[1] In the late nineteenth century, the population of Schwanthalerhöhe had grown so significantly that the nearby St. Benedict's Church couldn't accommodate all of its parishioners a mere twenty years after its construction.

Work on the church began in 1901 and finished in 1903, finally being consecrated in 1908 by the archbishop at the time, Franz Joseph von Stein.

[5][6] The new stained glass windows feature distinctly modern and rectangular panes of solid color; any theological or religious imagery is indiscernible.

Fourteen shining gold Stations of the Cross in Neo-Romanesque style stand out from the soot-stained and colorless walls of the dome.

[9] The west dome features a stout red marble baptismal font and a memorial plaque with a relief depicting the Good Shepherd and commemorating Georg Reisinger, the first pastor of St. Rupertus Church from 1923 to 1927.