Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer ( cs, Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer) (1 September 1689,

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– 18 December 1751) was a

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n architect of the

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era. He was the fifth son of the

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architect

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n-German Maria Anna Aichbauer (née Lang), widow of the architect Johann Georg Achbauer the Elder, and a member of the well known

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family of architects. As an architect he co-operated with his father and with

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. Among Dientzenhofer's Prague buildings are the churches of Saint

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and

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, as well as the Vila Amerika and the Kinský Palace. He also built numerous churches and secular buildings in other towns of

. Many of his later projects were realized by his pupil and son-in-law Anselmo Martino Lurago.

Projects

In Prague

* Vila Amerika, Nové Město (1717–1720), nowadays

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museum * Convent of

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Monastery in

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(about 1717) * St. John Nepomuk church in

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, Kanovnická str. (1720–1728) * Redesign of st. Loreto (Loreta) in Hradčany (1723) * Baroque redesign of church st. Thomas (sv. Tomáše) in

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(1725–1731) * Villa Portheimka in

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, Štefánikova str. (1725) * House By Two Turtle Doves, Nosticova 5 (1726) * Church of st. John Nepomuk, Vyšehradská str. (1730–1739) * St. Bartholomew church in the

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(1731) * St. Nicholas church on

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(1732–1735) *

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, Resslova str. (1730–1740) * Completion of St. Nicholas (sv. Mikuláše) church in Malá Strana (1737–1751) * Goltz-Kinsky Palace on Old Town Square (1755–1765) * Piccolomini Palace (Savarin), Na Příkopě 10 (1743–1751)

Outside of Prague

* All Saints Church in Heřmánkovice (1722–1726) * St Magdalena Church in

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(1729–1730) *St Laurent Church in

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* Castle Ploskovice near

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* Castle Meziměstí near Broumov * Church of St Clement in

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(1733–1735) * St Vaclav Monastery in Broumov (1727–1735) * Cistercian Monastery,

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(1739)

Literature

* Milada Vilimkova, Johannes Brucker: ''Dientzenhofer. Eine bayerische Baumeisterfamilie in der Barockzeit''. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, *

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, german: Universal German Biography) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language. It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Aca ...

, Bd. 3, S. 650-51 * Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte der böhmischen Länder, Band I., S. 247-248, * Hans Zimmer: ''Die Dientzenhofer. Ein bayerisches Baumeistergeschlecht in der Zeit des Barock''. Rosenheim 1976 * Joachim Bahlcke u. a.: Handbuch der historischen Stätten ''Böhmen und Mähren'', Kröner-Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, * Dehio-Handbuch der Kunstdenkmäler in Polen ''Schlesien'', München / Berlin 2005, * Erhard Gorys: ''DuMont Kunst-Reiseführer Tschechische Republik'', * ''Knaurs Kunstführer Tschechische Republik'', * Tichy, Franz: ''Studie zu Sakralbauten des Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer''. München 1996,

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dientzenhofer, Kilian Ignaz 1689 births 1751 deaths Architects from Prague German Bohemian people Czech people of German descent Czech Baroque architects