A hill 177 meters high at Andechs has long been regarded as a Holy Mountain. For many centuries until the mid 13th it contained a castle and was the seat of the Counts of Andechs and Diessen. Holy relics were brought from the Holy Land by Saint Rosso in the 10th century. After the Counts became extinct, the Wittelsbach family of Munich tried to take over the relics. However they were returned in the 15th century and eventually came under the charge of the newly founded Benedictine monastery in 1455/8. A 15th century hall church was built.A new two storey high altar was consecrated in 1609. The Holy Hosts and other sacred objects are exposed at the upper altar during great pilgrimages.in 1669 a major fire raged Kaspar Zuccali was involved in the rebuilding.Stucco work was done by artists from the Wessobrunn area.A renovated main altar was donated by the Bishop of Augsburg in 1678/98 and is the work of Johann Baptists Straub..Finally the interior decoration of the church was completed by Johann Baptist Zimmermann.
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| My photo from 2019 |
Double high altar. (Allle-Caulfield from flickr under CC)
Ceiling (Digital Cat from flickr under CC)
Our featured music here is a Te Deum by Nonnosus Madlseder (1730-1797) who was a Benedictine monk at Andechs. Years later Carl Orff, the fanous composer of Carmina Burana was buried here at Andechs.
Beer has been brewed here for over 900 years. There is now a beer garden that purports to seat 3500 people! We sat in this in our 2019 tour....The food was unforgetable : I mean great!
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| Perfection in a glass!(Andrew Fleming on flickr under CC) |
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| Lunch 2019 |
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