Leonhard Dientzenhofer (also: ''Johann Leonhard Dientzenhofer''; 20 February 1660 – 26 November 1707) was a German builder and architect from the well known

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family of architects.

Life and Work

Leonhard was born in St. Margarethen (Bavaria), District of Rosenheim, the seventh child of Georg Dientzenhofer and Anna Thanner. His four brothers, Georg, Wolfgang,

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and

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, were also well-known architects/builders. On 30 January 1685 in

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, he married Maria Anna Hager, a sister of the wife of his brother Georg. They had three sons and four daughters. Soon after the death of his wife Maria (6 July 1699), he married in Bamberg Anna Margaretha Sünder from Staffelstein. They had two daughters. In 1697 he commissioned a reprint (with changed dedication and foreword) of the book ''Theatrum architecturae civilis'' by

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. Leonhard died, aged 47, in

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. His work on

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was taken over by his brother Johann.

Works

* Bamberg ** work on the Bishops' Residence (1697–1702) ** Kloster Michelsberg: Kloster Building and Facade of the monastery church St. Michael (1696–1702) ** Curia Sancti Lamperti (''Domgasse 8'') ** Reconstruction of the Carmelite monastery and church (1692–1707) * Kloster Banz: (brother Johann also worked on Banz) (1695–1704) * Kloster Ebrach: (1686) * Gaibach ** Remodeling of the castle (1694–1704) ** Heilig-Kreuz-Kapelle (1697–1698) *

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: remodeling in

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(1691–1693) * Hollfeld: Salvatorkirche (1704) *

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: Langheimer Amtshof (1691) * Kloster Langheim: overall plan (beginning 1690) * Tambach: Schloss Tambach (1694–1700) * Schöntal im Jagsttal: Cloister building and church (1694–1707) * Trautmannshofen: Plan for the pilgrimage church Mariä Namen (''construction Georg Dientzenhofer, after the death of Wolfgang Dientzenhofer'') (1686)

Literature

* Milada Vilímková, Johannes Brucker: ''Dientzenhofer. Eine bayerische Baumeisterfamilie in der Barockzeit''. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, 1989, * Hans Zimmer: ''Die Dientzenhofer. Ein bayerisches Baumeistergeschlecht in der Zeit des Barock''. Rosenheim 1976, *

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, Bd. 3, S. 651 * Reclams Kunstführer ''Bayern'',

External links

Initials of Leonhard Dientzenhofer on Haus zum Güldenen Stern, Bamberg
* http://www.mgl-obermaingeschichte.de/barock/SeitenBanz/Dientzenhofer.htm

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dientzenhofer, Leonhard 1660 births 1707 deaths 17th-century German architects People from Rosenheim (district) German Baroque architects Bavarian architects