The Church of All Saints () also known as Holy Cross Church (), is a cemetery church in

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, southern

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. The church was built in 1478 by

Jörg von Halsbach Jörg von Halsbach (d. 6 October 1488), also called ''Halspach'' or ''Ganghofer'' was a German bricklayer and architect. He was from Polling and worked in Munich and Freising. Biography Jörg von Halsbach was educated probably in Braunau or ...

and was the first church with a cemetery in the St. Peter parish. It was once located at the crossing of four roads, whence the original suffix ''am Kreuz'' ("at the Cross"). It has unadorned brickwork walls,

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vaults and a tall bell tower. The interior was rebuilt from 1620 in

Baroque style The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s. It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (i ...

, the only remaining Gothic elements being the nave's vault, fragments of a fresco and a Crucifix by

Hans Leinberger Hans Leinberger, sometimes given as Lemberger (c.1475/1480 – after 1531) was a Late Gothic sculptor from Altbayern, who worked in wood, metal and stone. Life and work His exact birthplace is unknown, as is the place and manner of his arti ...

. The tomb of banker Gietz and the ''Apparition of the Virgin to St. Augustine'' (by

Hans Rottenhammer Johann Rottenhammer, or Hans Rottenhammer (1564 – 14 August 1625), was a German painter. He specialized in highly finished paintings on a small scale. Biography He was born in Munich, where he studied until 1588 under Hans Donauer the Eld ...

) are in Mannerist style.

References

External links

muenchen.de: Allerheiligenkirche

Photo spread of Allerheiligenkirche / All Saints Catholic Church
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