Andechs Travel Guide
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Andechs Overview
Andechs is a municipality in the district of Starnberg (Starnberg vacation rentals | Starnberg travel guide) in Bavaria in Germany. It is renowned in Germany and beyond for Andechs Abbey, a Benedictine monastery that has brewed beer since 1455. The monastery brewery offers tours to visitors.
The 20th century German composer Carl Orff is buried in the chapel of Andechs Abbey.
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Things to See in Andechs
Klosterkirche Andechs
Festspiele Orff in Andechs, a festival celebrating Carl Orff's works
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Travel Insider Tips for Andechs
Another tip may be to take a taxi to the monastery and then walk down as the walk up the hill is very steep!
Shared by Yvonne Salisbury, Sep 2009
When in Munich take a day trip to Kloster Andechs (S5 to Herrsching). The monastery brews it's own and the Schweinhaxe are to die for!
Shared by Yvonne Salisbury, Sep 2009
A trip to Kloster Andechs for a litre of the Doppelbock! Best beer in the world.
Shared by Ken Coniglio Jr., Jan 2011
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- Homepage of Andechs: Andechs (official home page)
- Wikipedia: Andechs
More about the History of Andechs
Andechs was the headquarters of Europe's major counts and dukes of Andechs Meranien starting in 1248. After a re-discovery of the fabled lost treasure relics of the Counts of Andechs in the year 1388, people made the pilgrimage to Andechs, once again increasing the city's notoriety. The Monastery of the Holy Mountain was founded in 1455. Until the secularization of the territory, it was part of Hofmark Erling. In 1850, the Andechs monastery was newly established as a sinecure for the abbey of St. Boniface by Ludwig I of Bavaria. The merger of Andechs to Erling, Frieding and Machtlfing took place in the reformation of 1978.
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