June 30, 2011
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PAGE SPONSOR		 Dominikus Zimmermann (June 30, 1685, Gaispoint–November 16, 1766, Wies) was a German Rococo architect and stuccoist.

 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.[1]

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