St. Ursula, Renaissance Revival parish church in Schwabing, Munich, Germany.
St. Ursula is a north-facing basilica with a columned portico, a 42-metre dome over the crossing and a free-standing 64-metre campanile west of the church, aligned with Barer Straße. Its red-brick exterior and Italian Renaissance forms recall Florentine models; only the parish house was built of the planned symmetrical flanking structures.
Construction of St. Ursula began in 1894 and was completed in 1897, coinciding with the rapid urban development of the Schwabing district after its incorporation into Munich in 1887.
The church was consecrated to Saint Ursula on October 10, 1897, and serves as a focal point for the local Catholic community while representing the architectural transition from historicism to Art Nouveau styles.
Located at coordinates 48.161558° latitude and 11.580481° longitude in Schwabing, the church remains accessible for religious services and architectural visits from central Munich.
The church survived World War II almost intact: only its coloured stained glass was destroyed in 1944. The free-standing campanile, 64 m high and crowned by a Venetian spire, was restored between 2009 and 2011; its five bells were installed in autumn 2010, four new ones plus the largest, cast in 1897.
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