St. Peter and Paul

St. Peter and Paul, the Catholic parish church of Oberammergau in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, is a significant example of Southern German Baroque. It was built from 1735 to 1749 according to the plans of Joseph Schmuzer. The sculptures were created by Franz Xaver Schmädl, and the paintings and frescos by Matthäus Günther. The parish belongs to the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.
Presumably already in the ninth century, a pre-Romanesque predecessor church was built, which may have replaced an even older wooden church. At that time, the Welf Ethiko withdrew here with twelve companions to live a monastic community life. The Chronicon of Weingarten from the 12th century reports that Ethiko built a church in the Ammergau. He himself and his companions are said to be buried here. In 1167, twelve estates with presentation rights over the church were donated to the Kempten monastery. They passed into the possession of the Augustinian monastery in Rottenbuch in 1295 and 1362. All pastors of Oberammergau can be documented without gaps from 1432 until the secularization of the monastery in 1802; they were all Augustinian canons.

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