Andechs is a
municipality in the district of
Starnberg
Starnberg is a German town in Bavaria, Germany, some southwest of Munich. It is at the north end of Lake Starnberg, in the heart of the " Five Lakes Country", and serves as capital of the district of Starnberg. Recording a disposable per-capi ...
in
Bavaria in
Germany. It is renowned in Germany and beyond for
Andechs Abbey
Andechs Abbey is a Benedictine priory in the municipality of Andechs, in the ''Landkreis'' of Starnberg, Upper Bavaria, Germany . A place of pilgrimage on a hill east of the Ammersee, the Abbey is famed for its flamboyant Baroque church and its ...
, a
Benedictine monastery that has brewed beer since 1455. The monastery brewery offers tours to visitors.
The 20th-century German composer
Carl Orff is buried in the chapel of Andechs Abbey.
This town was the capital of one of the States of the
Counts of Andechs, one of the most important families in Europe.
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Starnberg (district)
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