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

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– 18 December 1751) was a Bohemian architect of the Baroque era. He was the fifth son of the German architect

Christoph Dientzenhofer Christoph Dientzenhofer ( cs, Kryštof Dientzenhofer) (born 7 July 1655 in St. Margarethen near Brannenburg, Landkreis Rosenheim - 20 June 1722 in Prague)Bohemian-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 Jan Santini Aichel. Among Dientzenhofer's Prague buildings are the churches of Saint

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and Saint Nicholas, as well as the Vila Amerika and the Kinský Palace. He also built numerous churches and secular buildings in other towns of Bohemia. 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 Antonín Dvořák museum * Convent of

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Monastery in

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(about 1717) * St. John Nepomuk church in Hradčany, Kanovnická str. (1720–1728) * Redesign of st. Loreto (Loreta) in Hradčany (1723) * Baroque redesign of church st. Thomas (sv. Tomáše) in Malá Strana (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 Old Town (1731) * St. Nicholas church on Old Town Square (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 Karlovy Vary (1729–1730) *St Laurent Church in Chodov * Castle Ploskovice near Litoměřice * Castle Meziměstí near Broumov * Church of St Clement in Odolena Voda (1733–1735) * St Vaclav Monastery in Broumov (1727–1735) * Cistercian Monastery, Plasy (1739)

Literature

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

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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