Leonhard Dientzenhofer
Leonhard Dientzenhofer was
a German builder and architect from the well known Dientzenhofer family of architects.Life and Work
Leonhard was born in St. Margarethen, District of Rosenheim, the seventh child of Georg Dientzenhofer and Anna Thanner. His four brothers, Georg, Wolfgang, Christoph and Johann, were also well-known
architects/builders. On 30 January 1685 in Waldsassen, he married Maria Anna Hager, a sister of the
wife of his brother Georg. They had three sons and four daughters. Soon after the death of his
wife Maria, he married in Bamberg Anna Margaretha Sünder from Staffelstein. They had two daughters.
In 1697 he commissioned a reprint of the book Theatrum architecturae civilis by Charles Philippe Dieussart.
Leonhard died, aged 47, in Bamberg. His work on Banz Abbey was taken over by his brother Johann.Works
- Bamberg
- * work on the Bishops' Residence
- * Kloster Michelsberg: Kloster Building and Facade of the monastery church St. Michael
- * Curia Sancti Lamperti
- * Reconstruction of the Carmelite monastery and church
- Kloster Banz:
- Kloster Ebrach:
- Gaibach
- * Remodeling of the castle
- * Heilig-Kreuz-Kapelle
- Schloss Greifenstein: remodeling in Baroque style
- Hollfeld: Salvatorkirche
- Kulmbach: Langheimer Amtshof
- Kloster Langheim: overall plan
- Tambach: Schloss Tambach
- Schöntal im Jagsttal: Cloister building and church
- Trautmannshofen: Plan for the pilgrimage church Mariä Namen
Literature
- Milada Vilímková, Johannes Brucker: Dientzenhofer. Eine bayerische Baumeisterfamilie in
der Barockzeit. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, 1989,
- Hans Zimmer: Die Dientzenhofer. Ein bayerisches Baumeistergeschlecht in der Zeit des
Barock. Rosenheim 1976,
