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Munich (München) is the capital and
largest city of the German state of
Bavaria, the third largest city in
Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg.
St.Johann Nepomuk Church ("Asam
Church“) is the former private church
of the famous artists-brothers
Cosmas Damian Asam and Egid
Qurin Asam. Built from 1733 to 1746,
it ranks among the finest Rococo style
churches in the world. The interior is
ornamented with a splendid fresco
painting on the life of St.Nepomuk.
Beside the church the home of
E.Q.Asam. His house is connected to
the chapel by a corridor and he could
see the high altar from his bedroom
window

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Asam house and Asamkirche

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In 1729-30, sculptor and stuccoist Egid Qurin Asam bought two properties here, which he converted into a family home for
himself. Soon after, he acquired a plot of land next to his house, where in 1733 he began to built a church dedicated to the newly
canonized S. John Nepomuk, a 14th-century Bohemian monk who drowned in the Danube. The church was completed in 1746

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The Asamkirche is a long and narrow chapel occupying a slim space
between two houses. Its façade features a large statue of St. Johann
Nepomuk over the door

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Saint John of Nepomuk
(1345 – 1393) confessor of
the queen of Bohemia,
refused to divulge the
secrets of the confessional.
At the behest of King
Wenceslaus of Bohemia
he was thrown from the
Charles Bridge in Prague
and drowned. John of
Nepomuk is patron saint of
bridges

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S. Johann Nepomuk church, better known as the Asam Church
(Asamkirche)
was built by the brothers Asam as their private church

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A heart shaped
memorial placate,
surrounded by
angel statues, on
the upper part of
the Asamkirche
facade, with a
text in Latin,
stating: “Fides
Spes Charitas In
Ioanne Unitas” or
“Faith Hope
Charity in Holy
Unity”

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Due to resistance of the
citizens, the brothers were
forced to make the church
accessible to the public

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The tall wooden doors
lead into an oval-shaped
nartex containing Rococo
confessionals decorated
with symbolic figures

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Nartex ceiling

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Nartex ceiling

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St. Jerome (Hieronymus)

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St.Jerome(Hieronymus)
St. Peter

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St. Peter

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St. Peter

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In the nartex are two
confessional boxes.
Egid Quirin Asam designed
the church as Beichtkirche
(confession church) for the
youth. So the small church
has seven confessionals with
allegorical scenes.

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Ignaz Gunther epitaph for Johann Nepomuk Joseph Baron Zech, 1757

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The chapel's
dimly lit interior,
consisting of a
single narrow
nave, leaves no
surface
undecorated.
Multiple frescoes
are surrounded
by rich red stucco
by the Asam
brothers and
gilded woodwork

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Occupying a slim
space between
two houses, the
church is small
and narrow in
shape, with just
12 rows of pews

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