[2] He graduated from the Jesuit gymnasium in Prague-Malá Strana and in 1709 or 1710 he went abroad, where he got to know the architecture of Germany, France and Italy.

He co-operated with his father and completed the constructions of another important architect, Jan Santini Aichel.

He is one of the most important architects of the High Baroque era and his sacral buildings are considered the most beautiful in Bohemia.

In addition, he built numerous churches and secular buildings in Bohemia proper, yet in one case also in Lower Silesia (Wahlstatt).

The opposite of Dientzenhofer's top work is the design of rural churches in northeastern Bohemia around the town of Broumov.