Dominikus Zimmermann
{{Short description|German architect}}
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|birth_place=Gaispoint, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
|birth_date=30 June 1685
|death_place=Wies, Styria, Habsburg monarchy
|death_date={{death-date and age|16 November 1766|30 June 1685}}
|nationality=German
|occupation=Architect, stuccoist
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Dominikus Zimmermann (30 June 1685, Gaispoint – 16 November 1766, Wies) was a German Rococo architect and stuccoist.
Life
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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)
External links
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Category:18th-century German architects
Category:German Roman Catholics
Category:People from Weilheim-Schongau
Category:Architects of Roman Catholic churches
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