Asamkirche Maria de Victoria — Attraction in Ingolstadt

The Church of St Mary of Victory is a Rococo masterpiece built by the Asam Brothers in 1736. I have been on a quest to see all of the Asam Brothers' churches, which are mostly in Bavaria.

The interior is lavishly adorned with carved stucco, marquetry woodwork, and gilding. The use of light colors and shapes inspired by nature are typical of the Rococo style.

The ceiling has the largest flat ceiling fresco in the world, and depicts Mary as Queen of Heaven and mediator of divine grace. Each corner portrays one of the four continents paying homage to Mary.

The Lepanto monstrance was created by Augsburg goldsmith Johann Zeckl in 1708 to commemorate the victory of the Christians over the Turks in the naval battle of Lepanto.

A sinking Turkish ship, the fleeing Sultan, and drowning harem ladies are depicted in intricate detail.

A monstrance is a vessel to display the consecrated host. The word 'monstrance' comes from the Latin 'monstrare', which is also the root for the word...

This church is the highlight of the city I think, definitely go there as a tourist! Unfortunately they have an older (red-haired) lady as a tourguide who tells stories wildly inappropriate for a church. For example, but not limited to, racist remarks about turks. She also doesn't really take into account questions and is very judgemental towards her listeners. She was once giving my friends and I a tour when an English speaking lady approached and asked if she would be able to continue in English. My friends and I said that's great, no problem, please do so. She continued in German. The poor lady just wandered off and I followed her and gave her a quick run-down of the place, as our guide was clearly not up for it for some reason. To sum up, it's a beautiful church, just choose a good person to explain the amazingness of the...

Needless to say that the touch of the Asams brothers leave you surprised every time you see their works. the entrance is 3.5€ cash. but its worth more the exterior os very simple but once i stepped foot inside, the 490 m2 painting on the ceiling with its meaning is more than impressive, of course the main aisle is something from another level. a vey astoniching church to the Holy Maru lady of Victory. A Baroque church...