Ettal Things to Do

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Once inside this Basilica, I stood in awe of the beauty. Above my head was a huge dome, the fresco that was painted in 1769. It was wonderful! This Basilica were reconstructed in the ornate baroque style, glittering with lots of gold, rich with Marble, and wonderful frescoes. The Pulpit in my photo, is done with gold gilt. The Madonna on the high altar, was brought from Italy by the emperor and is said to be of miraculous nature. One of the paintings in my photo is of the Holy family.
This Monastery Basilica is one of the nicest I have seen. There is so much more inside this Basilica than what I have told you about.

The website is in German

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Arriving in Ettal, we could easily see the large domed roof of the Monastery, and then the high walls surrounding it. There were lots of cars parked in a side street, so we thought the entrance may have been there, but no, it wasn't, that gate had "no entry.'
Back in the car, and little further on, we came to the Entrance and a good size parking lot.
It was where the Abbey shop and Toilet's were located and also where I entered the garden of the Monastery.
Walking on the path through the garden, I stopped at the centre and took the obligatory photo like thousand's before me have done.
There before my eyes, was a beautiful building with statues of the twelve Apostle's adorning the front wall, the door was open, beckoning me to come inside..................
Ettal Abbey was founded on 28 April 1330.

Website is in German

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The monastery at Ettal was founded by the Holy Roman Emperor Kaiser Louis the Fourth on April 28, 1330.
The buildings are from 1330-1500 and were redesigned in the 18th century in the Baroque style of the time.
The monastery is still active with 55 monks who run a co-ed private high school (grades 5-13) and a boys boarding school.

Masses are held regularly and the monastery is open daily 9am-5pm (6pm in summer).

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The inside of the Ettal Monastery is one of the most elaboratly decorated in all of Germany.
The church is smaller than one would think but it wasn't designed for the large crowds that can sometimes visit.

Originally planned as a new Versailles, Linderhof Palace is a perfect example of a "Royal Villa" with terraces and cascades and a spacious landscaped garden.

After visiting Versailles, Ludwig II set out to create a Bavarian counterpart. Between 1868 and 1869, the architect Georg Dollmann drafted seven plans for the new palace in Linderhof, but none were implemented. Finally, in 1870, the Versailles project was relocated to the island of Herrenchiemsee. In Linderhof, instead, Ludwig II commissioned a "King's Cottage". By 1878, in spite of difficult transport routes and a virtually inaccessible location, the palace was completed, and the rooms decorated in the style of the "Second Rococo". The development of the park, designed by Carl von Effner, took from 1870 to 1880. Several architectural features were added at the king's request.

Park buildings:
Venus Grotto, an artificial dripstone cave
Spring fountain with 30-meter high fountain
Waterworks in summer,
every hour on the hour between 9 am and 5 pm
Hunding's Hut
Moorish Kiosk
Moroccan House

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The main altar is built where there wa the choir in the medieval church. Here you can see the marble statue given by Ludwig the Bavarian. Around the stateu there are some beautiful gilded panels in bas-relief with scenes of the passion.

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The Baroque interior is fantastic. All the walls are covered with plasters, angels, statues and decorations. Very beautiful are the six side altars with statues of saints served as Johann Georg Ublher and Franz Xaver Schmuzer.

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The fresco of the dome has been realized by Johann Jakob Zeiller between 1748 and 1750. The fresco shows the adoration of the Trinity made by St. Benedict and of its followers with 430 figures painting.