St. Peter's Church, Munich
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St. Peter (Catholic) is the oldest church in the inner city of Munich.
Even before Munich was founded as a city in 1158 there had been a pre-Merovingian church at this site. 8th century monks lived around this church on a hill called Petersbergl. At the end of 12th century a new church in the Bavarian romanesque style was consecrated and expanded in gothic style shortly before the great fire in 1327 destroyed the building. After its reconstruction the church was dedicated anew in 1368. In the early 17th century the 92 metre (about 302 ft.) spire got its renaissance steepletop and a new baroque choir was added.
The interior is dominated by the high altar to which Erasmus Grasser had contributed the figure of St. Peter. Among other masterpieces of all periods are five gothic paintings of Jan Polack and several altars of Ignaz Günther. The fresco of the ceiling by Johann Baptist Zimmermann (1753-1756) was recreated in 1999/2000.
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