You find the St. Johann Nepomuk
church (better known under the name of its donator
Egid Quirin Asam) in the
Sendlinger Straße
halfway between the shops.
During 1729 - 1733 E.Q. Asam (a well known and respected architect and stuccoworker) bought four houses in the Sendlinger Straße. One became a private house (The Asam House), two were foreseen for the church and the fourth was the priest´s house. E.Q. Asam provided a window in his private house through which he could see the high altar of the church. Together with his brother - the painter and architect Cosmas Damian - he created a masterpiece of sumptuous Rococo. Although the brothers decided to built on own expense they had to open their church to publicity.
Passing through the vestibül of the church, the visitor is confronted by an interior that seems a cross between lavish theater, auditorium and mystic grotto. The visitor will be overwhelmed by the wasteful fullness of light, colour, decoration, wood, stone, silver and gold in the high and narrow room, with a gallery running around it all sites. Because of the light you should visit the church in the morning hours.
Mon. - Sun. 8.00 a.m.
- 5.30 p.m.