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Ingolstadt Essentials

Ingolstadt blends its legacy as a formidable fortress city with its history as Bavaria's first university town. This selection highlights the city's architectural evolution, from the 14th-century Kreuztor gate and the sprawling New Castle to the Baroque brilliance of the Asamkirche. Visitors can explore the Bavarian Army Museum inside 19th-century fortifications, visit the Gothic Liebfrauenmünster, or see the Hohe Schule, the 15th-century site that inspired Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

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Kreuztor

The Kreuztor, built in 1385, is the western gateway to the medieval city center of Ingolstadt.

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New Castle

The New Castle in Ingolstadt is one of the most important Gothic secular buildings of the 15th Century in Bavaria.

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Liebfrauenmünster

This late Gothic hall church, built in the 15th century, features a massive high altar created for the university's centenary and serves as the burial site for several Bavarian dukes.

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Reduit Tilly

A circular defensive structure part of the 19th-century Bavarian state fortress, now housing the Bavarian Army Museum’s permanent exhibition on the First World War.

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German Museum for the History of Medicine

Set in a beautiful Baroque building, the museum presents the development of medicine throughout the history.

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Old Town Hall

Originally dating to the 14th century, this administrative building was expanded in the 1880s in Neo-Renaissance style. It sits adjacent to the St. Moritz church.

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St. Maria de Victoria

A Baroque masterpiece designed by the Asam brothers between 1732 and 1736, featuring the world’s largest flat ceiling fresco and an intricate high altar.

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Pfeifturm

A 14th-century Gothic watchtower formerly used by the city piper to signal fires or danger. It stands 63 meters tall and provides panoramic views of the city center.

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Hohe Schule

A 15th-century Gothic building that served as the original seat of Bavaria’s first university, founded in 1472. It is famously associated with the setting of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.