Klosterkirche St Anna im Lehel

Munich


The Asamkirche may be more sumptuous, but the Klosterkirche St Anna im Lehel is actually a collaboration of the top dogs of the rococo. Johann Michael Fischer designed the building, and Cosmas Damian Asam painted the stunning ceiling fresco and altar. This was the first rococo church to be built in Munich.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Munich attractions

1. Pfarrkirche St Anna im Lehel

0.04 MILES

The rather pompous neo-Romanesque Pfarrkirche St Anna im Lehel arrived on the scene in 1892 when the Klosterkirche St Anna im Lehel became too small…

2. St-Anna-Platz

0.05 MILES

The Asamkirche may be more sumptuous, but the Klosterkirche St Anna is actually a collaboration of the rococo era's top dogs; Johann Michael Fischer…

3. Museum Fünf Kontinente

0.18 MILES

A bonanza of art and objects from Africa, India, the Americas, the Middle East and Polynesia, the State Museum of Ethnology has one of the most…

4. Haus der Kunst

0.26 MILES

This austere fascist-era edifice was built in 1937 to showcase Nazi art, but now the Haus der Kunst presents works by exactly the artists whom the Nazis…

5. Cuvilliés-Theater

0.28 MILES

Commissioned by Maximilian III in the mid-18th century, François Cuvilliés fashioned one of Europe's finest rococo theatres. Famous for hosting the…

6. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum

0.3 MILES

Picture the classic 19th-century museum, a palatial neoclassical edifice overflowing with exotic treasure and thought-provoking works of art, a repository…

7. Munich Residenz

0.31 MILES

Generations of Bavarian rulers expanded a medieval fortress into this vast and palatial compound that served as their primary residence and seat of…

8. Dianatempel

0.33 MILES

Paths converge in the Hofgarten at the renaissance Dianatempel, a striking octagonal pavilion honouring the Roman goddess of the hunt.