Sankt-Anna-Klosterkirche

Sankt-Anna-Klosterkirche stands in Munich’s Lehel district as a Catholic abbey church and Rococo landmark. The recorded property marks the church as wheelchair accessible.

The church holds a particular place in architectural history as the first Rococo church in Old Bavaria. The architect Johann Michael Fischer designed the building. The Asam brothers and Johann Baptist Straub shaped its interior decoration alongside Fischer’s architectural design. Its plan combines longitudinal and central construction. This structural combination departs from traditional forms and established a model for later religious architecture in Bavaria.

The Second World War damaged the church. Reconstruction carefully restored its historical appearance, including Fischer’s original façade rebuilt by Erwin Schleich. The restoration preserved the building’s connection with Fischer’s original design. The church stands opposite St Anna im Lehel, a neo-Romanesque parish church with a different architectural language. Their opposing façades create a clear contrast. Sankt-Anna-Klosterkirche therefore brings together Rococo design, named Munich artists, wartime reconstruction, and accessible architecture.