The history of the construction of St Michael's Church is closely linked to the reign of William V the Pious. During the Counter-Reformation, he allowed the Jesuits to build this church, which became the most significant Renaissance church north of the Alps. The cost of its construction nearly bankrupted the state. The construction, begun in 1583, was interrupted by the collapse of one of the towers. In 1597 the church was consecrated.
The three-storey façade of St Michael's Church, divided by powerful horizontals, is similar to that of the town hall. A sharp triangular pediment forms the termination. Under the marble portal at the entrance "stands on guard" created in 1588 bronze statue of Archangel Michael in the fight against the Evil of the world. In the niches stand stone statues of the Wittelsbach princes.
Inside the church under the choirs is the Wittelsbach Royal Crypt, where Duke Wilhelm V, Elector Maximilian and the "fairy king" Ludwig II, among others, rest. On the north side of the church is a cancer with relics of St Cosmas and St Damian (circa 1400).
