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| Burghausen | ||
| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | 18.701 (2019) | |
| height | 421 m | |
| Tourist info | (0)86 77 887 140 Tourismus.burghausen.de/ | |
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The town Burghausen is on the Salzach in Upper Bavaria right on the border to Austria. The watches over the excellently preserved old town on a hill longest castle complex of the world: six courtyards, lined up, are over a kilometer long.
background
The city of Burghausen consists of the new town and the old town:
- The Old town is the historical core of the city, it is narrow and elongated directly on the west bank of the Salzach, which has already cut deeply into the surrounding area. The western edge of the old town is the ridge with the towering castle.
- The Neustadt is the urban "modern" part of the city, it lies to the west of the old town and castle and is separated from the castle by an oxbow arm of the Salzach.
Small town chronicle
See also: w: History of the city of Burghausen
The oldest finds and evidence of a fortification of the castle hill come from the Bronze and Iron Ages, a settlement on the banks of the Salzach is dated to the 6th and 8th centuries, the place Burghausen was first mentioned in 1025 as an imperial property, evidence for the date of the first city rights does not exist.
After the division of (old) Bavaria into the two Wittelsbach lines, Burghausen has belonged to Lower Bavaria since 1255 and became the second residence of the Lower Bavarian dukes. In 1307 the existing town charter was confirmed, and Burghausen received further privileges.
The most important privilege was the salt monopoly received by Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria in 1346, according to which the salt from Hallein could only be shipped to Bavaria on the Salzach waterway and was only allowed to be reloaded on wagons in Burghausen at the earliest.
With its political importance and together with the salt trade, a political and economic boom began with a climax in the 15th century: in 1505 Burghausen became one of the four government cities of Bavaria and remained so until 1802.
The ducal salt monopoly from 1594 replaced the bourgeois salt monopoly that had prevailed up until then and was the beginning of a sustained decline in the city: Burghausen lost its main sources of income from the salt trade and its economic importance drastically, one of the low points was the loss of the capital city in 1802 through the reforms of the Bavarian Minister Montgelas in 1802/1807 and the suspension of river navigation in the same period.
The old town of Burghausen survived the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War and the Second World War without any damage; it is largely intact to this day in its urban development.
Burghausen only experienced an upswing from 1915 onwards with the establishment of the Wacker Werke (chemical industry). The Neustadt was founded, and other industrial companies followed. Decisive for the industrial settlement was the possible use of hydropower, in 1922 the 16 kilometer long Alz Canal, which leads from the higher lying Alz to Burghausen, was inaugurated and from then on it was used to generate energy.
Burghausen was only a small town with around 2,500 inhabitants when it was founded, today it has a good 18,000 inhabitants and is a central location in the "Bavarian Chemical Triangle".
getting there
| Distances (road km) | |
| Altoetting | 16 km |
|---|---|
| Tittmoning | 18 km |
| Mühldorf am Inn | 28 km |
| Salzburg | 57 km |
| Berchtesgaden | 81 km |
| Passau | 83 km |
| Munich | 114 km |
By plane
The nearest major international airport is that Munich Airport (Also "Franz Josef Strauss", 106 km, approx. a good hour's drive). Above all, offer from Germany's second largest airport Lufthansa and their partner of Star Alliance Connections to cities in Germany, Europe and worldwide.
The can also be reached quickly Salzburg Airport (57 km, about an hour's drive);
By train
- Burghausen station is on the Mühldorf – Burghausen railway line and has an hourly connection to Munich in Mühldorf. There are also trains going through to Burghausen.
Burghausen train station is near Neustadt, and the old town is via the castle. On foot in about half an hour (a good two kilometers). There is also a city line.
In the street
- Of west (Munich): on the federal highway B12 Mühldorf and Altoetting (partly already developed as a motorway - A 94 -) to Burghausen;
- Of north (Straubing and southBerchtesgadener Land: via the federal road B20 ("Blue Route");
- Of east (Passau) via the federal highway 12;
The public parking spaces in Burghausen are basically free of charge, but the offer in the old town is limited.
By boat
Regular passenger shipping on the Salzach near Burghausen does not exist.
mobility
- Pervert it City buses.
- On a special occasion, nostalgic “Platten” trips on the historic ships of the salt trade are carried out on the Salzach. The plateaus or Zillen are replicas of the medieval "flat" salt barges.
Tourist Attractions
The sights in Burghausen are, in addition to the towering castle, above all the well-kept picturesque old town with its numerous houses and the im Inn-Salzach style The upper end of the gable walls, designed as "glare facades": They are located on the one hand on the elongated and comparatively spacious town square and on the other hand in the former Handwerkergasse that adjoins to the south "In the pits" with numerous other historical buildings.
The best view On the old town ensemble one has from the Austrian and actually wooded eastern slope of the Salzach:
- From the center in the town square you can walk across the Bruckgasse and the Salzach Bridge Oh on the Salzach on the Austrian side of the river and after a 15-minute ascent via a path, you can reach the Waldgasthaus Naturfreunde with a viewing terrace.
- The road (bicycles and cars) over the Salzach Bridge also leads up the steep "Acher Berg" on the eastern side of the river. After the last bend, a sign indicates the "viewing platform".
- Coming from Berchtesgaden on the B20 federal road and before entering the town, a designated parking lot offers a view of the full length of the west side of the castle, but from here without the old town and the Salzach.
Churches
- The 1 City parish church St. Jakob, Messerzeile 19, 84489 Burghausen, Germany (on the church square south of the town square in the old town).
is the largest church in the city. The parish church of St. Jakob was consecrated for the first time in 1140. The church was destroyed by city fires in 1353 and 1504 and then rebuilt. After the southern nave collapsed, St. Jakob was rebuilt between 1851 and 1855 in today's neo-Gothic style of the interior. The baroque double onion hood on the 79 meter high church tower and numerous memorial stones inside are worth seeing.
- 2 Guardian Angel Church, Town square. 101B, 84489 Burghausen (on the town square in the old town). The monastery church was built from 1731 to 1733 and is the institute church of the Order of the English Misses. The late baroque facade facing the town square is worth seeing and inside is richly decorated in the early Rococo style with an elaborate mosaic floor.
- 3 Former study church of St. Joseph, Kanzelmüllerstraße 901/2, 84489 Burghausen (at the north end of the town square). The church was built as an order church in 1630/31 and was almost completely destroyed in the town fire in 1863. The reconstruction took place with the early baroque facade and the interesting portal. The derelict building now serves as the city's exhibition center.
Burghausen Castle
The oldest part of the castle, consisting of a hall, castle chapel, Dürnitz and bower, was built in 1255 under Duke Heinrich XIII. from Lower Bavaria as a second residence next to Landshut.
Before the threat of the Turks and also to represent the sovereignty, the castle was expanded from the late 15th to the early 16th century under the Lower Bavarian Duke Georg the Rich into a mighty bulwark and the strongest fortress in the country.
The castle is strategically located on a steep, narrow and elongated mountain ridge extending north-south, which breaks off to the east to the old town with the Salzach and drops to the west to the Wöhrsee, an oxbow arm of the Salzach. Thanks to its location, the castle was never conquered.
The complex consists of six castle courtyards lined up in a row, the information on the total length varies between 1043 and 1051 meters. The official counting of the six courtyards begins in the south with first courtyard the main castle, it is the oldest part of the castle and is also called the inner castle. The count ends in the north at the sixth courtyard.
Today, the castle largely belongs to the Free State of Bavaria, but also houses a large number of private users and is also used for residential purposes. With an entry in the Guinness Book of Records, the castle has been the longest in the world since August 2009.
Particularly worth seeing in the castle are:
- The castle chapel St. Mary (Hedwig's Chapel);
- The castle chapel St. Elisabeth.
- The ducal residential and state spaces;
The exterior of the castle complex is freely accessible, viewing of the important interior rooms as part of a guided tour / Castle Museum (Entry € 1.30).
A tour of the castle is recommended for "dramaturgical" reasons from the back to the front. You start in the outermost (sixth) of the castle courtyards and work your way up to the main castle.
Public guided tours of the castle from Easter to October: Sat., Sun. and public holidays at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
6th courtyard - the craftsmen's courtyard
This courtyard forms the outermost defensive ring on the flat side, which is not protected by a slope. In the Middle Ages, in place of today's parking lot, there was the "Schütt", a massive fortification that was demolished around 1800 on the orders of the French.
The towers used by craftsmen and other professions are located within the castle courtyard. For example: forester's tower, tube sweeper tower, carpentry tower, etc.
5th courtyard
- Caste office
- Box counter-writer tower
- Hedwig's Chapel
- Gardener's tower
- Witch tower
- jail
4th yard
- Haberkasten; former stables and grain stores
- Aventine house
3rd yard
- Gunsmith Tower
- Oath fingers
- 3 pepper cans
2nd yard
- Georgstor with coat of arms of Duke George the Rich
- Gun or tournament ground
1st courtyard - main castle
- Palace
- Elisabeth Chapel
- Residence of the ducal family
Castle at night
In contrast to many other facilities, Burghausen Castle (apart from the main castle) is accessible around the clock. It is thus easily possible to explore the castle grounds during "night and fog" or to enjoy the sunset with a cool drink that you have brought with you.
There is a very special atmosphere at the castle, especially on foggy or snowy nights.
More castles and palaces
- Taufkirchen Palace:
- Originally the second residence of the wealthy dukes of Lower Bavaria-Landshut from 1235 to 1503, and was later used as an administrative building.
- The late baroque facade was built under Adam Johann Joseph Anton Graf von Taufkirchen zu Ibm in the 18th century.
- Location: on the town square, house number 97.
- The Toll lock is the southern end of the pedestrian zone "In den Grüben" and was created in the middle of the 16th century as the ducal tollbooth on the Salzlände. Today the city uses it as a seminar building.
Buildings
4 Former Cistercian monastery Raitenhaslach, Raitenhaslach 9, 84489 Burghausen, Germany (OT Raitenhaslach). 
The former monastery is the oldest Cistercian monastery in Old Bavaria, founded in 1146. After a long period of vacancy, the listed complex was renovated by 2017. The baroque monastery church as well as the so-called "papal room" and the "stone hall" of the former monastery can be visited (after registration). The "Raitenhaslach Academy Center" of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has been housed in the Prälatenstock since 2016.Open: Church and monastery tours as well as church services must be registered, see website.
Monuments
Museums
- city Museum (Museum on the past, art and culture of Burghausen and the surrounding area), Burg 48, 84489 Burghausen (in the castle in the rooms of the former bower). Tel.: 49 8677 887114. Open: 15.3.-30.4. and 1.10.-1.11. daily 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 1.5.-30.9. daily 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.Price: Adults € 1.30, combined ticket with the other municipal museums € 4.50.
- House of Photography (Dr. Robert-Gerlich-Museum, photo museum of the city of Burghausen), 84489 Burghausen, Castle 1 (in the first courtyard of the castle). Tel.: 49 8677 4734, Fax: 49 8677 911127. Open: April-October: Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.Price: Adults € 1.30, combined ticket with the other municipal museums € 4.50.
- 5 Castle Museum, 84489 Burghausen, Castle 1 (in the oldest part of the castle, access from the first courtyard of the castle). Tel.: 49 8677 4734, Fax: 49 8677 911127..Open: April-October: Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.Price: Adults € 1.30, combined ticket with the other municipal museums € 4.50.
- State Gallery (Branch museum of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, Bavarian and Austrian painting of the late Gothic, painting cycle on Bavarian history), Burg 48, 84489 Burghausen. Tel.: 49 8677 4659. Open: April 1 to September 30: Mon. - Sun. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; October 1 to March 31: Mon - Sun: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Streets and squares
- The Pits is the former Handwerkerstrasse and now a pedestrian zone
Parks
- City park - surroundings of the community center in the new town
- Herzogsbad - surroundings of the Wöhrsee below the castle
Experience
Regular events
The Jazz week Burghausen instead of:
- The Burghausen Jazz Festival is one of the largest in Europe and one of the longest continuously held jazz festivals in the world. The organizer is the community of interests Burghausen e.V. (IG Jazz e.V.), the concert program is world-class, there is also a supporting program, e.g. with exhibitions on the topic.
- The highly endowed "Jazz Prize for Young Musicians" (€ 5,000 in cash and € 15,000 for doctoral projects and recordings) has been awarded since 2009, the best young German jazz bands compete, admission to this concert is free.
- The festival also has an echo as far as Munich: a special JazzExpress train runs from the Bavarian capital with several intermediate stops on the railway line to Burghausen, the return shuttle to the evening concert is included in the JazzExpress ticket (standard ticket € 53) . Various events will also be broadcast live on radio across Bavaria on "Bayern 2".
- Not only the official part is interesting for visitors, but also the unofficial part afterwards, the jazz continues with guests and performers after the end of the events in the pubs of the city.
- Jazz week Burghausen. Open: every year at the end of March.
Cinemas
- Quadroscope (City cinema with four halls), Marktler Str. 17, 84489 Burghausen (In the new town).
- Anker movie theater, Stadtplatz 41-42, 84489 Burghausen (In the old City). Tel.: 49 8677 46 62.
activities
- There is a well-developed network of cycle paths in and around Burghausen.
- Paddling on the Salzach. However, there is no boat rental in Burghausen itself.
- Boat tour on the Wöhrsee.
- Swimming in the Wöhrsee or the swimming pool.
shop
In the Neustadt Burghausen shows itself to be a modern city with numerous shopping opportunities such as shops and supermarkets and other shops.
In the Old town and especially in the pits Old crafts and handicrafts are in the foreground.
kitchen
For hotel catering see also in the section accommodation.
Cheap
medium
- Augustinians on the town square (Bavarian cuisine), Bruckgasse 104, 84489 Burghausen. Tel.: 49 8677 8785900.
- Pit Bar, In den Grueben 150, 84489 Burghausen. Tel.: 49 86 77 87 36 439.
Upscale
- Wine house Pachler. Open: Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. - 11 p.m.
nightlife
- Piano dance bar, Robert-Koch-Strasse 15, 84489 Burghausen. Tel.: 49 8677 878630. Open: Thu 9 p.m. - 2 a.m., Fri Sat 9 p.m. - 4 a.m., Sun 8 p.m. - 2 a.m., closed Mon - Wed.
- Club Moloko. Mainly young audiences.
accommodation
Cheap
There are numerous holiday apartments in Burghausen.
medium
- Hotel Post * * * * 4 stars (Hotel, restaurant, right on the historic town square, Bavarian delicacies. Juicy steaks.), Stadtplatz 39, 84489 Burghausen. Tel.: 49 8677 9650.
- Bavarian court (Hotel Restaurant, Bavarian cuisine), Stadtplatz 45, 84489 Burghausen. Tel.: 49 8677 9784.
Upscale
Learn
- Burghausen Children's University (VHS). Founded in 2010, children between eight and twelve years of age are to be introduced to studying in a playful way.
Work
Burghausen is the largest chemical location in Bavaria.
The largest employer is the internationally active chemical company Brave with headquarters in Munich and its main plant founded in 1914 with around 10,000 employees in Burghausen.
health
- Burghausen District Clinic, Krankenhaussstr. 1, 84489 BURGHAUSEN. Tel.: 49 8677 880-0.
| Brief information | |
| Phone code | 08677 |
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| Post Code | 84489 |
| Mark | AÖ |
| Time zone | UTC 1 |
| Emergency call | 112 / 110 |
Practical advice
- Burghausen Tourist Information, Stadtplatz 112, 84489 Burghausen. Tel.: 49 8677 887 140, Fax: 49 8677 887 144. Open: Mon.-Fri. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., April to October, Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- A public restroom in the old town is next to the city hall.
- DHL (Deutsche Post branch): Marktler Str. 17 (in Neustadt on the B20)
trips
Salzburg
Salzburg is approx. 60 km away from Burghausen.
Other excursion destinations include Altoetting, Braunau am Inn, Tittmoning.
By bicycle
Salzburg is east by bike (see Tauern bike path) and to the west of the Salzach. The Tauern Cycle Path is advertised as a so-called family cycle path, with roads also being used over short distances. The west side is easier to drive on with mountain bikes, and besides the more varied (more curvy) route, it is also visually more interesting (small ponds, waterfalls, rock section). In Salzburg, however, there is a longer road to travel to the old town. There are broken bank areas to be bypassed on both sides. The distance between city entrances and exits is approx. 55 km. The bank can be crossed over bridges in about a third of the way Tittmoning and To run change. If a route should be chosen relatively close to the bank of the Salzach and on largely paved terrain, you start on the west bank of the Salzach and change to the opposite side in Tittmoning. After having crossed one of the bridges to the west side again in Salzburg, one arrives directly in the Salzburg old town with its numerous sights. When the water level in the Salzach is (not infrequently) high, it can happen that lower parts of the river as far as Tittmoning are flooded and, in the best case scenario, you have to carry your bike or use the Tauern cycle path on the east side straight from Burghausen or Ach.
literature
- ; Bavarian administration d. State castles, gardens and lakes (Ed.): Burghausen Castle: Official Guide. 1998 (14th edition), ISBN 978-3932982217 ; 108 pages.
- ; City of Burghausen (Ed.): Burghausen: city - castle - history, castle, old town, new town. 2004, ISBN 978-3980942607 ; 190 pages.
cards
- ADAC Wander- & RadMarte 79 Altötting, Burghausen, Marktl, Tittmoning, 1: 40,000. 2007, ISBN 978-3826417597 .
Web links
- https://www.burghausen.de/ - Official website of Burghausen
- The castle at the "Bavarian Administration of State Palaces, Gardens and Lakes": www.schloesser.bayern.de;
- Tourism Association Upper Bavaria: www.oberbayern-tourismus.de (supraregional);
- Burghausen at the regiowiki (for Lower Bavaria);
