Andechs is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria in Germany.

It is renowned in Germany and beyond for Andechs Abbey, a Benedictine monastery that has brewed beer since 1455.

The 20th century German composer Carl Orff is buried in the chapel of Andechs Abbey.

[3] This town was the capital of one of the States of the Counts of Andechs, one of the most important families in Europe.

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