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| Beilngries | ||
| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | 9.768 (2019) | |
| height | 368 m | |
| Tourist info | 49 8461 8435 http://www.beilngries.de/ | |
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The town Beilngries is lying in Altmuehltal Nature Park in Upper Bavaria and is a state-approved resort.
background
The oldest traces of settlement in the Beilngrieser Tal come from the younger Stone Age (around 3500 - 1800 BC). The year of the first documentary mention is 1007, "Bilo" is interpreted as a personal name and "semolina" for river debris. Beilngries has been part of the Eichstätt diocese since 1016 and for over 500 years. In 1053 the place received market rights and in 1485 city rights. An important date in modern times is the opening of the Ludwig Canal under King Ludwig I and then the new one Main-Danube Canal in September 1992: Beilngries lies at the confluence of the Sulz in the Altmuehl, on the old and the new Main-Danube Canal.
Also because of the location in Altmuehltal Nature Park and with almost 1,800 guest beds, tourism is an important economic factor in Beilngries.
getting there
| Distances (road km) | |
| Neumarkt | 30 km |
|---|---|
| Ingolstadt | 39 km |
| Nuremberg | 73 km |
| regensburg | 58 km |
| Munich | 112 km |
By plane
The nearest international airport is Munich Airport
(IATA: MUC), 102 km, approx. A good hour's drive). The Nuremberg Airport(IATA: NUE) is 86 km and less than an hour's drive away.
Beilngries airfield, Flugplatzstrasse 3, 92339 Beilngries. Tel.: 49 8461 400. 600 meters of grass runway, approved for aircraft up to 5.7 tons, motor gliders, sailors and UL.
By train
The station Kinding (Altmühltal) is on the ICE route Nuremberg - Munich and is a stop for regional trains and is approx. 10 km away.
In the street
Beilngries is on the B299 federal road in the section between Ingolstadt and Neumarkt.
The easiest way to get there is via the motorway 
Nuremberg-Munich and exit Denkendorf (in the south) or Greding in the north, further approx. 15 km to Beilngries.
By boat
On the Main-Danube Canal there are the possibilities.
By bicycle
On the Altmühltal cycle path
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- 1 City parish church of St. Walburga: After several previous buildings, today's church with the striking 52 m high twin towers and the colorful glass bricks was rebuilt from 1911 to 1913 in the neo-baroque style and is the landmark of the city. The basic substance of the northern tower is from the first church building in the 12th century. The figure of Mary in front of the church dates from the 15th century.
- woman Church, built from 1753 under the prince-bishop's court building director Maurizio Pedetti in the Rococo style and the most important sacred building in Beilngries. A late Gothic statue of the Virgin Mary on the high altar is particularly worth seeing.
- City fortifications: The towers were built from 1407, nine of the former twelve have survived.
- Various well-restored ones are worth seeing Patrician houses.
- town hall, built in the Baroque style under master builder Gabriel de Gabrieli;
- Hirschberg Castle lies on an elongated ridge above Beilngries and is the largest castle in the Altmühltal at 200 m long and 50 m wide. The complex was built from the 11th century under the bishops of Eichstädt, initially as a castle, which burned down as much as possible after a lightning strike in 1636. Today's three-winged castle was built in the 18th century as the hunting lodge of the Eichstätt prince-bishops in a rococo style and after several changes of ownership it houses the conference and education center of the diocese of Eichstätt. The castle courtyard is freely accessible, the interior can be viewed on guided tours.
- Diocese of Hirschberg Castle (Guided tours, conferences, seminars, palace concerts), Hirschberg 70, 92339 Beilngries. Tel.: 49 (0)8461 64 21-0.
- former Franciscan monastery: The foundation stone of the church was laid in 1723, the master builder was court building director Maurizio Pedetti under the Eichstätt prince-bishop, the church is now profaned, the secularized monastery houses the toy museum.
- 2 Beilngries toy museum, Hauptstrasse 49, 92339 Beilngries (in the attic of the former Franciscan monastery). Dolls, dollhouses, puppet theater, carousels, steam engines.
- Brewery museum in the underground rock cellar labyrinth, Bräuhausstr. 36, 92339 Beilngries (in the rock cellar of the former prince-bishop's brewery Hirschberg). Tel.: 49 (0)8461 1033. Guided tours followed by a beer tasting.Open: May to October: Sun. at 10.30 a.m.
activities
- 1 Beilngries indoor swimming pool (Sauna, solarium), Ingolstädter Strasse 5, 92339 Beilngries. Tel.: 49 (0)8461 8292.
- Altmühltaler Adventure Park (Forest high ropes course, forest adventure trail), Bräuhausstr. 36, 92339 Beilngries. Tel.: 49 (0)8461 602990.
- Fish and nature trail on the Sulz (1.5 km in length)
- Swimming at Kratzmühlsee (4 km south of Beilngries), see below #Trips
shop
kitchen
- 1 Schattenhofer (Brewery, restaurant, hotel), Hauptstrasse 44, 92339 Beilngries. Tel.: 49 (0)8461 6413 0.
- 2 Country inn Euringer, Dorfstrasse 23, 92339 Beilngries-Paulushofen. Tel.: 49 (0)8461 6510, Fax: 49 (0)8461 9143, Email: [email protected]. Home-style cuisine with its own butcher's shop, located a little outside in the Paulushofen district, this hotel offers a pleasant flair to switch off.Price: single room from € 60, double room from € 85.
nightlife
accommodation
- 1 Campsite Beilngries "An der Altmühl", At the Altmühl 24, 92339 Beilngries. Tel.: 49 84 61 84 06, Fax: 49 84 61 60 29 64, Email: [email protected]. Beautifully located directly on the Altmühl. Generous sanitary facilities.
health
Practical advice
| Brief information | |
| surface | 100.1 km² |
|---|---|
| Phone code | 92339 |
| Post Code | 08461 |
| Mark | EGG |
| Time zone | UTC 1 |
| Emergency call | 112 / 110 |
- Tourist information Beilngries, Hauptstrasse 14, 92339 Beilngries. Tel.: 49 (0)8461 843.
- Cultural and historical association Beilngries-Kinding e.V., Rebhuhnweg 1, 92339 Beilngries. Tel.: 49 (0)84 61 8313.
- Branches DHL (German Post): Hauptstr. 1;
trips
- Kratzmühlsee (also Pfraundorfer See) near Pfraundorf, 4 km south of Beilngries (halfway to Kinding), with an outdoor pool
- Berching with its impressive city wall
- Plankstetten Benedictine Abbey (5 km north)
- Dietfurt an der Altmühl (9 km east), "Bavarian China"
- Dinosaur Park Altmühltal near Denkendorf (11 km south)
- Kipfenberg (15 km south-west), castle with Roman and Bavarian museum and geographical center of Bavaria
literature
Web links
- https://www.beilngries.de/ - Official website of Beilngries
- Beilngries on www.altmuehltal.de (official tourism website for the Altmühltal)
