Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Ettal

The fresco under the dome. Unfortunately I did not dare to lay down on to the ground in the center. And I did not know, if, in case I would do it, I would be able to get up again without help. Next time, I´ll try to do..

Peeping over the wall. Maybe here is the well known boarding school, existing since more than 250 years. In February 2010 ths boardings school entered the news, as one of the scandalous places, where minors were abused. The abbot and the prior have resigned meanwhile.

The buildings we see today were all built after the big fire of 1744. After the rebuilding lots of pilgrims walked up the valley to the abbey-church, to see the miraculous statue of St. Mary, that is still here. The Ettal abbey owns a couple of guesthouses and pubs, a brewery (since 1609), a cheese-factory and a destillery. Actually I do prefer the beer from Kloster Andechs. The herbal schnaps is green - and comes in a bootle looking like one of the smaller steeples of the church. Tres chic!

The small village of Ettal (pop. 800) has two main tourist-attractions. 1. "Schloss Linderhof", a fairy-tale castles bavarian King Ludwig II has built mid 19th century. 2. The Benedictine abbey "Kloster Ettal". - I just visited the abbey, that was founded 1330. Nothing out of the early time seems to have survived. All what is to see now is baroque - and it is really big. The dome of the church towers above the village.