At 11am the bells ring on the clock and figurines dance, called a glockenspiel. The top part shows the wedding of Duke Wilhelm V to Renate of Lorranie. It was installed to cheer people up after the plague.
The bottom of the maypole pays homage to the Reinheitsgebot, German Beer Purity Law of 1516, that states beer can only have 3 ingredients - barley, hops, and water.
Munich’s oldest royal residence, Duke Wilhelm founded a brewery here (1589) to avoid the high price of imported beer.
This Baroque church was built by the Asam brothers (1740) as their own private chapel and a display of their molded and painted plaster work to potential customers. They painted the ceiling to give the effect of a dome and the columns are wood painted to look like marble. “Real” or “fake”, its absolutely stunning!
More than 200 people were injured and 13 people died from a neo-Nazi’s bomb at the entrance to the Oktoberfest grounds.
Visited: 5-7 Dec, 2023
Fun fact: Munich, or München, means "of monks". In the 700s Benedictine monks had a small settlement here.