St. Andreas, Catholic parish church in Fischbachau, Germany

St. Andreas is a Baroque hall church in Elbach, a district of Fischbachau. Its five-bay nave ends in a three-sided choir on the ground floor of the tower, which rises in stages to a clock face, a segmented dome and a lantern with a cross. The white facade has tall arched windows with dark latticework and round windows above them.

A late Gothic church here was badly damaged by lightning in 1648, again in 1655 and 1670; its dilapidated nave was demolished in 1688. The present church was built in 1689 by Johann Mayr the Elder of Hausstatt, and Caspar Glasl, builder of Weyarn Monastery, added the choir tower in 1722. Restoration ran from 1991 to 1999, the interior returned to its 1722 state.

The parish is dedicated to Saint Andrew, whose legend and martyrdom appear in the ceiling paintings and on the high altar of 1697. Local craftsmen left their mark: Caspar Schindler of Elbach carved the pew ends, choir stalls and oratory grille in 1689, and the church keeps a Baroque Christmas crib and processional and guild poles with small saint figures.

St. Andreas stands in Elbach, a district of Fischbachau, beside the Catholic cemetery chapel dedicated to the Holy Blood, so both buildings can be seen on one visit. The church is a five-bay hall with the choir on the tower's ground floor; the tower carries a clock face and a segmented dome. The interior was restored between 1991 and 1999 to its 1722 state.

The tower houses the choir on its ground floor, a layout known as a Chorturm. The church also keeps a Baroque Christmas crib and processional and guild poles with small saint figures, and its organ was built by Andreas Grünerdt in 1788 with 10 stops.