Andechs

The Benedictine abbey of Andechs is a former place of pilgrimage on a hill east of the Ammersee in the Landkreis of Starnberg (Oberbayern) in Germany. The town has about 2500 inhabitants. Andechs is famed for its flamboyant Baroque church (1712) and its brewery.

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The site of Andechs was originally occupied by a castle belonging to the counts of Die?en on the Ammersee, probably built on a Roman castra, and remained the seat of the powerful counts of Die?en-Andechs (1135 to 1180) and dukes of Andechs-Meranien (1180 to 1248). In 1132 the count donated his ancestral seat at Die?en to the Holy See and removed to Andechs.

Benedictine: A Benedictine is a person who follows the Rule of St Benedict. Such a person may live the Consecrated Life (that is, as a monk or nun according to Church Law) or not (for example, as an oblate). Benedictines are usually members of the Roman Catholic Church or one of the churches of the Anglican Com...

Pilgrimage: For other uses of the word pilgrimage, see Pilgrimage (disambiguation)....

Ammersee: Ammersee is a lake in Bavaria, Germany situated between the cities of Herrsching and Diessen. It has a surface area of approximately 47 square kilometres and a maximum depth of 81 metres. Like the other Bavarian lakes, Ammersee developed as a result of the ice age glaciers melting. Ammersee is fed b...