15 Sights in Passau, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Passau, Germany! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Passau. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
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Veste Oberhaus is a fortress that was founded in 1219 and, for most of its time, was the stronghold of the Bishop of Passau, Germany. It is now the site of a museum, a youth hostel and a restaurant, as well as an open-air theatre dating to 1934.
2. Schloss Freudenhain
Freudenhain Castle is located in the city area of Passau in a park of the same name on the north bank of the Danube. From 1785 to 1792 the facility was built by the Passau prince -bishop Cardinal Joseph Franz Anton Graf von Auersperg as a summer residence. Johann Georg von Hagenauer was the architect and master builder. The castle has been used as a school for over a hundred years. The system is listed as a monument of Passau under the file number D-2-62-000-663.
3. Sankt Severin
The church of St. Severin in the Passau district of Innstadt is surrounded by the cemetery of the Innstadt near the Inn. Today it is a branch church of the Roman Catholic parish of Passau-Innstadt with the parish church of St. Gertraud.
4. Veste Niederhaus
The Niederhaus is a castle that stands in Passau on the top of the rocky headland at the confluence of the Ilz and Danube rivers below the Veste Oberhaus. The headland, like the right Ilzufer north of it, belongs to the Bschütt district of the Altstadt district. The site is listed as a ground monument under the file number D-2-7446-0132 in the Bavaria Atlas as "underground medieval and early modern findings and finds in the area of the Veste Niederhaus". It is also listed under the file number D-2-62-000-90 as an architectural monument of Passau.
5. Burgruine Hals
The Hals castle ruins are located in the Hals district of Passau. The name Hals is derived from the location of the castle on the Hals, i.e. the narrow loop of the Ilz. On a narrow rocky ridge above the village lie the ruins of the once mighty spur castle. The site is listed as a ground monument under the file number D-2-7446-0197 in the Bavaria Atlas as "underground medieval and early modern findings and finds in the area of the Hals castle ruins". It is also listed under the file number D-2-62-000-679 as an architectural monument of Hals.
6. Museum Moderner Kunst
The Museum of Modern Art Wörlen is an art museum in the old town of Passau, which was founded in 1990 by the architect and patron of the arts Hanns Egon Wörlen. It sees itself as a forum for modern and contemporary art at the gateway to neighbouring countries to the east and has set itself the goal of bringing East and West closer together.
7. Scharfrichterhaus
The Scharfrichterhaus in Passau, Germany, is designated as a national historical treasure and was built circa 1200. Located on "Milchgasse", it was the official residence for the Scharfrichter (executioner) of the city of Passau. It is now a jazz and cabaret stage on which political cabaret is performed.
8. St. Salvator
The former side church of St. Salvator in Passau is located on the right side of the Ilzufer on the Georgsberg directly below the Veste Oberhaus. North of the church is the former provost's office from 1501.
9. Neue Residenz
The New Episcopal Residence of the Prince-Bishops of Passau was built between 1712 and 1730 in the style of the Viennese late Baroque. The master builders were probably the Italian Domenico d'Angeli and the Viennese Antonio Beduzzi. The complex is listed under the file number D-2-62-000-486 as an architectural monument of Passau.
10. Oberhausmuseum
The Oberhausmuseum is housed in one of the largest preserved castle complexes in Europe, the Veste Oberhaus, in Passau. The museum's exhibition space extends over 4000 m² in different parts of the building. Here, the history of the city and region is presented. A total of eight exhibition complexes as well as the Akku Linde viewpoint can be visited via a circular route.
11. RömerMuseum Kastell Boiotro - Passau
The Roman Museum Kastell Boiotro is a museum located in the Innstadt district of Passau. It was opened in 1982. The museum stands on the foundations of the late Roman fort Boiotro, remains of the military fortifications can be seen in the open-air area of the museum. Saint Severin, missionary of Noricum, probably had a monastery built in the ruins of the Roman fort at the end of the 5th century, but in any case, the name Boiotro has been preserved to the present day through his records.
12. Sankt Gertraud
St. Gertraud is a church in the Passau district of Innstadt near the Innufer. It has been the seat of the Roman Catholic parish of Passau-Innstadt since 1787, which also includes today's St. Severin branch church.
13. Passau Glass Museum
The Passau Glass Museum has the largest collections in the world of European art glass, Bohemian glass, and glass made by Johann Loetz. The museum is listed as a "Nationally Valuable Cultural Property". It is located at Schrottgasse 2, D-94032 on the Rathaus or town hall square in the old town of Passau. It is connected to the Hotel Wilder Mann.
14. Burg Reschenstein
Reschenstein Castle is located on a wooded ridge surrounded by the Ilz in a loop, not far from the Passau district of Hals. The high medieval complex with a square keep was first mentioned in 1384 in a written source as an outpost of Hals Castle. The site is listed as a ground monument under the file number D-2-7446-0018 in the Bavaria Atlas as "underground medieval and early modern findings and finds in the area of the Reschenstein castle ruins". It is also listed under the file number D-2-62-000-686 as an architectural monument of Hals.
15. Kaiserin-Elisabeth-Brücke
The Kaiserin-Elisabeth-Brücke is a 201-metre-long railway bridge at kilometre 80.316 of the Wels–Passau railway, which spans the Inn in Passau. It is located entirely on Bavarian territory and is named after Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who came from Bavaria.
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