St. Karl Borromäus
St. Karl Borromäus is a Catholic parish church in Munich’s Forstenried district, completed in 1964. Herbert Groethuysen gave it a flat-roofed central form and asymmetrical plan. Its visible concrete skeleton, brick infill, and roughly 1,000-square-metre footprint define the exterior. A two-storey parish house stands beside it.
The square bell tower rises 24 metres and holds three bells cast in 1968, harmonizing with nearby Andreaskirche. A black-granite fountain block marks the approach. Inside, concrete coffers span the ceiling above round columns, while high windows bring daylight into the worship space. Weekday and baptismal chapels add distinct spaces within the church.
Blasius Gerg created the altars, tabernacle, and silver-plated cast-iron altar cross, alongside a 1686 half-relief of the patron saint. Walcker’s larger 1972 organ has Spanish trumpets and was renovated in 2011.
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