Dominikus Zimmermann

Dominikus Zimmermann
Born	30 June 1685 Gaispoint, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Died	16 November 1766 (1766-11-17) (aged 81) Wies, Styria, Habsburg monarchy
Nationality	German
Occupation(s)	Architect, stuccoist

Dominikus Zimmermann (30 June 1685, Gaispoint – 16 November 1766, Wies) was a German Rococo architect and stuccoist.

Life

Pilgrimage Church in Steinhausen (1728–31)

Interior of Wies Church, Steingaden, Germany (1745–54)

Wieskirche.- Pipe organs

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

• Dominikus Zimmermann at archINFORM