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The church was built in 1952 according to plans by Friedrich Ferdinand Haindl, which were originally intended for a new building in Neuhaus am Schliersee in the 1930s. This was never realized, however. This explains its "Alpine" architectural style. The church's interior design was not complete until 1961, and the wooden pews were, in a sense, the result of a "higher providence." A violent storm uprooted so many trees in a forest that they could hardly be removed. This forest belonged to Pastor Mühlhauser's brother, and it took little persuasion, and the wood for the pews was a gift. The pews were installed in the church in 1956. (https://www.karlsfeld.de/Kirchengeschichte-von-St.-Anna.o360.html)

As already mentioned, chaplain Josef Mühlhauser was the main initiator of the church construction. He was ordained a priest in 1952 at the age of 34 as a late vocation. His first position was that of chaplain in the parish of Peter and Paul in Feldmoching. At that time, the town of Karlsfeld also belonged to this parish. Mühlhauser, together with Mayor Eichinger, campaigned vehemently for the church to be built in Karlsfeld rather than Ludwigsfeld. Construction began on June 16, 1952. Five weeks later, on July 20, 1952, Auxiliary Bishop Dr. Scharnagl laid the foundation stone. The roof truss was already in place in August 19). Construction (costing 220,342 DM) progressed quickly. It only took half a year. The driving force behind this was also chaplain Mühlhauser, who also actively helped with the construction work. Local historian Ilse Oberbauer can tell several anecdotes about this: 11) "Mühlhauser always rode through the community on his old motorcycle, wearing an old Wehrmacht coat. Once he wanted to give the construction workers up on the scaffolding a beer to refresh themselves. It ended with the chaplain floating up on a wooden pallet with the beer carrier on a pulley." When the bells were delivered, one of the helpers lost his strength while pulling them up and the rope slipped through his hands. Mühlhauser rushed forward with all his body effort and hung on the pulley with all his weight so that the bell would not fall down." On the first Sunday of Advent, November 28, 1952, the priest of Feldmoching, who was still responsible for Karlsfeld at the time, spiritual advisor Jakob Sturm, celebrated the first service in St. Anna's Church. 19) On April 26, 1953, Cardinal Wendel consecrated the church. Relics of the catacomb saints Victor and Martial were enclosed in the altar.04) The patronage of St. Anna was taken over by the Ludl Chapel, which had served as a replacement church for many decades.

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incredible amount of mistletoe

Here are some ancient willow trees

“Each of these crosses can tell its own story and what prompted people to erect “their” cross at this point. (...) These wayside crosses were erected as visible signs and attract the attention of many people. The cross is a symbol of life. It stands as a sign of our Christian hope and wants to direct our gaze to Jesus Christ, who has overcome death (...). The cross is part of our life as it was in the life of Jesus. So I wish that many people … visit the crosses, whether as places of stillness and breathing space before God, whether as places for community gatherings, prayer and praise to God.” (Text source: Dean Rainald M. Ollig in: "Crossroads... small sacred monuments as a sign of popular piety")

Field cross - Erected by Johann Evangelist Pscherer (1888-1969) as thanks for his return from World War I in 1918.