Eichstätt Travel Guide
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Eichstätt Overview
The university town of Eichstätt is located in the Naturpark Altmühltal and is in the heart of Bavaria. Eichstätt originally belonged to the Bavaria but over the centuries it has also belonged to Swabia and Franconia.
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Things to See in Eichstätt
Altmühlbrücke mit Domfassade
Die Residenz
Die Mariensäule
Residenzplatz
Bastionsgarten an der Willibaldsburg
Jura-Museum
Diözesanmuseum
Many churches and other notable town fixtures
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Maps and Driving Directions to Eichstätt
Altstadt von Eichstätt
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Popular Points of Interest in and near Eichstätt
Willibaldsburg Castle and Bastion Garden
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The castle complex on the Willibaldsberg was begun in 1355 and extended in the second half of the 16th century under Martin von Schaumberg. It was transformed into an impressive residence by Elias Holl during the reign of Prince-Bishop Johann Conrad von Gemmingen (1595-1612) - at this stage of the building's history the towers were crowned by onion domes. The Bastion Garden of Willibaldsburg Castle was laid out by the Bavarian Palace Department on the basis of the Hortus Eystettensis
, a collection of copperplate engravings published by Basilius Besler (1561-1629) in 1613, and opened to the public in 1998.
Hours: April-September: 9 am-6 pm, October-March: 10 am-4 pm. Closed Mondays.
Admission: Adults 4 €, Concessions 3 €.
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- Homepage of Eichstätt: Eichstätt (official home page)
- Wikipedia: Eichstätt
More about the History of Eichstätt
St. Willibald founded the Bishopric of Eichstätt on the site of an old Roman station in 741. The city was chartered in 908 and ruled by a prince-bishop until secularization in 1802, and became a part of Bavaria in 1806. In 2008, the city celebrated the 1100th anniversary of its charter. Eichstätt was included as part of the Landgraviate of Leuchtenberg (Leuchtenberg vacation rentals | Leuchtenberg travel guide), which Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria granted to his son-in-law Eugène de Beauharnais in 1817 and an episcopal see was reestablished in 1821. The town reverted back to Bavaria in 1855. Eichstätt is famous for the quarries of Solnhofen Stone and Jurassic limestone. On the Blumenberg the Berlin (Berlin vacation rentals | Berlin travel guide) specimen of Archaeopteryx was found by Jakob Niemeyer.
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