Andechs Abbey

Andechs Abbey
Andechs Abbey
Location within Bavaria
Andechs Abbey (Germany)
Monastery information
OrderBenedictine
DenominationCatholic
Site
LocationLandkreis of Starnberg (Upper Bavaria)
CountryGermany
Coordinates47°58′28.776″N 11°10′56.838″E / 47.97466000°N 11.18245500°E / 47.97466000; 11.18245500
Websitewww.andechs.de/index.php?id2&L0

Andechs Abbey is a Benedictine monastery, now a priory but formerly an abbey, in the municipality of Andechs, in the Landkreis of Starnberg, Upper Bavaria, Germany. A place of pilgrimage on a hill east of the Ammersee, the Abbey is famed for its flamboyant Baroque church and its brewery, Klosterbrauerei Andechs, the proceeds from which help fund the monks' mission of help. Composer Carl Orff is buried in the church.