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.