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 |