St Michael in Berg am Laim, Rococo parish church in Berg am Laim, Germany.
St Michael in Berg am Laim is a Rococo church with two prominent towers on its front and a richly decorated interior. The space is divided by curved arches, and the ceiling features elaborate plasterwork and painted scenes.
The church was built between 1738 and 1751 and originally served as a court chapel for a Prince Archbishop. Its interior decoration with plasterwork and frescoes was completed shortly after the building itself was finished.
The church is dedicated to the Archangel Michael and served the Military Order of Saint Michael, founded by Clemens August and converted in 1837 into the Order of Merit of Saint Michael, abolished in 1918. The Archbrotherhood of Saint Michael, however, still exists today and is led by the parish priest of St. Michael.
The church is easy to reach by public transportation and sits in a residential neighborhood south of Munich. From the train station, you can walk to the building in about twenty minutes.
The high altar painting of the archangel Michael is by Johann Andreas Wolff, and the St. Roch statue beside it was carved by Andreas Faistenberger in 1690, before the church was built. The side altar of St. Norbert holds a painting by Ignaz Joseph Schilling from 1744/1746.
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