St. Maximilian
St. Maximilian is a Roman Catholic parish church on Munich’s eastern Isar bank, opposite the Deutsches Museum tower. Heinrich von Schmidt designed the building in Neo-Romanesque style, with rounded arches and balanced forms recalling Roman architecture. Construction ran from 1892 to 1908, and the church received its first consecration in 1901.
Twin towers give the church its strongest silhouette and inspired the nickname “Notre Dame on the Isar”. Pointed spires once topped them, but Second World War damage removed those distinctive crowns. Reconstruction began in 1949, and renewed consecration followed in 1953 without the original pointed roofs.
Inside, a high altar from 1905 stands alongside the Madonna altar and other artworks. The Isar setting places this historic parish church within Munich’s architectural landscape, with the museum tower directly across the river.
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