Andechs Explained

Image Coa:DEU Andechs COA.svg
Coordinates:47.9667°N 11.1847°W
Image Plan:Andechs in STA.svg
State:Bayern
Region:Oberbayern
District:Starnberg
Elevation:690
Area:40.44
Postal Code:82346
Area Code:08152
Licence:STA
Gemeindeschlüssel:09 1 88 117
Divisions:4 Ortsteile
Website:www.gemeinde-andechs.de
Mayor:Georg Scheitz[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 26
Party:CSU

Andechs is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria in Germany. It is renowned in Germany and beyond for Andechs Abbey, 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.[2]

This town was the capital of one of the States of the Counts of Andechs, one of the most important families in Europe.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden
  2. Book: Groote . Inga Mai . Musik in der Geschichte – zwischen Funktion und Autonomie . 2011 . Herbert Utz . Munich . 148.