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| Brian McMorrow | profile | all galleries >> Europe >> Germany >> Bayern >> Andechs | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 A healthy day out - cycling from Munich to Andechs, nearly 50km total |
 Cycling past a fruit stand outside Gauting, 22km from Munich |
 18km to Andechs - I can already taste the beer brewed by the monks there |
 Typical Bavarian house along the route STA3 |
 Hadorf, Kreis Starnberg |
 Maypole (Maibaum), Hadorf |
 Village church, Hadorf |
 Dorfkirche, Hadorf |
 Houses on the south side of Hadorf |
 Cycling along the STA3 as it leaves Hadorf |
 Perchting, Kreis Starnberg |
 A dirt road heads off into the fields outside Perchting just 6.5 km to Andechs! |
 Bike path along Andechser Straße west of Perchting |
 Andechs comes into sight, about three hours after leaving Arabellapark in Munich |
 The last bit will be uphill to reach Kloster Andechs |
 Kloster Andechs with its Baroque church tower |
 Hotel Zur Post, Starnberger Straße, Andechs |
 Maypole in Andechs in front of the Hotel Zur Post |
 Andechser Maibaum |
 Bavarian coat-of-arms on the Andechs maypole |
 45 km back to Munich - glad I'm taking the S-Bahn from Herrsching |
 Hotel Zur Post, Andechs (Erling) |
 Hotel Zur Post, Andechs (Erling) |
 Dorfkirche Erling |
 Andechs - Rathaus (Town Hall) |
 Herzlich willkommen am Heiligen Berg - map of Kloster Andechs |
 Zum Wirtsgarten - Andechs |
 Zum Gargen - Andechs |
 There's been a Benedictine Monastery at Andechs for 550 years |
 The ups and downs of the history of Andechs |
 Sankt Hedwig Herzogin von Schlesien, Andechs |
 Abbey Church - Kloster Andechs |
 Baroque church tower, Kloster Andechs |
 The 15th C. Gothic chuch was redone in the Baroque style in 1712 |
 Sundial - Kloster Andechs |
 First a visit to the pilgrimage chuch of Kloster Andechs |
 Church vestibule, Andechs |
 Interior of the Abbey Church at Andechs |
 Painted ceiling of the Abbey Church, Kloster Andechs |
 Choir Loft of the Abbey Church, Kloster Andechs |
 Main Altar of the Abbey Church, Andechs |
 Detail of the main alter of the Abbey Church, Andechs |
 Detail of the main alter of the Abbey Church, Andechs |
 Detail of the main alter of the Abbey Church, Andechs |
 Ceiling painting, Abbey Church, Kloster Andechs |
 Amazingly ornate 18th C. interior of the Abbey Church, Kloster Andechs |
 The tomb of Carl Off (1895-1982), composer of the Carmina Burana |
 Side chapel with the pietà, Kloster Andechs |
 The Pietà of Kloster Andechs |
 Interior - Abbey Church, Kloster Andechs |
 Abbey Church, Kloster Andechs |
 Ceiling painting, Abbey Church, Kloster Andechs |
 Statue, Abbey Church, Kloster Andechs |
 Baroque Ceiling of the Abbey Church, Kloster Andechs |
 Handing over the Stiftbrief |
 Interior detail, Abbey Church, Kloster Andechs |
 Main Altar, Abbey Church, Kloster Andechs |
 Virgin and Child, Kloster Andechs |
 Over the main altar, Kloster Andechs |
 Abbey Church, Kloster Andechs |
 Abbey Church, Kloster Andechs |
 Abbey Church, Kloster Andechs |
 View of the countryside around Andechs from the Holy Mountain |
 The village of Andechs from the Kloster terrace |
 The village of Andechs from the Kloster terrace |
 Abbey Church, Kloster Andechs |
 Tower of the Abbey Church, Andechs |
 Tower of the Abbey Church, Andechs |
 Now for my rewards....a visit to the brew house |
 The Bräustüberl of Kloster Andechs |
 The Bräustüberl of Kloster Andechs |
 The monks have been brewing beer at Kloster Andechs since 1455 |
 Andechs Doppelbock Dunkel with a Bavarian pretzel |
 A nice end to a long day |
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