Ettal Monastery

The town Ettal is known for it's monastery and Linderhof Palace.  

The town itself is small but being in Bavaria you can't beat the beautiful setting.

Here are a few pictures of Ettal Monastery.

 

For the history of the monastery, which is was to long for me to think about writing, check out the links I posted below:

http://larsthompson.8m.com/page8.html

http://www.brennendes-herz.com/index.php?id=ettal_abbey

http://www.tompgalvin.com/places/de/bayern/ettal.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettal_Abbey