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i Andechs an important had tired of city life. d Ingolstadt
commercial and They were known as
Road map D7. n Andechser Straße Road map D6. * 130, 000. £
16 (08152-932 50). cultural centre. Adolf Malschule Neu-Dachau. n Rathausplatz 2 (0841-305 30 30).
Hitler wrote Mein Even earlier, however,
The village of Andechs, at the Kampf here, while the beauty of the The river Danube flows
summit of the 700-m (2,300-ft) serving a prison term surrounding through this former seat of
high Holy Mountain of the same for his unsuccessful countryside had the Wittelsbach family and the
name, is not only the destination coup attempt been discovered by town features many important
of pilgrimages to the local in Munich. the impressionist historic buildings dating from
church, but also of many less At the heart of painter Max the Middle Ages and the
spiritual trips to the Bräustüberl, Landsberg is the Liebermann (1847– Renaissance and Baroque
where visitors can refresh Hauptplatz with its 1935). The Dachauer periods. Among the most
themselves with a glass or two Baroque town hall Gemäldegalerie A beach beside the Danube is overlooked by the Neues Schloß in Ingolstadt outstanding architecture is
of the excellent beer brewed by and the intricately contains works of art the Church of the Virgin Mary,
local monks. carved 14th-century Relief from the church inspired by local and 18th centuries and includes Freising. Its history is closely a triple-nave hall structure
The present triple-nave Gothic tower, Schmalztor. façade in Landsberg scenery, including three palaces. The modest Altes connected with St Korbinian, with circular pillars, chapels
hall-church was built in 1420–25. In Ludwigstraße is one by Liebermann. Schloß was built in 1623 for who founded the bishopric here and choir with an ambulatory.
Its Rococo interior dates from the late-Gothic parish church, Prince Wilhelm V. Now it houses in the early 8th century. Inside is the original Gothic-
1755. The lower tier of the main Stadtpfarrkirche Mariä E Dachauer Gemäldegalerie an exhibition of religious folk art. Korbinian died around AD 725 Renaissance main altar dating
altar contains the famous Himmelfahrt, whose Baroque- Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 3. Tel (08131) Schloß Lustheim is a small, and his remains still lie in the from 1572.
Miraculous Statue of the Mother style interior features a statue of 56 750. Open 11am–5pm Tue–Fri, Baroque, hermitage-type palace, crypt of the Dom – the Another notable building is
of God (1468), while the upper the Madonna and Child by Hans 1–5pm Sat & Sun. & built in 1684–87 by Enrico Zucalli Cathedral Church of the Birth of the Neues Schloß, which was,
tier features the Immaculata by Multscher. Bayertor, the original + Schloß Dachau for the Elector Max Emanuel. It the Virgin Mary and St Korbinian built between the 15th and
Hans Degler (1609). On selected town gate, is in the eastern part Schlossstraße 2. Tel (08131) 879 23. has beautiful interiors, stunning (1159–1205). This is a five-nave 18th centuries and features
feast days, holy relics are of the old town. Open Apr–Sep: 9am–6pm Tue–Sun; frescoes and a magnificent basilica, without transept, with stately rooms and a Gothic
displayed on the altar gallery. The town’s Neues Stadt­ Oct–Mar: 10am–4pm Tue–Sun. Closed collection of Meissen porcelain, an elongated choir and a chapel. It now houses the
museum is a useful source of 1 Jan; Shrove Tue; 24, 25 & 31 Dec. & which is displayed in the massive twin-tower western Bayerisches Armeemuseum.
information on local history. P KZ­Gedenkstätte Dachau Museum Meißener Porzellan. façade. Its interior was A true gem of Bavarian
Alte Römerstraße 75. Tel (08131) 66 The newest building is the remodelled in Baroque style by architecture is the Church of
E Neues Stadtmuseum 99 70. Open 9am–5pm daily. Neues Schloß, designed by the Asam brothers, in 1724–25. St Maria Victoria, the work of
Von-Helfenstein-Gasse 426. Tel (08191) Closed 24 Dec. Enrico Zucalli. Work began in The four-nave Romanesque Cosmas Damian Asam.
12 83 60. Open 2–5pm Tue–Sun, 1701 but was not completed crypt features a famous column, The Deutsches
11am–5pm Sat & Sun. & until the second half of the which is decorated with Medizinhistorisches Museum
18th century. Despite wartime carvings of fantastic animals exhibits medical instruments
a Schleißheim damage, it retains many original (Bestiensäule). Nearby is the and has a beautiful formal
p Dachau features. It now houses exhibits Diözesanmuseum, whose vast garden where medicinal plants
Road map D6. Oberschleißheim.
Road map D6. * 35,000. £ Tel (089) 375 589 58. belonging to the Bavarian ecclesiastical collection includes are grown.
n Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 1 State Museum. two paintings by Rubens. E Bayerisches Armeemuseum
(08131-75286 or 75287). Schleißheim is situated barely At the southwestern end of
14 km (9 miles) from Munich, + Altes Schloß the old town is a former Neues Schloß, Paradeplatz 4. Tel (0841)
For most people the name making it within easy reach for Tel (089) 315 87 20. Open as Neues monastery, Weihenstephan, 937 70. Open 9am–5:30pm Tue–Fri,
Ammersee near the Holy Mountain Dachau is inextricably linked an afternoon visit to its Baroque Schloß. & home to the world’s longest- 10am–5:30pm Sat & Sun. &
of Andechs with the concentration camp palace and park. + Neues Schloß established brewery and a ∑ armeemuseum.de
that was built here by the Nazis Surrounded by canals and Tel (089) 315 87 20. Open Apr–Sep: botanical garden. E Deutsches Medizin­
in 1933. Since 1965, the whole now somewhat neglected, the 9am–6pm Tue–Sun; Oct–Mar: 10am– historisches Museum
o Landsberg site has been designated as a park was established in the 17th 4pm Tue–Sun. Closed Mon. & E Diözesanmuseum Anatomiestraße 18–20. Tel (0841)
am Lech memorial, KZ­Gedenkstätte + Schloß Lustheim Domberg 21. Tel (08161) 487 90. 305 28 60. Open 10am– 5pm
Dachau, to over 40,000 prisoners Closed due to reopen 2017–18. & Tue–Sun. &
Road map D7. * 24,000. £ who died there, with a perma- Tel (089) 315 87 20. Open Apr–Sep:
n Hauptplatz 152 (08191-12 82 46). nent exhibition in the former 9am–6pm Tue–Sun; Oct–Mar:
10am–4pm Tue–Sun. &
domestic quarters of the camp.
The history of Landsberg goes Dachau is a beautiful town Museum Meißener Porzellan
back to 1160 when Henry the with many historic buildings. Tel (089) 315 87 242. Open Apr–Sep:
Lion built his castle here, on the On the southwestern edge of 9am–6pm Tue–Sun; Oct–Mar:
right bank of the river Lech. the old town stands Schloß 10am–4pm Tue–Sun.
During the 13th century, the Dachau, summer residence of
surrounding settlement grew the Wittelsbachs. The palace
into a town, which soon that stands here today was s Freising
became a major trading centre. created in the 18th century from Road map D6. * 40,000. £
Religious conflicts, culminating the western wing of an earlier n Marienplatz 7 (08161-544 41 11).
in the Thirty Years’ War, put an castle, the work of Joseph Effner.
end to the town’s development In the early 19th century the Situated on the banks of the
but, in the late 17th century, area surrounding the castle Baroque façade of the Wittelsbach river Isar, just 20 minutes by train
the town once again became housed a colony of artists who palace, Schloß Dachau from Munich, is the old town of Striking Baroque interior of the Church of St Maria Victoria, Ingolstadt
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp496–7 and pp519–22

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