Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche

The Romantic Road


Head uphill from the Schmalztor to view this beautiful baroque Jesuit church, the interior of which is a hallucination in broodily dark gilding and glorious ceiling decoration.


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2. Stadtpfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt

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3. Johanniskirche

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5. Carl Orff Museum

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6. Kloster Andechs

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