Andechs Abbey

Andechs Abbey
Andechs Abbey
Andechs Abbey is located in Bavaria
Andechs Abbey
Location within Bavaria
Andechs Abbey is located in Germany
Andechs Abbey
Andechs Abbey (Germany)
Monastery information
OrderBenedictine
DenominationCatholic
Site
LocationLandkreis of Starnberg (Upper Bavaria)
CountryGermany
Coordinates47°58′28.776″N 11°10′56.838″E / 47.97466000°N 11.18245500°E / 47.97466000; 11.18245500
Websitewww.andechs.de/index.php?id2&L0 Edit this at Wikidata

Andechs Abbey is a Benedictine priory in the municipality of Andechs, in the Landkreis of Starnberg, Upper Bavaria, Germany . A place of pilgrimage on a hill east of the Ammersee, the Abbey is famed for its flamboyant Baroque church and its brewery, Klosterbrauerei Andechs, the proceeds from which help fund the monks' mission of help. Composer Carl Orff is buried in the church.


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