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d Ingolstadt
Road map D6. * 130, 000. £
n Rathausplatz 2 (0841-305 30 30).
The river Danube flows
through this former seat of
the Wittelsbach family and the
town features many important
historic buildings dating from
the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance and Baroque
periods. Among the most
A beach beside the Danube is overlooked by the Neues Schloß in Ingolstadt outstanding architecture is
the Church of the Virgin Mary,
and 18th centuries and includes Freising. Its history is closely a triple-nave hall structure
three palaces. The modest Altes connected with St Korbinian, with circular pillars, chapels
Schloß was built in 1623 for who founded the bishopric here and choir with an ambulatory.
Prince Wilhelm V. Now it houses in the early 8th century. Inside is the original Gothic-
an exhibition of religious folk art. Korbinian died around AD 725 Renaissance main altar dating
Schloß Lustheim is a small, and his remains still lie in the from 1572.
Baroque, hermitage-type palace, crypt of the Dom – the Another notable building is
built in 1684–87 by Enrico Zucalli Cathedral Church of the Birth of the Neues Schloß, which was,
for the Elector Max Emanuel. It the Virgin Mary and St Korbinian built between the 15th and
has beautiful interiors, stunning (1159–1205). This is a five-nave 18th centuries and features
frescoes and a magnificent basilica, without transept, with stately rooms and a Gothic
collection of Meissen porcelain, an elongated choir and a chapel. It now houses the
which is displayed in the massive twin-tower western Bayerisches Armeemuseum.
Museum Meißener Porzellan. façade. Its interior was A true gem of Bavarian
The newest building is the remodelled in Baroque style by architecture is the Church of
Neues Schloß, designed by the Asam brothers, in 1724–25. St Maria Victoria, the work of
Enrico Zucalli. Work began in The four-nave Romanesque Cosmas Damian Asam.
1701 but was not completed crypt features a famous column, The Deutsches
until the second half of the which is decorated with Medizinhistorisches Museum
18th century. Despite wartime carvings of fantastic animals exhibits medical instruments
damage, it retains many original (Bestiensäule). Nearby is the and has a beautiful formal
features. It now houses exhibits Diözesanmuseum, whose vast garden where medicinal plants
belonging to the Bavarian ecclesiastical collection includes are grown.
State Museum. two paintings by Rubens.
At the southwestern end of E Bayerisches Armeemuseum
+ Altes Schloß the old town is a former Neues Schloß, Paradeplatz 4. Tel (0841)
Tel (089) 315 87 20. Open as Neues monastery, Weihenstephan, 937 70. Open 9am–5:30pm Tue–Fri,
Schloß. & home to the world’s longest- 10am–5:30pm Sat & Sun. &
+ Neues Schloß established brewery and a ∑ armeemuseum.de
Tel (089) 315 87 20. Open Apr–Sep: botanical garden. E Deutsches Medizin­
9am–6pm Tue–Sun; Oct–Mar: 10am– historisches Museum
4pm Tue–Sun. Closed Mon. & E Diözesanmuseum Anatomiestraße 18–20. Tel (0841)
Domberg 21. Tel (08161) 487 90. 305 28 60. Open 10am– 5pm
+ Schloß Lustheim Closed due to reopen 2017–18. & Tue–Sun. &
Tel (089) 315 87 20. Open Apr–Sep:
9am–6pm Tue–Sun; Oct–Mar:
10am–4pm Tue–Sun. &
Museum Meißener Porzellan
Tel (089) 315 87 242. Open Apr–Sep:
9am–6pm Tue–Sun; Oct–Mar:
10am–4pm Tue–Sun.

s Freising
Road map D6. * 40,000. £
n Marienplatz 7 (08161-544 41 11).
Situated on the banks of the
river Isar, just 20 minutes by train
from Munich, is the old town of Striking Baroque interior of the Church of St Maria Victoria, Ingolstadt

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