Christoph Dientzenhofer (; 7 July 1655 in St. Margarethen – 20 June 1722 in

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)Deutsche Biografie: "Dientzenhofer, Christoph von"
, retrieved 23 September 2012 ''(in German)'' was a Bavarian architect of South-German, Austrian and Bohemian

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

. He was a member of the famous Dientzenhofer family of architects, and the father of

Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (; 1 September 1689 – 18 December 1751) was a German Bohemians, German Bohemian architect of the Baroque architecture, Baroque era. He is among the most prolific and renowned architects of his era in Bohemia. He was bo ...

. Among his works are the Church of St. Nicholas (1703–1711, later completed by his son) and the

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(1708–1721) in

, Church of St. Clare in

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(1708–1711). Some of his works are difficult to identify, due to the lack of documentation.

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Pension Dientzenhofer
Home of Christoph, birthplace of Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer 1655 births 1722 deaths Austrian Baroque architects Czech Baroque architects German Baroque architects German Bohemian people People from Rosenheim (district) {{Germany-architect-stub

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