Herzogspitalkirche
Herzogspitalkirche stands in Munich as a Catholic church with Baroque origins and a rebuilt interior. It also carries the name St Elisabeth Hospital. Duke Albert V of Bavaria commissioned the original church, which Johann Baptist Gunetzrhainer designed and inaugurated in 1727.
The Second World War heavily damaged the original structure, leading to the demolition of the Duke Hospital and parts of the church. During the 1950s, builders reconstructed the church and restored its tower. Alexander von Branca replaced the nave with a new design between 1956 and 1957.
That intervention moved the interior away from Baroque decoration and towards a distinct brickwork design. Inside, the brick creates a warm setting that contrasts with Munich’s busy streets outside. The restored tower and brickwork nave preserve two clearly different chapters of the building’s history.
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