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Dominikus Zimmermann
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Intro | German architect |
Known for | Wieskirche |
A.K.A. | Dominicus Zimmermann |
Was | Architect Politician |
From | Germany |
Field | Engineering Politics |
Gender | male |
Birth | 30 June 1685, Wessobrunn, Germany |
Death | 16 November 1766, Steingaden, Germany (aged 81 years) |
Star sign | Cancer |
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Biography
Dominikus Zimmermann (30 June 1685, Gaispoint – 16 November 1766, Wies) was a German Rococo architect and stuccoist.
Life
Dominikus Zimmermann was born in Gaispoint near Wessobrunn in 1685 and became a Baumeister (Architect) and a stuccoist. His older brother Johann Baptist Zimmermann was an architect and a frescoist. Working together they produced masterpieces such as the church at Steinhausen. Dominikus Zimmermann descended from a family of artists and craftsmen belonging to the so-called Wessobrunner School, worked first as a stuccoist and later as a master builder and architect. He lived in Landsberg am Lech, where he was mayor between 1748–53. He died near the pilgrims' church in Wies near Steingaden in 1766.
Principal works
- Abbey church, Mödingen (1716–1725) in the district of Dillingen
- Old town hall (1719) and St John's Church (1752) in Landsberg am Lech
- Pilgrimage church in Steinhausen near Bad Schussenried (1728–1733)
- Church of Our Lady in Günzburg (1735–1740)
- Pilgrimage church in Wies near Steingaden (1745–54)
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https://www.archinform.net/arch/1419.htm
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11983702v
https://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11983702v
https://d-nb.info/gnd/118636928
http://isni.org/isni/0000000066776806
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85127320
http://data.bibliotheken.nl/id/thes/p068879725
https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/86435
https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6m93v74
https://www.idref.fr/158723600
https://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500006492
https://viaf.org/viaf/54941611
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85127320
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