Dominikus Zimmermann (30 June 1685, Gaispoint – 16 November 1766, Wies) was a German

Rococo Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...

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and stuccoist.

Life

Dominikus Zimmermann was born in Gaispoint near

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in 1685 and became a Baumeister (Architect) and a stuccoist. His older brother

Johann Baptist Zimmermann Johann Baptist Zimmermann (3 January 1680, Gaispoint — 2 March 1758, Munich) was a German painter and a prime stucco plasterer during the Baroque. Zimmermann was born in Gaispoint, Wessobrunn. He and his brother Dominikus Zimmermann were ...

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 The Wessobrunner School is the name for a group of Baroque stucco-workers that, beginning at the end of the 17th century, developed in the Benedictine Wessobrunn Abbey in Bavaria, Germany. The names of more than 600 stucco-workers who emerged f ...

, worked first as a stuccoist and later as a master builder and architect. He lived in

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, where he was mayor between 1748–53. He died near the pilgrims' church in Wies near

Steingaden Steingaden is a town and municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district of Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is the site of the 12th-century Steingaden Abbey (''Kloster Steingaden'') and the Wies Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Geography The commun ...

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

*Pilgrimage church in Steinhausen near

Bad Schussenried Bad Schussenried (; Swabian: ''Schussariad'') is a spa town in Upper Swabia in the district of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies on the Upper Swabian Baroque Route and the Swabian Spa Route. Schussenried Abbey, a former monast ...

(1728–1733) *Church of Our Lady in

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(1735–1740) *Pilgrimage church in Wies near

(1745–54)

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* 1685 births 1766 deaths 18th-century German architects Rococo architects People from Weilheim-Schongau Bavarian architects Architects of Roman Catholic churches {{Germany-architect-stub