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| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | 7.316 (2019) | |
| height | 394 m, 405 m, 423 m | |
| Tourist info | (0)8682 1810 http://www.stadtlaufen.de/ | |
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The former trading town To run lies with its historic old town in a river bend on the west bank of the Salzach in Rupertiwinkel in Upper Bavaria and right on the border too Austria.
background
The old town of Laufen is strategically located and protected on three sides in a loop of the Salzach, the river here is also the border to Austria. The modern settlements of Laufen adjoin the old town to the west.
The place opposite on the east side on the other side of the river Oberndorf was previously a suburb of Laufen, but is now in Austria. This is where Joseph Mohr composed the Christmas carol "Silent Night, Holy Night" in 1818.
The old town of Laufen is also known nationwide as a film set for the television series, which was filmed from 1968 to 1970 and has been repeated on many channels since then "Royal Bavarian District Court": The outside scenes of the fictional and dreamy Bavarian town of Geisbach during the Prince Regent's time in 1912 were filmed in Laufen, the town hall portal by Tittmoning was redecorated as the entrance to the "Royal Bavarian District Court".
little chronicle
Laufen was first mentioned in a document in 748. The city name To run derives from castellum ad louffi ', this is the fort on the rapids (in the Salzach). Responsible for the rapids was a river rock called the "Nocken", which was also the reason for the importance of the city as a reloading point: the rapids could not be passed by ships from Salzburg upstream, the merchandise had to be unloaded, transported overland and can then be transported further down the Salzach on larger ships.
is the best-known son of the city, he is considered the most important Salzburg painter of the Baroque and one of the founders of the Austrian “imperial style”.
He was born in Laufen and was baptized here on December 10, 1654. After years of apprenticeship in Italy, he lived in Vienna from 1698 and in Salzburg from 1710-1711. Johann Michael Rottmayr died on October 25, 1730 at the age of 75 in his home in Vienna.
From today's perspective, Rottmayr's work is representative of the splendor of colors in baroque art. His most famous works are the frescoes in the collegiate church in Melk and in the Karlskirche in Vienna. Works carried out in Laufen are pictures for the Johannesspitalkirche and for the pilgrimage church of Maria Bühel. In the village there is also a high school and a street that commemorates the artist (wikipedia: Johann Michael Rottmayr).As early as the middle of the 11th century, Laufen was a ship settlement with a trading center and salt exchange. In 1333, Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria ordered that the salt from Hallein could only be shipped by water. From then on, Laufen had a trading monopoly.
Strict guild rules regulate the life of the townspeople: Skippers are only allowed to marry with shipper families and traders only with merchant families.
1663 is a year of disaster for Laufen; a major fire destroyed almost half of the city on August 30th.
The Nocken rock in the Salzach was blown up in 1773. As a result of the secularization in Salzburg, the Rupertiwinkel with the place Laufen came provisionally from 1810 and then finally from 1816 to Bavaria. Laufen is on the outskirts of Bavaria and loses its economic importance. The construction of the railway line in 1860 made things even more difficult. The last salt transport took place in 1866, the city experienced a dramatic economic downturn, and only modern tourism brought a certain recovery.
The district of Laufen, which comprised the entire Rupertiwinkel as an administrative unit, was dissolved in 1972 in the course of the Bavarian regional reform and the southern part came with the city of Laufen to the district of Berchtesgaden.
getting there
| Distances (road km) | |
| Freilassing | 14 km |
|---|---|
| Salzburg | 20 km |
| Tittmoning | 20 km |
| Traunstein | 32 km |
| Burghausen | 38 km |
| Altoetting | 45 km |
| Mühldorf am Inn | 57 km |
| Berchtesgaden | 44 km |
| Passau | 100 km |
| Munich | 151 km |
By plane
The nearest major international airport is that Munich Airport (also "Franz Josef Strauss", 158 km, one and a half hours by car). 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 airport in can also be reached quickly Salzburg (21 km, a good half hour by car);
By train
Laufen station is on the Mühldorf – Freilassing railway line and has in Freilassing Connection to the ICE route Salzburg-Munich.
The train station is about one kilometer west of the old town.
In Oberndorf, Austria, a former suburb of Laufen on the other side of the Salzach Bridge, there are stops of the S1 and S11 of the S-Bahn from Salzburg.
In the street
- Of west (Munich) and East (Austria): via the A8 motorway, exit
Bad Reichenhall (in Germany) and on the federal road B12 via Freilassing to Laufen;
Running is up to the Blue route, this is the federal highway B20 from Straubing above Burghausen until after Freilassing. The route runs along the German-Austrian border (blue dot on the signs):
- Of east (Passau) via Burghausen and then on federal road 20 to Laufen.
- Of south (Berchtesgadener Land) and Salzburg: via the federal road B20 ("Blue Route") to Laufen.
By boat
There is no scheduled service by ship on the Salzach.
mobility
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- The Laufen city bus runs on two lines on school days, info;
- the RVO (Regionalverkehr Oberbayern / DB) operates the bus routes in the region;
- Regionalverkehr Oberbayern GmbH, Berchtesgaden base, Im Stangenwald 1, 83471 Berchtesgaden; Tel .: 08652/944 80; www.rvo-bus.de;
Tourist Attractions
 Assumption Day |  inner space |
Churches
- Collegiate Church of the Assumption, the oldest Gothic hall church in southern Germany: The collegiate church was built in the middle of the 14th century in place of a Romanesque pillar basilica, the tower, columns and portal lions have been preserved. The cloister as an archway around three sides of the church is worth seeing with numerous mortuary tablets, some of which depict very private details from the life of the deceased, and the two portal lions from the 12th century. Inside the church, the early classical high altar and the Gothic panel paintings are particularly worth seeing. The altarpiece of the ship's altar shows St. Rupert, Bishop of Salzburg, and comes from Johann Michael Rottmayr, who was born in Laufen. The church bells consist of seven historical bronze bells from different centuries, they were mainly cast by Salzburg masters, the oldest still come from the Gothic period.
- Michael's Chapel, located directly at the Stifstkirche.
The churches at the Parish Association of Laufen: www.pfarrverband-laufen.de;
Castles, chateaux and palaces
Triebenbach Castle
Triebenbach Castle consists of parts of a mighty castle complex from the 14th and 15th centuries.
The castle is important for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who stayed here with his family for a few weeks and as a place for them Salzach Festival.
Buildings
- Capuchin monastery: built from 1655 to 1659:
- Monastery church St. Peter
- Old Town Hall , arose from two neighboring houses that were acquired by the city in 1474 for use as a town hall. Reconstruction phases in the years 1564 - 1566 and in 1862, used as town hall until 1975. Today the building is used for representative purposes and for cultural events.
- Country bridge, The Salzach Bridge was built from 1901 to 1903 in the Art Nouveau style.
- The iron bridge is the successor to a wooden bridge that was destroyed by floods in 1899 and was created as a joint effort by Austrians and Bavarians.
- Upper city gate, also Salzburgtor, four-storey building from the first half of the 13th century.
Streets and squares
- City center is that Marienplatz with the Marienbrunnen. The current appearance of the square was created after the great fire of 1843: There are still buildings on the north and west sides Inn-Salzach architectural style The remaining facades show the simple styles of the 19th century.
- The fountain with horse pond dates from 1540, the Marian column was erected in 1692 until the end of the 18th century. The square was also called Marktplatz or Schrannenplatz.
- Rupertusplatz, also Lower place, created in 1914, with the Rupertus Fountain and the statue of St. Rupert.
- That is also worth seeing Rottmayrstrasse from the center to the collegiate church, with numerous old town houses and facades in the Inn-Salzach style.
Parks
- The city Park is the former moat, it was filled in in the second half of the 19th century.
various
- The Abtsdorfer See, also called Haarsee, is a moor lake and was created in the Ice Age. The lake is approx. 1.6 km long, 0.53 km wide, has an area of 0.84 km² and is up to 20 m deep and is considered one of the warmest lakes in Bavaria. In front of the lake is the wetland of the Hair moss;
- Leisure facilities with a lido, sunbathing area, children's playgrounds and kiosk.
activities
- Night watchman tours, Registration via the Tourist info;
Regular events
- Schifferstechen
- Salzach Festival running (Drama, music and cabaret) (on the open-air stage in the western courtyard of Triebenbach Castle on the edge of the Salzachauen).
- Venetian night Street festival of the landlords in Rottmayrstraße with an Italian atmosphere, every year at the end of August;
shop
kitchen
nightlife
- The cabaret, Salzachhalle, Briouder Platz 1, 83410 Laufen. Tel.: 49 (0)8682 8987 26.
accommodation
- Seminar hotel Kapuzinerhof (restaurant), Schloßplatz 4, 83410 Laufen (centrally in the former Capuchin monastery). Tel.: 49 (0)8682 954 0, Fax: (0)8682 954-140. Price: single from € 49; Double room from 92.-.
Learn
health
- General practitioners, dentists and Specialists are represented several times in Laufen.
- Salzach pharmacy, Goethestr. 29, 83410 Laufen. Tel.: 49 (0)8682 7181, Fax: 49 (0)8682 809871.
- Marien Pharmacy, Marienplatz 17, 83410 Laufen (in the center of the old town). Tel.: 49 (0)08682-1677.
- Monastery pharmacy, Tittmoninger Strasse 2, 83410 Laufen (on the federal road B20). Tel.: 49 (0)08682-319.
- Capio Castle Clinic Abtsee (Clinic for Vascular Diagnostics and Venous Surgery), Abtsee 31, 83410 Laufen (at the Abtsdorfer See, approx. 4 km southwest of the old town of Laufen). Tel.: 49 (0)8682 9170, Fax: 49 (0)8682 917110.
| Brief information | |
| Phone code | 08682 |
|---|---|
| Post Code | 83410 |
| Mark | BGL |
| Time zone | UTC 1 |
| Emergency call | 112 / 110 |
Practical advice
- Tourist information city of Laufen, Im Schlossrondell 2, 83410 Laufen. Tel.: 49 (0)8682 1810, Fax: 49 (0)8682 809914. Open: Mon. to Fri. 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- Deutsche Post AG, Schillerstrasse 1, 83410 Laufen;
trips
- Oberndorf near Salzburg
- Salzburg
literature
- : Laufen und Oberndorf: 1250 years of history, economy and culture on both banks of the Salzach. City running, 1998, ISBN 9783000033599 ; 628 pages.
- : Running on the Salzach. - The old Salzburg nursing dishes Laufen, Staufeneck, Teisendorf, Tittmoning, Waging. 1989, Historical Atlas of Bavaria; 55, ISBN 3769699408 ; 868 pages.
Web links
- https://stadtlaufen.de/ - Official website of Laufen
- Historical association Rupertiwinkel e. V .: www.rupertiwinkel.org
- Berchtesgaden Tourism: www.berchtesgadener-land.com;
- The Rupertiwinkel at Salzburgwiki: www.salzburg.com/wiki;
