Herzogspitalkirche (Munich)

Coordinates: 48°08′14″N 11°34′3″E / 48.13722°N 11.56750°E / 48.13722; 11.56750 Herzogspitalkirche (German: "St. Elisabeth Hospital") is a Catholic church in Munich, southern Germany.

Spire of Herzogspitalkirche

It was a Baroque building commissioned by Duke Albert V of Bavaria, designed by Johann Gunetzrhainer and inaugurated in 1727.

Damaged during World War II, the Duke Hospital was demolished and replaced by a new building. The tower was restored, the nave replaced by a new building designed by Alexander Freiherr von Branca (1956–57), with a brickwork interior.

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