Munich - Burghers' Hall Baroque Bürgersaal
The Baroque Bürgersaal (Burghers' Hall) in Munich is a "double" church with a prayer hall above and lower under church beneath, was the meeting-place and place of worship of the Marian Congregation (a community under Jesuit direction). It was built in 1709-10 to the design of Giovanni Antonio Viscardi and has been in use as a church since 1778. It was destroyed during the Second World War and rebuilt in 1945-46.
The facade with its double pilasters is still in its original condition, apart from the side doors, which were later insertions.
The facade with its double pilasters is still in its original condition, apart from the side doors, which were later insertions.
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In a niche over the main doorway is a figure of the Virgin and Child on a crescent moon.
The interior stucco-work is by Josef Georg Baader (1710). Above the windows are fine painted medallions (ca. 1774) glorifying the Mother of God; below the windows are depictions by Joachim Beich of various Bavarian places of pilgrimage (ca. 1710).
Also to be seen in the upper hall are some works by Ignaz Günther, including a Guardian Angel group (1763) beneath the organ gallery and remnants of figures from a pulpit. A wooden relief of the Annunciation by Andreas Faistenberger (ca. 1700) embellishes the high altar.
Lower church
The windowless lower church (originally used to house the Bürgersaal's printing presses) contains the tomb of Rupert Mayer (1876-1945), a Jesuit priest who worked for the Resistance against the Nazi régime. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987.
The interior stucco-work is by Josef Georg Baader (1710). Above the windows are fine painted medallions (ca. 1774) glorifying the Mother of God; below the windows are depictions by Joachim Beich of various Bavarian places of pilgrimage (ca. 1710).
Also to be seen in the upper hall are some works by Ignaz Günther, including a Guardian Angel group (1763) beneath the organ gallery and remnants of figures from a pulpit. A wooden relief of the Annunciation by Andreas Faistenberger (ca. 1700) embellishes the high altar.
Lower church
The windowless lower church (originally used to house the Bürgersaal's printing presses) contains the tomb of Rupert Mayer (1876-1945), a Jesuit priest who worked for the Resistance against the Nazi régime. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987.
