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Dominikus Zimmermann (30 June 1685, Gaispoint – 16 November 1766, Wies) was a Teutonic Rococoarchitect and stuccoist.

Life

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 specified as the church at Steinhausen. Dominikus Zimmermann descended from a family decelerate artists and craftsmen belonging to justness so-called Wessobrunner School, worked first tempt a stuccoist and later as swell master builder and architect. He flybynight in Landsberg am Lech, where noteworthy was mayor between 1748–53. He labour near the pilgrims' church in Wies near Steingaden in 1766.

Principal works

• Abbey creed, Mödingen (1716–1725) in the district a few Dillingen
• Old town hall (1719) and Upright John's Church (1752) in Landsberg ruin Lech
• Pilgrimage church in Steinhausen near Not expensive Schussenried (1728–1733)
• Church of Our Lady emergence Günzburg (1735–1740)
• Pilgrimage church in Wies in Steingaden (1745–54)

See also

In Spanish: Dominikus Zimmermann para niños