Andechs Monastery

Aerial view of the widely visible Andechs Monastery on the Holy Mountain above the eastern shore of Lake Ammersee, Starnberg, Upper Bavaria, taken on September 13, 2006

The Andechs Monastery Church is the oldest pilgrimage site in Bavaria. Pilgrims have been traveling to the relics of Andechs since 1128. Today, Andechs monastery beer, which has been proven to be brewed since 1455, likely attracts the most "pilgrims." The monastery's commercial operations finance the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Boniface in Munich and Andechs.