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Flintsbach am Inn
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Flintsbach am Inn is a community in Upper Bavarian part of Lower Inn Valley, the holiday resort is at the foot of the Wendelstein.

Map of Flintsbach am Inn

background

Cremation graves from the early Urnfield period (1300 - 1100 BC) are the oldest evidence of settlement in the area of ​​the community, a first church in Unterflintsbach is dated from the 6th or 8th century AD. dated, 986 is the year of the first documentary mention.

Around 1165, Flintsbach also appears in the famous Falkensteiner Codex of Count Siboto IV. von Falkenstein and is the headquarters of the noble family, which was one of the most important in southeast Bavaria at the time: the ruled areas are Neuburg near Vagen (Bad Aibling), Falkenstein in the Inntal, Hartmannsberg west of the Chiemsee and Hernstein in the Vienna Woods.

Districts of Flintsbach a.Inn (that's the official name) are Asten, Au, Bauer a.Berg, Einöden, Erlach, Falkenstein, Fischbach a.Inn, Hafnach, Kirnstein, Laar, Petersberg, Regau, Ried bei Einöden, Tiefenbach, Wagnerberg and Zankel.

The Petersberg (also Kleiner Madron, 847 m) is the main mountain immediately southwest of the place.

getting there

Distances (road km)
Brannenburg3.4 km
Rosenheim20 km
Kufstein22 km
Munich73 km
Salzburg95 km
innsbruck95 km

By plane

The nearest major international airport is that Munich Airport (Also "Franz Josef Strauss", 112 km, approx. a good hour's drive). From here, among others, offer Lufthansa and their partner the Star Alliance Connections to cities in Germany, Europe and worldwide. As the second largest airport in Germany, it is connected to a growing number of cities.

Other quickly accessible airports are the Innsbruck Airport (100 km, one hour's drive) and the Salzburg Airport (87 km, one hour by car);

By train

The Flintsbach train station is on the Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck line and has an hourly service. The train station is located on the eastern edge of the town and around 400 m from the town center.

In the street

Flintsbach is located almost directly on the Inntal motorway near the Brannenburg exit (just under two kilometers away): the exit towards Brannenburg and the branch to Flintsbach is almost directly at the motorway exit.

  • Of north (from Germany) via the Autobahn A93 Rosenheim / Dreieck Inntal to Kufstein (the German part of the Inntal motorway), Symbol: ASBrannenburg.
  • Of south (out Austria) via the Austrian Inntal motorway A12 (Kufstein - innsbruck the Austrian part of the Inntalautobahn is toll), at Kufstein to Germany over the border and further to the Symbol: ASBrannenburg.

Flintsbach is on Inntal cycle path (of Landeck via Innsbruck to Passau), the route runs here on the Inndamm on the west bank of the Inn almost immediately past the village.

mobility

  • The RVO (Regionalverkehr Oberbayern / DB) operates the bus routes in the region;
Regionalverkehr Oberbayern GmbH, Hirtenstrasse 24, D-80335 Munich; Tel .: 089 / 55164-0, Fax: 089 / 55164-199; info; Rosenheim Transport Company: info;
  • Inn shipping: In Flintsbach there is no regular boat traffic on the Inn. The next boat mooring for the Inn shipping (from spring to autumn tours to Kufstein) is in Oberaudorf.

Tourist Attractions

Parish Church of St. Martin and Wendelstein
  • Parish church St. Martin: The original parish church in the Bavarian Lower Inn Valley was built in the early Middle Ages, today's church was built in 1735 by Abraham Millauer in the baroque style. The high altar and the ceiling painting by Sebastian Rechenauer from 1803 are particularly worth seeing inside.
  • Filialkirche Fischbach in St. John Evangelist from 1823.
  • Romanesque monastery church St. Peter of the former priory monastery on the summit of the Kleiner Madron (847 m, also Petersberg): the monastery founded around 1130 was destroyed in 1296 with the Falkenstein Castle, the current church was probably rebuilt in the 1230s and consecrated in 1139. The monastery was then occupied by a single monk until secularization.
  • There are numerous smaller chapels in the village and the districts.
  • Maria Snow Chapel and Anthony Chapel at Petersberg;
  • Parish Museum. Tel.: 49 (0)8034 22 77. History and objects of the original parish Flintsbach of the Bavarian Inn Valley with special consideration of the rule of the Counts of Falkenstein.Open: Wed. from 3pm to 4pm; Sun. from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.Price: free entry.
  • In the place there are also several worth seeing historic farmhouses.
  • Castle ruins Falkenstein over the Inn, (Ober-Falkenstein, also Alt-Falkenstein or Rachelburg and Unter-Falkenstein, also Neu-Falkenstein): The castles are the former seat of the Counts of Neuburg-Falkenstein, at the time of the Staufer one of the most powerful ruling families in Bavaria, but the castles were already there Destroyed in 1296. Access via the driveway to Petersberg. Walking time from the hiking car park on Petersberg approx. 15 min.
  • ruin Rachelburg: already destroyed in 1296, there are only remains of the wall.
Location: above the Falkenstein castle ruins;
  • Ruins of the fortress Kirnstein, there are only remnants of the wall.
Location: at the southern exit of the village;
  • Glacier garden in the Fischbach district: the glacier cut into the rocks is well worth seeing and in the project started in 2002 "Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes"(Bavarian State Office for the Environment) listed.

activities

  • Volkstheater Flintsbach (Amateur stage), Theaterweg, 83126 Flintsbach am Inn (downtown). Tel.: 49 (0)8034 8333. The second oldest popular theater in Germany is playing from the beginning of June to the end of August. The venue is the historic theater.

summer

winter outdoor swimming pool
  • Outdoor swimming pool (Wimmersee / naturally landscaped swimming lake), Auweg 10, 83126 Flintsbach a.Inn (in the north of the municipality). Tel.: 49 (0)8034 908574. Open: around mid-May to August.

winter

shop

  • penny, Riedstrasse 24, 83126 Flintsbach am Inn.
  • Fly & More (Shop for hang gliders / aviation), Hochriesstrasse 1, 83126 Flintsbach. Tel.: 49 (0)8034 909 700, Fax: 49 (0)8034 909 701.

kitchen

  • Gasthof Dannerwirt (Country inn, room), Kirchplatz 4, 83126 Flintsbach am Inn (in the town center). Tel.: 49 (0)8034 9060-0, Fax: 49 (0)8034 9060-50. Price: single room from € 40.00 double room from € 32.50.
  • Gasthof Falkenstein (Butcher shop, room), Kufsteiner Strasse 6, 83126 Flintsbach am Inn (in the town center). Tel.: 49 (0)8034 4585, Fax: 49 (0)8034 4638.

nightlife

accommodation

  • 1  Hotel Almröserl (Restaurant, cafe), Seeweg 12, 83126 Flintsbach am Inn (in the town center). Tel.: 49 (0)8034 308500, Fax: (0)8034 308530. Price: Single from € 35; Single room € 29.50.

health

  • General practitioners are represented in town.
Brief information
surface31.3 km²
Phone code08034
Post Code83126
MarkRO
Time zoneUTC 1
Emergency call112 / 110

Practical advice

  • Municipality of Flintsbach a.Inn, Kirchstrasse 9, D-83126 Flintsbach a.Inn. Tel.: 49 (0)8034 30660, Fax: 49 (0)8034 306610, Email: .
  • German postal service Branch in "GlücksCaFèe", Kirchstr. 10;

trips

literature

cards

  • AV card "Mangfallgebirge Ost, Wendelstein" (first edition December 2007); (Scale 1: 50,000)
  • Bavarian Land Surveying Office Mangfall Mountains, UKL12, (scale 1: 50,000), ISBN 3-86038-484-8 ;

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