Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer

Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (Czech: Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer; 1 September 1689 – 18 December 1751) was a Czech[1] architect of the Baroque era.

Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer
Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer by Jan Vilímek
Born(1689-09-01)1 September 1689
Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia
Died18 December 1751(1751-12-18) (aged 62)
Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia
NationalityCzech-German
Known forArchitecture
Notable workChurch of St. Nicholas in Prague-Malá Strana,
Kinský Palace in Prague,
Rural churches around Broumov
MovementBaroque (Radical Baroque of Bohemia)

Biography

He was the fifth son of the German architect Christoph Dientzenhofer and the German Bohemian Maria Anna Aichbauer (née Lang), widow of the architect Johann Georg Achbauer the Elder,[2] and a member of the well known Dientzenhofer family of architects. As an architect he co-operated with his father and with Jan Santini Aichel.

Work

Among Dientzenhofer's Prague buildings are the Church of Saint John of Nepomuk and Church of Saint Nicholas, as well as the Vila Amerika and the Kinský Palace. He also built numerous churches and secular buildings in Bohemia. Many of his later projects were realized by his pupil and son-in-law Anselmo Martino Lurago.

The opposite of Dientzenhofer's top work is the design of rural churches around Broumov. They were supposed to be decorative and have sufficient capacity, but at the same time not too expensive. All the churches is this group (which also includes one chapel by Dientzenhofer, three churches designed by his father, and one other church) have been protected as national cultural monuments since 2022.[3] Dientzenhofer also completely rebuilt the Benedictine monastery in Broumov, which is also a national cultural monument.[4][5]

Projects
Church of St. Nicholas, Old Town Square, Prague
Kinský Palace Prague
Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Karlovy Vary

Prague
  • Vila Amerika in Prague 1-New Town (1717–1720), nowadays Antonín Dvořák museum
  • Convent of Benedictine Břevnov Monastery (about 1717)
  • St. John of Nepomuk Church in Prague 1-Hradčany (1720–1728)
  • Redesign of Loreta in Hradčany (1723)
  • Baroque redesign of Church of St. Thomas in Prague 1-Malá Strana (1725–1731)
  • Villa Portheimka in Prague 5-Smíchov, (1725)
  • Rodeconstruction of the House By Two Turtle Doves in Prague 1-Malá Strana (1726)
  • Church of St. John of Nepomuk, Prague 1-New Town (1730–1738)
  • St. Bartholomew church in the Old Town (1731)
  • St. Nicholas Church on Old Town Square (1732–1735)
  • Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague 1-New Town (1730–1736)
  • Completion of St. Nicholas Church in Prague 1-Malá Strana (1737–1751)
  • Goltz-Kinsky Palace on Old Town Square (1755–1765)
  • Sylva-Taroucca Palace in Prague 1-New Town (probably; 1743–1751)

Hradec Králové Region
  • Town hall in Police nad Metují (probably; 1718)
  • Church of All Saints in Heřmánkovice (1722–1726)
  • Church of St. Margaret the Virgin in Šonov (1724–1726)
  • Church of St. Procopius in Bezděkov nad Metují (1724–1727)
  • Church of St. Anne in Vižňov (1724–1727)
  • Benedictine monastery in Broumov (1727–1735)
  • Church of St. Wenceslaus in Broumov (1728–1729)
  • Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows in Hlavňov (1732–1733)
  • Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Božanov (1735–1740)
  • Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Hořice (1738–1748)
  • Sloupno Castle (1748)
  • Meziměstí Castle (1750)

Other regions

References
  1. Jiroutek, Jiří; Miloš Kruml; Martin Kubelík (1995). Historická architektura: Věda, výzkum, praxe: sborník k poctě Milana Pavlíka. Jalna. p. 131. ISBN 80-901743-1-0.
  2. "Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer".
  3. "Dientzenhoferovy kostely na Broumovsku jsou národní kulturní památkou" (in Czech). iDNES. 2022-01-30. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  4. "Broumovský klášter – impozantní komplex dle projektu K. I. Dientzenhofera" (in Czech). CzechTourism. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  5. "Benediktinský klášter Broumov" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
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