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Jakob Prandtauer

1660 - 1726

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Jakob Prandtauer (baptized in Stanz bei Landeck (Tyrol) on 16 July 1660; died in Sankt Pölten on 16 September 1726) was an Austrian Baroque architect. Trained as a stonemason rather than as an architect, he designed and supervised the construction of the church of Melk Abbey, in Melk, Lower Austria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jakob Prandtauer has received more than 23,788 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Jakob Prandtauer is the 348th most popular architect (down from 332nd in 2019), the 736th most popular biography from Austria (down from 682nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Austrian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Jakob Prandtauer ranks 348 out of 518. Before him are Lorenzo Gafà, Georges Candilis, Girolamo Cassar, Frederick Law Olmsted, Francesco Sabatini, and George Bähr. After him are László Hudec, Laurynas Gucevičius, Momik, Arturo Soria y Mata, Justus Dahinden, and Mario Bellini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1660, Jakob Prandtauer ranks 19. Before him are Arnold Houbraken, Rafael Casanova, Friedrich Hoffmann, Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena, Olof Rudbeck the Younger, and Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro. After him are Peter Schenk the Elder, Grace Sherwood, Francis Hauksbee, Gavriil Golovkin, Jeanne Dumée, and Edward Lhuyd. Among people deceased in 1726, Jakob Prandtauer ranks 15. Before him are Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, John Vanbrugh, Guillaume Delisle, and Antonio Palomino. After him are Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen, Antonio Maria Bononcini, and Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Jakob Prandtauer ranks 736 out of 1,424. Before him are Fritz Kortner (1892), Walter Berry (1929), Caroline Unger (1803), Ceija Stojka (1933), Paula Wessely (1907), and Max Merkel (1918). After him are Wlodimir Ledóchowski (1866), Ludwig Anzengruber (1839), Richard Heuberger (1850), Anderl Molterer (1931), Karl Sesta (1906), and Eugen Wüster (1898).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Austria

Among architects born in Austria, Jakob Prandtauer ranks 13. Before him are Ettore Sottsass (1917), Ferdinand Fellner (1847), Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897), Josef Frank (1885), Christopher Alexander (1936), and Heinrich von Ferstel (1828). After him are Clemens Holzmeister (1886), Baron Karl von Hasenauer (1833), Mihály Pollack (1773), Károly Kós (1883), and Rudolph Schindler (1887).

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