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| Ettal
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4 km | Benedictine monastery founded in 1330. Decidedly remarkable
is the rococo church - finished in 1752 - with its large ceiling
fresco in the dome. In the very busy monastery there is also
liqueur prepared and beer brewed. The monastery as well runs
several inns. Tel. +49 - (0)8822 - 74-0 Internet: www.kloster-ettal.de |
| Rottenbuch | 30 km | 763 m, Welf IV, Duke of Bavarian, founded the monastery in 1073, basilican complex, Romanesque about 1100. Rebuilt to late-gothic in the 15th century. Decorated by the rococo artist J. Schmuzer, fresco paintings of Matthias Günther, late-gothic Madonna with Child of Erasmus Grasser, altars and pulpits of Franz Xaver Schmädl. Tel. +49 - (0)8867 - 1008 |
| Benediktbeuren | 34 km | 630 m, former Benedictine monastery, since 1931 Ordenshochschule of the Salesianer of the St. Don Bosco, St. Benedict, 1681 - 1686, decorated by Kaspar Feichter (Wessobrunn), frescoes of G. Asam, 1683, pulpits 1688 (Baroque). Tel. +49 - (0)8857 - 88103 |
| Wieskirche | 40 km | In the years 1746 - 1754 the abbey of the monastery let built
one of the most beautiful rococo churches of German in
Steingaden, the "Wieskirche", by Dominikus Zimmermann.
Tel. +49 - (0)8862 - 93 2 93-0 Internet: www.wieskirche.de |
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