Dientzenhofer

Dientzenhofer is the name of a family of German architects, who were among the leading builders in Bohemian and German Baroque.

• Georg Dientzenhofer, a poor mountain peasant & wife Barbara (Thanner) had five sons and two grandsons who became famous architects.
  • Georg Dientzenhofer (1643–1689), prominent German architect
  • Wolfgang Dientzenhofer (1648–1706), prominent German architect
  • Christoph Dientzenhofer (7 July 1655 – 10 June 1722), prominent architect of Bohemian Baroque
    • Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (1689–1751), prominent architect of Bohemian Baroque
  • Leonhard Dientzenhofer (1660–1707; also: Johann Leonhard), prominent German architect (Banz Abbey) with brother Johann
  • Johann Dientzenhofer (1663–1726), prominent German architect
    • Justus Heinrich Dientzenhofer (1702–1744), prominent German architect

• Wolfgang Dinzenhofer (1678-1747) from Plankenhäusel in Au near Aibling, did probably learn at another Wolfgang Dientzenhofer in Amberg, according to documents of the local Salesian monastery. Afterwards, he built several churches in Oberbayern, in Götting, Kirchdorf bei Nußdorf am Inn, Flintsbach etc.
• Christoph Dinzenhofer (1681-1722 in Prague) from Pfraundorf, was a cousin of the architect brothers, and also constructor
• In 1631, an Abraham Dintzenhofer is recorded in the "Preßburger Bücher des ehrsamen Handwerks der Maurer- und Steinmetzen", the records of the constructor guild in Bratislava

• 5318 Dientzenhofer is one of the asteroids named after people

• Milada Vilímková, Johannes Brucker: Dientzenhofer. Eine bayerische Baumeisterfamilie in der Barockzeit. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, 1989, ISBN 3-475-52610-7
• Hans Zimmer: Die Dientzenhofer. Ein bayerisches Baumeistergeschlecht in der Zeit des Barock. Rosenheim 1976, ISBN 3-475-52149-0