Friday, September 26, 2014

Bürgersaal

This church in Munich has been built in 1778 by designs of Italian architect Giovanni Antonio Viscardi. Originally it has been contrived as a main church of Munich assembly and from it fact church got its current name – Bürgersaal

Behind the plain façade of this church you can find lavishly decorated two-storey interior.

Facade of Bürgersaal. Photo provided by the Bbb under CC BY 3.0 license

At the first storey of Bürgersaal there is a tomb of Rupert Mayer who gave his life to victory under the Nazis.

At the second storey don’t miss wonderful stuccowork by Joseph Georg Bader. Also you can find there paintings by Anton von Gumpp.

Unfortunately church was partly destroyed during the last war and some of its masterpieces were damaged. But after the war it was carefully restored. Among the survived arts is altar by Andreas Feistenberger which has been created in 1710.

Interior of Bürgersaal. Photo provided by the Andreas Praefcke under CC BY 3.0 license

Interior of Bürgersaal. Photo provided by the Andreas Praefcke under CC BY 3.0 license

Altar of Bürgersaal. Photo provided by the Andreas Praefcke under CC BY 3.0 license