Munich - St Mary's Church in Thalkirchen

(Local Name: Sankt Maria in Thalkirchen) The site of Sankt Maria in Thalkirchen was already occupied in the 13th C. by a Late Romanesque church, of which the tower and east wall of the nave can still be seen. The present church was constructed in several phases from about 1400. It was remodeled in the Baroque style at the end of the 17th C., and in 1907-08 a Neo-Baroque extension was added (west side) by Gabriel von Seidl.

The late 17th C. altar was refashioned in 1759 by Ignaz Günther whose workshop was also responsible for the figures of the Angels of the Annunciation, St Joachim and St Anne.

The image on the high altar of the Madonna enthroned, to which miraculous powers are traditionally ascribed, is part of a Gothic retable dating from about 1482. It was probably made in Munich rather than Ulm (by Erhart).

The late 17th C. pulpit has exceptionally fine sculptures by Heiland. Opposite are a Mater Dolorosa and a Crucifixion.

Also noteworthy are the ceiling painting of the Adoration of the Magi by Schleibner (1917) and the Neo-Baroque altar of St Anthony by Büchsenmann (1911), both in the extension on the west side.