Stephanskirche am Alten Südfriedhof
Stephanskirche am Alten Südfriedhof stands in Munich’s Old South Cemetery as an early Baroque church by architect Georg Zwerger. Built between 1674 and 1677, it replaced a wooden chapel demolished during the Thirty Years’ War. Its restrained exterior presents a small onion dome rather than a traditional steeple.
Two small bronze bells sit inside the dome and still ring through a manually operated rope system. The cemetery church served the Old South Cemetery until its closure in 1944. It remains a branch church of St. Peter’s parish, where services continue to take place.
Inside, a richer Baroque character contrasts with the quiet exterior and reveals paintings from later renovations. Those renovations in the early 2000s replaced much of the original stucco, while some historic work remains. Wheelchair access adds a practical detail to this compact piece of Munich architectural history.
- City
- Munich
- Content updated
Take this page with you
The myTuur app is free, and once you are standing at a spot its story starts by itself.
Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Munich. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.
What is myTuur?
myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.