Pilgrimage Church in Steinhausen (1728-31)

Interior of Wies Church, Steingaden, Germany

Dominikus Zimmermann (30 June 1685, Gaispoint–16 November 1766, Wies) was a German Rococo architect and stuccoist.

Life[edit]

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 such as the church at Steinhausen. Dominikus Zimmermann descended from a family of artists and craftsmen belonging to the so-called Wessobrunner School, worked first as a stuccoist and later as a master builder and architect. He lived in Landsberg am Lech, where he was mayor between 1748-1753. He died near the pilgrims' church in Wies near Steingaden in 1766.

Principal works[edit]

• Abbey church, Mödingen (1716–1725) in the district of Dillingen
• Old town hall (1719) and St John's Church (1752) in Landsberg am Lech
• Pilgrimage church in Steinhausen near Bad Schussenried (1728–1733)
• Church of Our Lady in Günzburg (1735–1740)
• Pilgrimage church in Wies near Steingaden (1745–54)