Alter Südlicher Friedhof — iBurkhard Mücke (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ready-made walk · Munich

Quirky Munich: Upstairs Churches to the Bavaria Statue

6 stops · ~2 hr 40 min · 4.6 km

Weird & Unusual

A curious route out of the old town: a church whose worship space sits on the upper floor, a hunting and fishing museum in a former Augustinian church, and the theatrical Asam Church squeezed into a row of houses. Wander the plague-era Old South Cemetery, then cross the Oktoberfest grounds of the Theresienwiese to the colossal bronze Bavaria.

The stops, in walking order

iBurkhard Mücke (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Stop 1: Alter Südlicher Friedhof
~3 min here
Alter Südfriedhof is a historic cemetery whose story begins during a plague emergency.
iThomas Ledl (CC BY 4.0)
Stop 2: Bürgersaalkirche
~15 min here
Bürgersaalkirche is a church with a remarkable arrangement: the worship space occupies the upper floor, while the lower level contains the former meeting hall and a congregation museum.
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Stop 3: Deutsches Jagd- und Fischereimuseum
~1 hr here
The Deutsches Jagd- und Fischereimuseum is a museum devoted to the history of hunting and fishing, housed in Munich’s former Augustinian church.
iWikiolo, derivative work Lämpel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Stop 4: Sankt Johann Nepomuk
~15 min here
Sankt Johann Nepomuk is the compact church commonly called the Asam Church, built by the brothers Cosmas Damian and Egid Quirin Asam.
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Stop 5: Theresienwiese
~3 min here
Theresienwiese is Munich’s open-air event ground and the home of Oktoberfest, the world’s largest folk festival.
iStylianos Karavias (Hoverfish on en.wikipedia) (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Stop 6: Bavaria
~3 min here
Bavaria is the monumental statue before you: a woman embodying Bavaria and its strength.