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Ingolstadt is a city in Upper Bavaria, Germany, on the Danube river. It has a rich history, a university, a castle, and a car industry.
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- Audi Forum
- Museum Mobile
- Audi Factory Tour
- Asamkirche
- Liebfrauenmünster
- Klenzepark
- Bayerisches Armeemuseum
- Kreuztor
- Bayerisches Polizeimuseum
- Altes Rathaus
One of Germany’s leading carmakers has an big visitor complex next to its factory to the north of Ingolstadt. This is where you can embark on a factory tour or retrace the story of the brand at the Museum Mobile. But there’s more to the Audi Forum, like “Audi Young and Fun”, a multimedia adventure trail for kids with play areas and driving simulato...
In a stylish steel and glass building completed in 2000 is a museum documenting the history of the brand, and the companies like Wanderer, DKW and Horch that would eventually merge with Audi. A lift carries you up to the 3rd floor where you start the tour in 1899, slowly coming to the present day across two levels. The museum has more than 100 cars...
Register in advance and you’ll be treated to a privileged look at the work that goes into each Audi. There’s a menu of different visits available. If you’re pushed for time you take a “Compact Factory Tour” to see the high-tech welding robots in action, and watch the moment the engine floor is attached to the car chassis. But if you want to leave n...
The celebrated Late Baroque architects the Asam brothers designed this beautiful church in the 1730s. While the mouldings, window pediments and scrolls on the facade on Neubaustraße are Baroque, the theatrical interior is Rococo. Taking up almost all the ceiling is a 490-square-metre painting of the Incarnation of the Lord. The altar is from 1760 a...
One of the things that strikes you about the Church of Our Lady is that its two western towers have two different heights. That’s because neither was ever completed. The southern tower is at 69 metres while the northern one is 62, and both have been capped with newer Baroque domes. They testify to the troubled construction of this church, which was...
Up to the early 90s this space on the right bank of the Danube had been used for industrial storage. But the area was revitalised and a park was laid out for the Bayerische Landesgartschau (Bavarian State Garden Show) in 1992. The park has large lawns, wooded areas, a little waterway, a small lake and a waterside promenade next to the Danube. But t...
Bavaria’s army museum is almost 140 years old, making it Germany’s oldest military museum, and moved to Ingolstadt from Munich in 1972. The main collection is in the Neues Schloss on the left bank on the Danube, while the First World War exhibition is in Reduit Tilly in the Klenzepark. In the Neues Schloss you’ll come across the flag hall, which ha...
Dating to 1385, Kreuztor is one of two of Ingolstadt’s four city gates still standing from the second Medieval ring of fortifications. With seven towers, this brick and limestone construction defended the western approach to Ingolstadt, and takes its name from the Kirche zum Heiligen Kreuz (Church of the Holy Cross), which once ran a leper house be...
A department of the army museum, the police exhibition is in the Klenzepark’s Triva Tower and assembled objects going back to the Bavarian Revolution of 1918-19. Some of the engaging themes covered by the museum include the stormy days following the First World War, border security during the Cold War and the famed protests that took place in the 1...
Ingolstadt’s old town hall is a compound of four different houses going back to the 1300s. In the 1880s these were reworked into the uniform Neo-Renaissance style we see today. On the north side of the main facade is a handsome curved gable containing the clock, while the south side has the avant-corps with a stone relief and a balustraded balcony....
Ingolstadt is a city in Bavaria, Germany, along the Danube and Schutter rivers. It has a rich history as a ducal seat, a university town, and a centre for motor-vehicle production and oil pipelines.
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Ingolstadt is a university city and a shopping destination on the Danube, with a blend of traditional and modern attractions. Explore the Audi Forum, the Old Town, the city gates, the towers and the fortress, and enjoy the restaurants, art, museums and events.
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Jan 7, 2024 · Discover the cultural treasures, mouthwatering cuisine and picturesque landscapes of Ingolstadt, a city in Bavaria, Germany. Explore the historic landmarks, luxury shopping outlet, modern art museum and more in this travel guide.
Feb 21, 2018 · Discover the attractions of Ingolstadt, a Bavarian town with a rich history, a snazzy automobile museum, and a creepy Frankenstein tour. Explore the medieval fortifications, the baroque churches, the green oasis, and the football stadium of this charming destination.
