Mariä Heimsuchung (Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary) is a

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. It was built from 1933 to 1934 in neo-

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by Oswald Bieber and government architect William Hollweck. The new building was necessary due to the strong growth of the mother parish of St. Rupert. The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth is shown on the relief over the portal of the church.

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Roman Catholic churches in Munich Roman Catholic churches completed in 1934 Cultural heritage monuments in Munich 1934 establishments in Germany 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Germany {{Germany-church-stub