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Andechs

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Also known as Erling-Andechs

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.

Key facts

German location.image_photo
Erling (Andechs) 3.jpg
German location.image_coa
DEU Andechs COA.svg
German location.image_plan
Andechs in STA.svg
German location.state
Bayern
German location.region
Oberbayern
German location.district
Starnberg
German location.elevation
690
German location.area
40.43
German location.postal_code
82346
German location.area_code
08152
German location.licence
STA
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
09 1 88 117
German location.divisions
4 Ortsteile
German location.website
www.gemeinde-andechs.de
German location.mayor
Georg Scheitz
German location.leader_term
2020–26
German location.party
CSU

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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andechs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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