Cathedral
Fulda Cathedral (german: Fuldaer Dom, also ''Sankt Salvator'') is the former abbey church of Fulda Abbey and the burial place of Saint Boniface. Since 1752 it has also been the cathedral of the Diocese of Fulda, of which the Prince-Abbots of Fu ...
(1704–1712)
** Fulda Stadtschloss (1707–1712)
** Schloss Bieberstein (
Hesse
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) (1709)
** Schloss in
Geisa
Geisa () is a town in the Wartburgkreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Rhön Mountains, 26 km northeast of Fulda.
The near border with Hesse was the border between West Germany and the GDR during the Cold War. Thus ...
* For the Prince-Bishop of
Bamberg
Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...
:
**
Schloss Weißenstein
Schloss Weißenstein is a '' Schloss'' or palatial residence in Pommersfelden, Bavaria, southern Germany. It was designed for Lothar Franz von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg and Archbishop of Mainz, to designs by Johann Dientzenhofer ...
by
Pommersfelden
Pommersfelden is a community in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg in Germany.
Geography
The community lies north of Höchstadt an der Aisch on the river Reiche Ebrach.
Constituent communities
The community of Pommersfelden is subdivided ...
(1711–1718)
** Schloss Reichmannsdorf (1714–1719)
* For Others
**
Bad Kissingen
Bad Kissingen is a German spa town in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia and seat of the district Bad Kissingen. Situated to the south of the Rhön Mountains on the Franconian Saale river, it is one of the health resorts, which be ...
: Neues Rathaus (1709)
**
Bamberg
Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...
*** Böttingerhaus (1708–1713)
*** Palais Rotenhan (1711–1718)
***
Bibra Palais (''Bibra Haus'') (1714–1716)
**
Holzkirchen (
Unterfranken
Lower Franconia (german: Unterfranken) is one of seven districts of Bavaria, Germany. The districts of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia make up the region of Franconia.
History
After the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria the state was totally r ...
): Abbey Church and other buildings
**
Banz Abbey
Banz Abbey (german: Kloster Banz), now known as Banz Castle (german: Schloss Banz), is a former Benedictine monastery, since 1978 a part of the town of Bad Staffelstein north of Bamberg, Bavaria, southern Germany.
History
The abbey was founde ...
: Abbey Church and other buildings ('from 1707 after the death of his brother Leonhard Dientzenhofer who had the original commission)
**
Kleinheubach
Kleinheubach is a market community in the Miltenberg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany and the seat of the like-named ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (municipal association). It has a popul ...
: Castle for the Princes of Löwenstein-Wertheim (using the plans of Louis de la Fosse)
**
Litzendorf: Parish church of St. Wenzel
** Oberschwappach by
Knetzgau: Schloss
**
Staffelstein: Baroque remodel of chapel on Veitsberg (1718–1719)
** Ullstadt (
Mittelfranken
Middle Franconia (german: Mittelfranken, ) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the west of Bavaria and borders the state of Baden-Württemberg. The administrative seat is Ansbach; however ...
): Castle for the barons von Frankenstein (1718–1725)
**
Würzburg
Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River.
Würzburg is ...
: Facade of Neumünster church (1711–1716)
Pommersfelden BW 2011-07-27 17-05-16.jpg, Schloss Weißenstein
Catedral de Fulda.jpg, Fulda Cathedral
Staffelstein-Banz1-Asio.JPG, Banz Abbey
BibraHaus.jpg, Bibra Palais (Bibra Haus), Bamberg
External links
*
Klöster in Bayern: Kloster Banz
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1663 births
1726 deaths
People from Rosenheim (district)
German Baroque architects
17th-century German architects
18th-century German architects
Bavarian architects