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| Ingolstadt | ||
| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | 136.981 (2019) | |
| height | 374 m, 376 m, 368 m | |
| Tourist info web | http://www.ingolstadt-tourismus.de/ | |
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Ingolstadt is a university town, is located on the Danube, is second largest city in Upper Bavaria and the sixth largest in Bavaria. The city is characterized by the historic old town and the fortress buildings, but is also a modern industrial location (automotive industry).
background
Ingolstadt already existed around 806 AD. The city was first mentioned as a Carolingian chamber property in a certificate from Charlemagne, and in 2006 the city celebrated its 1200th anniversary.
Ingolstadt is strategically located (Danube, river crossing and trade routes) and was considered the key to Bavaria in the Middle Ages. The history of the city of Ingolstadt is therefore always the history of its fortifications and the armed conflicts surrounding them.
In 1285 the first city fortification, it was strengthened and expanded as early as 1358.
When the inheritance of Duke Stephen II was divided, the partial duchy of Bavaria-Ingolstadt was created. Ingolstadt thereby became the capital and residence of the Dukes of Bavaria-Ingolstadt.
On March 13, 1472, the first Bavarian university was founded in Ingolstadt under Duke Ludwig the Rich in the course of the Counter Reformation.
After the Landshut War of Succession (1503–1505), Ingolstadt fell to Bavaria-Landshut under the Munich Wittelsbach family. The city received the Renaissance fortress, which in 1546 was tried with luck against the Schmalkaldic League and later in the Thirty Years War. Gustav Adolf Ingolstadt besieged in vain in 1632, while Tilly succumbed to his foot wound inside. The Austrians occupied the fortress twice (1703 and 1742), and Moreau, who was three months earlier, had it razed in 1800.
From 1827 onwards, the fortifications were restored by King Ludwig I and his master builder Leo von Klenze as a classicist fortification (and the fifth city fortification in the sequence). Ingolstadt remained a fortress of the first order until the end of the 19th century the facilities were no longer able to cope with the modern artillery pieces. From 1875 the fortress function was given up, and individual parts of the complex were demolished.
Ingolstadt has had a population of over 100,000 since 1989 and has been the youngest major city in Germany ever since.
Small side note: that Bavarian purity law, the oldest still in force and probably best-known food law in the world, was promulgated in 1516 on St. George's Day in Ingolstadt.
The secret society of Illuminati was also founded in Ingolstadt. The founding date was May 1, 1776, the founder was the philosopher, canon lawyer and at that time the only non-Jesuit university professor Adam Weishaupt. The goals of the secret lodge emerged in the spirit of the Enlightenment at the University of Ingolstadt, which was then shaped by the strictly Catholic Jesuits: the powerful of the world were to be secretly replaced by "enlightened" moral and virtuous people. The order was actually able to gain influence at times, the most important member was Adolph Freiherr Knigge and allegedly also Goethe. In 1784/1785 the secret society was banned in Bavaria, it officially ceased its activities. At least in the movie named after the Illuminati based on the book by Dan Brown, the secret box continues to act conspiratorially up to the present day (wikipedia: Illuminati, Adam Weishaupt).
Also Frankenstein's monster is from Ingolstadt. The fictional character comes from the pen of the English writer Mary Shelley. The story, published anonymously for the first time in 1818, was written under the impression of the sensational effects of electricity and electroplating at the time. The author Shelley lets the figure of the scientist Dr. Viktor Frankenstein at the then Europe-wide important University of Ingolstadt, which had already been moved to Landshut in 1800, created a being from corpse parts and brought it to life with electricity: as a result, the fate of the monster then takes its course. The story is a book that is still widely read today, the first film adaptation dates from 1910, the best known are probably the one from the 1940s with Boris Karloff in the role of the monster. If you like to be scared, or if you just want to experience a different kind of city tour at night: see below activities (wikipedia: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley).
| Distances | |
| Freising | 58 km |
|---|---|
| regensburg | 74 km |
| augsburg | 77 km |
| Munich | 78 km |
| Landshut | 79 km |
| Nuremberg | 94 km |
getting there
By plane
The nearest international airport is Munich Airport - Franz Josef Strauss
(IATA: MUC) (71 km). As the second largest airport in Germany, it is connected to a large number of cities.
The can also be reached quickly Nuremberg Airport(IATA: NUE) (104 km, approx. An hour's drive).
In the south of the city is the Ingolstadt / Manching military airport, which is also used by civil aviation.
By train
Ingolstadt has two train stations:
- Ingolstadt North
- Ingolstadt main station (hourly ICE connection from the north and south)
The train station and the platforms have been barrier-free since 2013.
By bus
In the street
Ingolstadt is expanded to six lanes in a north-south direction Federal motorway A9Nuremberg - Munich tied up. There are also two federal highways: the B 16 from Neuburg on the Danube to regensburg and the B 13 from Eichstatt to Pfaffenhofen. Since the B 16 bypasses the city to the south today, the old B 16 was classified as B 16a.
The city center is traffic-calmed, parking spaces around the center are designated.
By boat
By bicycle
The Danube Cycle Path leads through Ingolstadt. From the west Donauwörth Coming it is 60 km, from the east Weltenburg at the Danube breakthrough it is 43 km to Ingolstadt.
mobility
 Muenster |  Münster: Portal |
Ingolstadt has a well-developed city bus system. There are non-stop night buses on weekends and public holidays. During the week there are call line taxis in night traffic.
Tourist Attractions
Churches
 Franciscan Church |  Asam Church |
- 1 Münster To the Beauty of Our Lady, Kupferstrasse 34.
The late Gothic hall church was built between 1425 and 1525 as a symbol for the up-and-coming residential city of Ingolstadt, the name comes from a portrait of Mary donated in 1438, but which was destroyed in 1801. From the outside the huge roof dominates, the stalls consist of seven attics lying one above the other, the two towers in the corner are noticeable, the north tower is unfinished. An important sight inside is a Romanesque cross in the Rem Chapel. - 2 Franciscan Church, Harderstrasse 4. The church was built in 1275 as a three-aisled, flat-roofed basilica in the strict form of the early Gothic, unadorned and without a tower and only with a roof turret. It functioned as the former monastery church of the mendicant order and, after secularization, as a garrison church. Today it is again in the possession of the Franciscans. Inside there are 90 tombs of important people (governors, professors, citizens, including those of the astronomer Peter Apian) from the period from 1472 to 1800, as well as a miraculous image of the Schutter Madonna from the 14th century.
- Maria de Victoria Church (Asam Church). a major work of the Bavarian Rococo. Built as a prayer room for the Marian Student Congregation at the beginning of the 18th century (1732-1735). Largest flat ceiling fresco in the world (42 mx 16 m). The stucco of the rectangular hall is by Egid Quirin Asam, the frescoes by his brother Cosmas Damian. Museum shop, organ matinee from April to October every Sunday at noon.Open: Nov – Feb: Tue – Sun 1: 00–4: 00 pm, March – Oct: Tue – Sun 9: 00–12: 00, 13: 00–17: 00, May – Sep: also open on Mondays.Price: Adults: € 3.
- St. Moritz (Lower parish). A three-aisled Gothic basilica, documented for the year 1234 and thus the oldest documented building in the city.
- Church of the Holy Spirit Hospital. late Gothic.
- Matthew Church, Schrannenstrasse 7th. This brick building was the first Protestant parish church in Ingolstadt.
Castles, chateaux and palaces
- 3 New lock. Built from 1418 to 1501 under Ludwig the Bearded as the "New Veste" in Gothic style based on French models, the castle is one of the most distinctive castles of the Wittelsbach family. Significant rooms inside are the "large ball and dance hall", the "beautiful hall" and the palace chapel. The bell tower was not built until the middle of the 18th century. Today the castle is the seat of the Bavarian Army Museum, as well as the venue for classical concerts and chamber music evenings.
Buildings
In the city center you can admire a large number of excellently restored town houses, where you can also look over the more recent building sins of the past century that crept in between.
- 4 Old Town Hall. Original stock from the 14th century, redesigned in the neo-renaissance style in 1882 with the inclusion of the neighboring houses under Gabriel von Seidl.
- 5 Whistle tower. the former municipal watchtower at the old town hall; Guided tower ascents with a beautiful view over the city on Sundays from April to October at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
- 6 Cross gate. emerged from 1385 as the third and seven-tower city gate as part of the new construction of the second city wall ring (14th / 15th century), today one of the city's landmarks.
- Friends of Kreuztor Ingolstadt: www.kreuztor-ingolstadt.de;
- 7 Pocket gate tower, Anatomiestraße. built in 1390 as a side gate of the Ingolstadt city wall. Later also executioner's apartment, city prison and torture tower during the witch trials.
- 8 Ancient anatomy. late baroque magnificent building in the style of an orangery, built in 1723 according to plans by Gabriel de Gabrieli as the university's medical faculty; today houses the "German Medical History Museum"; botanical garden with fragrance and touch garden.
- The 9 Duke's chest, also "Old Castle", is the former ducal castle from the 13th century.
- Built around 1255 under Ludwig II the Strict, the first ducal castle is the oldest secular building in Ingolstadt. The name box derives from its later use as a granary and city treasury. Today the building is the main office of the city library;
- Hallstrasse;
 Ickstatthaus |  Tilly house |
- 10 Ickstatthaus, Ludwigstrasse 5. with the highest baroque facade in southern Germany. Residence of the legal scholar and university professor Baron von Ickstatt.
- 11 Tilly house, Neubaustraße 2 (opposite the Asamkirche). House where Count Tilly died (General of Elector Maximilian of Bavaria in the Thirty Years' War), today the State Education Authority. The anniversary of his death was April 30, 1632.
- 12 high school, Goldknopfgasse. built in 1429 as a benefactor's house under Duke Ludwig the Bearded. From 1472 the seat of the first Bavarian State University, today the building houses the didactic center of the Bavarian universities of applied sciences.
- The Fortifications 19th century are placed in and around the city. They can usually be recognized by their brick construction and are often used for public institutions (museums, schools, offices, ...). The forts and other structures further outside the city were almost all destroyed after WWII. Fort Prince Karl has been preserved, but can only be visited with tours that are rarely offered.
Monuments
Museums
- Army Museum, New Palace, Paradeplatz 4, 85049 Ingolstadt. Tel.: (0)841 9377-0, Fax: (0)841 93 77-200. in the New Palace, founded in 1879 by King Ludwig II. First housed in the armory in Munich, after being destroyed in the war in Ingolstadt from 1969 and since then the only state museum in Bavaria outside of Munich. Oldest and most important military history museum in Germany. Flag hall with an extensive collection of flags and standards; Medieval weapons, booty from the Turkish wars, horsemen's armor, uniforms; Bavarian Army Library.
- 13 city Museum, At Schanz 45, 85049 Ingolstadt. Tel.: (0)841 3051881.
- European Danube Museum. Natural and cultural historical focal points of the Danube region.
- 14 German Medical History Museum, Anatomiestr. 18th (in ancient anatomy). E-mail: [email protected]. Exhibits on the history of medicine from antiquity to the present.Open: Tue-Sun 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon closed.
- Museum of Concrete Art, Tränktorstrasse 6 (350 meters from the town hall square). Concrete art, diagrams and design of the 20th and 21st centuries.Open: Tue-Sun 10: 00-17: 00, Mon closed.
- 15 Farm equipment museum, Probststr. 13, 85051 Ingolstadt. Tel.: (0)841 9711026..Branch of the city museum on the former Blasibauernhof in Hundszell. Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Transportation Departments; Temporary exhibitions.Open: Apr-Oct: Tue-Fri 9: 00-12: 00, Sun and public holidays 14: 00-17: 00.
- Toy museum
- 16 Bavarian Police Museum (in the Triva tower in Klenzepark).
- 17 Lechner Museum, Esplanade 9, 85049 Ingolstadt. Tel.: (0)841 305-2250, Fax: (0)841 305-2251, Email: [email protected]. Museum on the life and work of the steel sculptor Alf Lechner.Open: Thu – Sun 11: 00-18: 00.Price: Adults: € 3.00.
- Local history museum Niemes-Prachatitz, Hohe-Schul-Str. 2, Im Pedellhaus, 85049 Ingolstadt. Tel.: (0)841 38311. Home collection of the town of Niemes in Northern Bohemia and the Prachatitz district in the Bohemian Forest.Price: every 2nd Sunday of the month, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, free admission and guided tour.
- 18 Audi museum mobile (in the Audi Forum Ingolstadt). Automobile museum.
Streets and squares
Parks
- Glacis. Green belt around the old town, created in the open field / field of fire in front of the fortifications.
- 19 Klenzepark. Created in 1992 on the occasion of the Bavarian State Garden Show, located directly on the old town on the south side of the Danube. The fortress structures of the classical state fortress Reduit Tilly and the Triva tower (former eastern flank tower of the Reduit Tilly) were integrated into the park.
- 20 Luitpoldpark. laid out in the area of the fortifications around the "Red Tower".
- 21 Astronomy park. Created in 1998, the center is an equatorial spherical sundial, full-scale representation of the solar system.
various
- 1 Audi Forum Ingolstadt, 85045 Ingolstadt. Tel.: (0)800 2834444, Fax: (0)841 89-41860, Email: [email protected]. Adventure park around the brand with Audi museum mobile with museum shop, exhibitions, films and screenings, customer center, gastronomy.
activities
- Dr. Frankenstein's Mystery Tour: A night walk through Ingolstadt's old town, guide is Dr. Victor Frankenstein, the route goes through dark alleys and corners, over deserted places, past historical buildings, plus stories about witch burnings and executions.
- Duration: just under an hour, price € 8.50, tickets in the city information center Info: www.frankenstein-tours.de;
- Theater in Ingolstadt, Schloßlände 1, 85049 Ingolstadt. Tel.: 49 841 305 47-0, Fax: 49 841 305 47-2 29.
- bonfire improvisational theater, Flank battery 105, 85049 Ingolstadt.
Improvised scenes with guidelines from the audience; every appearance, every scene is unique; there are different show formats: comedy show, music show, improv long form and improv match against another improv theater group. Shows once a month.
- Donautherme Wonnemar (Slide tower, children's world, outdoor pool, wave pool, two restaurants), Südliche Ringstrasse 63, 85053 Ingolstadt. Tel.: 49 841-379 11 - 0, Fax: 49 841-379 11 - 29.
- DAV - Climbing Center Ingolstadt of the Ringsee e.V. section, Baggerweg 2, 85051 Ingolstadt. Tel.: 49 841 3705964.
Regular events
- Feast at Georgi, around St. George's Day (April 23), in the inner courtyard of the New Palace;
- Easter Fountain Festival on the parade ground;
- Christmas Market, the "Carnival at Nicolai" is documented in the city chronicle as early as 1570, making it one of the oldest in Germany; on the theater square;
- The old Bavarian tradition of Shepherd dance was introduced in 1901 by MTV 1881 Ingolstadt. According to tradition, the season is every seven years from Epiphany to Shrove Tuesday. The current game years are 2012 and next time 2019. More information and dance schedule of the Schäfflertruppe at schaefflertanz-in.de.
shop
- In the Pedestrian zone In the city center there are more than 130 retail stores with a wide range of products.
- Viktualienmarkt. Weekly market (only Wednesday and Saturday mornings), lively square, small restaurants, beer garden atmosphere, also on Sundays.
- 1 Factory outlet Ingolstadt Village, Otto-Hahn-Str. 1. Tel.: 49 841-8863100, Fax: 49 841-8863101, Email: [email protected]. Outlet center for high quality fashion and designer brands.
- in the West Park, a shopping center with 146 specialty shops and restaurants
kitchen
Cheap
- 1 Zarrillo. Tel.: 49 841 9933367. Open: Sun - Tue 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m., Wed - Sat 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.
medium
- Chestnut garden, Gutsstrasse 4, 85055 Ingolstadt (Oberhaunstadt). Tel.: (0)841 55541. Open: daily from 11 a.m., closed Oct-Apr Tuesdays.
Upscale
- Mövenpick Restaurant in the Audi Forum
nightlife
- New world (Cabaret, pub), Griesbadgasse 7, 85049 Ingolstadt;. Tel.: 49 841 32470, Fax: 49 8453 9410. Open: daily from 7:00 p.m., closed on Sundays.
- suxul (club, music), Theresienstraße 31, 85049 Ingolstadt. Tel.: 49 841 931 3111, Fax: 49 841 931 3110, Email: [email protected]. Open: Fri. - Sat .: 10 p.m. - 5 a.m.;
accommodation
Cheap
- 1 Ingolstadt youth hostel, Friedhofstrasse 4 1/2, 85049 Ingolstadt. Tel.: 49 841 305128-0. Price: from € 16.90 for members under 26 and from € 20.90 for members over 26.
medium
- 2 Old town hotel (24 hour reception), Gymnasiumstrasse 9, 85049 Ingolstadt. Tel.: 49 841 8869-0, Fax: 49 841 8869-200. Characteristic: ★★★.
- 3 Hotel to the anchor, Tränktorstrasse 1, 85049 Ingolstadt. Tel.: 49 841 30050, Fax: 49 841 300580, Email: [email protected]. Tip: The hotel does not have a lift, but it has 5 or 6 floors, so make sure when you make your reservation that you are not checked in under the roof!Open: Restaurant: daily 7 a.m. - 12 a.m., hot meals 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. - 11 p.m.Price: Single from € 64, double from € 94.
- 4 Art 'hotel pepper mill, Manchinger Str. 68, 85053 Ingolstadt. Tel.: (0)841 965020, Email: [email protected]. Characteristic: ★★★.Price: single room from € 65, double room from € 81.
Upscale
Learn
- The University of Ingolstadt was founded in 1472 by Duke Ludwig the Rich of Lower Bavaria as the first Bavarian university, then in 1800 first to Landshut and from 1826 to Munich relocated. Here it continues to exist as the Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU).
- Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Faculty of Ingolstadt (WFI - Ingolstadt School of Management), founded in 1989;
- On the Schanz 49, 85049 Ingolstadt; www.ku-eichstaett.de;
The business faculty is one of the most renowned in Germany.
Work
security
health
- 1 Ingolstadt Clinic (Large hospital), Krumenauerstraße 25, 85049 Ingolstadt. Tel.: 49 841 880-0, Fax: 49 841 880-1080, Email: [email protected]. Open: Mon-Sun 8: 00-20: 00.
Practical advice
- Tourist information:
- in the old town hall, Rathausplatz 2; D-85049 Ingolstadt; Tel .: 0841 305-3030; Fax: 0841 305-3029;
The prefix for Ingolstadt is 0841. From abroad, dial 0049841 as the area code. In the south of the city, the area code 08450 is sometimes used, so from abroad it is 00498450.
The Postcodes for Ingolstadt are 85049 to 85057.
trips
- Manching (10 km southeast, B 13) - remains of a large Celtic settlement with up to 10,000 inhabitants.
- Vohburg on the Danube (19 km east, B 16a) - Remains of the high medieval Vohburg castle.
- Neuburg on the Danube (23 km to the west) - Palace and Karlsplatz.
- Altmuehltal (25 km north) - nature park.
literature
- : When you could still shoot in Prussia. 63 Ingolstadt stories and anecdotes. Ingolstadt, 2006.
- City of Ingolstadt (Ed.): Our city of Ingolstadt. A brochure for new residents. Ingolstadt, 2006.
- : A brief history of the city of Ingolstadt. regensburg, 2004.
- : Bavaria-Ingolstadt, Bavaria-Landshut 1392–1506. Splendor and misery of a division. Exhibition catalog. Ingolstadt, 1992.
- Mader, Friedrich (Ed.): Ingolstadt. Ingolstadt, 1988.
- : Old views of Ingolstadt. Koesching, 1987.
- : City and district of Ingolstadt. Munich, 1963.
- Quick, Hugo (Ed.): Ingolstadt. Munich and Zurich, 1958.
- Book printing and publishing company m.b.H. (Ed.): Ingolstadt. Guide through the city of Ingolstadt. Ingolstadt, 1928.
- : What Ingolstadt has experienced over the years. Ingolstadt, 1911.
- : The old Ingolstadt. regensburg, 1864.
- : Ingolstadt new castle. Schnell & Steiner, 2003, Castle guide, 9, ISBN 978-3-7954-1391-0 ; 56 pages. approx. € 6.90
Web links
- https://www.ingolstadt.de/ - Official website of Ingolstadt
