St. Sylvester

Church in München, Germany

St. Sylvester is a Catholic church and parish in Schwabing, now part of Munich, in the German state (Bundesland) of Bavaria. It began with a village church in the 14th century, first documented in 1315, and dedicated to John the Baptist. A Gothic church was remodelled in Baroque style in the 17th century, and received furnishings such as sculpture attributed to Ignaz Günther or his school. The parish was split and renamed, and the part with one of the oldest churches in Munich became a parish dedicated to Pope Silvester I in 1921. The church was expanded in 1925/26 by a new part connected to t

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Type:
Church

Where:
München, Germany

Coordinates:
48.16°N, 11.59°E

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