Heilig Geist

Heilig-Geist-Kirche—the Church of the Holy Spirit—belongs to the Catholic story of Munich, but its architecture tells a more layered history. What began as a Gothic hall church, originally linked to the Hospice of the Holy Ghost in the 14th century, was decisively reshaped later: the church was remodelled in 1724–30 by Johann Georg Ettenhofer, and its interior received Rococo frescoes and stucco ornament from the Asam brothers. After the hospice buildings were demolished in 1885, Franz Lüwel added three bays at the west end and gave the church a Neo-Baroque facade. The structure suffered severe damage in World War II, then underwent extensive rebuilding and restoration in the 1950s; in the late 1960s, architect Erwin Schleich replaced the simplified 1950s interiors with recreations of the original frescoes and Rococo …

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