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The catholic monastery and institute church pc. Jakob at the meadow, called Jakob church, is the only complete new building of a historical church in the old part of town of Munich. It serves the arms school sisters of our dear wife as monastery and institute church. Arms the school sister care for the oldest monastery of Munich.

Situation

Pc. Jakob at the meadow (lower meadow 1) closes optically the pc. - Jakob place in the meadow quarter of the historical old part of town in the south /S off. Up to the building of the Jewish center the view of the upper meadow of the church fell.

History

At the end 12. Century developed at the lower meadow a chapel, which was geweiht the Apostel Jakobus. It marked the point of origin residents of Munich of the Jakob way. After the Franziskaner at the chapel pc. Jakob established itself, which was at that time still before the walls of the city, a monastic church developed around 1240. The Franziskaner shifted when desired duke Ludwig 1284 its convention into the proximity of the residence and based at height of the today's national theatre the monastery pc. Anton. The Klarissen took over the meadow monastery. Only 1804 gave up the Klarissen their convention in the course of the secularization.

1404 collapsed the monastic church. The Klarissen built the church to 1408. The church possessed now further the oldest spitzbogige of Upper Bavaria as well as the oldest receives Roman choir in the today's city.

After the secularization the church, which should be auctioneered like the monastery 1805 on abort, remained population after protests of the residents of Munich. 1843 took over Maria Theresia Gerhardinger, the foundress arms of the school sisters of our love woman, on switching of king Ludwig I. the convention building and the church.

In December 1944 pc. Jakob at the meadow was destroyed by an air raid up to the outside walls. 1955 to 1957 the church after plans by Friedrich Haindl were again built. The Fresken comes from Bill nail. Josef Henselmann created the plastics of the high altar.

Important works

  • Calm sandstone sculpture of the Apostels Jakobus (Roman, around 1330).
  • Lategothical sculpture of the Apostels Jakobus (Erasmus Grasser, around 1490).
  • Bronze statue of the Apostels Jakobus (before the church) (tonuses 1956);

Grave-put important persons

  • Blessed Maria Theresia Gerhardinger (since 1985)

Literature

  • Klaus Gallas: Munich. Of the welfischen establishment Heinrichs of the lion up to the present: Art, culture, history. Cologne: DuMont 1979, ISBN 3-7701-1094-3 (DuMont documents: DuMont art travel guide)

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