In the history of technology, Christoph Dientzenhofer is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Christoph Dientzenhofer as Czech architect (1655-1722).
Christoph Dientzenhofer was born at Sankt Margaretha in 1655. His recorded nationality is the Holy Roman Empire.
The seventeenth century built the machinery of public intellectual life - societies, journals, correspondence networks - and reputations could be made at a distance.
Christoph Dientzenhofer is described as architect and general contractor.
Among his principal works are All Saints church, Church of Saint Michael and Poor Clares convent in Cheb. The engineer's achievement usually disappears into infrastructure, which is the point.
That the work was done from the Holy Roman Empire matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Death came in 1722, at 67. By then the contribution had passed into the settled record.
Achievements
- Notable work: All Saints church
- Notable work: Church of Saint Michael
- Notable work: Poor Clares convent in Cheb
- Worked as architect and general contractor
