He was the fifth son of the German architect Christoph Dientzenhofer and the Bohemian German ethnics Maria Anna Aichbauer (née Lang), the widow of the architect Johann Georg Achbauer the Elder, and a member of the well known Dientzenhofer family of architects.
El a fost al cincilea fiu al arhitectului german Christoph Dientzenhofer și al boemei Maria Anna Aichbauer (născută Lang), văduva arhitectului Johann Georg Achbauer cel Bătrân, și un membru al renumitei familii de arhitecți Dientzenhofer.