Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Freising, Germany

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 3.4 km
Ascend 126 m
Descend 129 m

Explore Freising in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Freising

Sight 1: St. Benedikt

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The Benedictus Church is a Catholic church on the Domberg in Freising, Germany. The church is located to the east of the cathedral and can be reached through the cloister, which runs through the rear part of the Benedictine Church. The church is separated from the cloister only by iron bars.

Wikipedia: St. Benedikt (Freising) (DE)

101 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Freisinger Dom

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Freisinger Dom Lmmrs / CC BY-SA 3.0

Freising Cathedral, also called Saint Mary and Corbinian Cathedral, is a romanesque basilica in Freising, Bavaria. It is the co-cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. Freising Cathedral is also known for being the place where Pope Benedict XVI was ordained a priest.

Wikipedia: Freising Cathedral (EN), Website

87 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Denkmal für Otto von Freising

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The monument to Otto von Freising is a stone sculpture on the cathedral hill of Freising (Upper Bavaria). It commemorates the 22nd Bishop of Freising (1138–1158), who is considered one of the most important historians of the Middle Ages.

Wikipedia: Denkmal für Otto von Freising (DE)

46 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Marstall

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The Marstall on the Domberg in Freising was built as a court stable for the prince-bishops of the Bishopric of Freising. Today, the building houses the all-day care of the neighbouring cathedral grammar school, the Domsingschule and Renovabis, the Eastern European aid organisation of the Catholic Church.

Wikipedia: Marstall (Freising) (DE)

45 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Fürstengang

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The Fürstengang is a connecting corridor from the Prince-Bishop's Residence of Freising to Freising Cathedral.

Wikipedia: Fürstengang (DE)

23 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 6: Johanneskirche

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St. Johannes Freising is a former collegiate monastery (Domannexstift) on the Domberg in Freising in Bavaria in the Diocese of Freising.

Wikipedia: Kollegiatstift St. Johannes (Freising) (DE), Website

57 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Cross on Domberg

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The Crucifix on the Cathedral Hill is a Latin wooden cross about four meters high on the Cathedral Hill in Freising (Upper Bavaria). It was built in 1867 in front of the entrance to the cathedral courtyard.

Wikipedia: Kruzifix auf dem Domberg (DE)

35 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 8: Denkmal für Freisinger Gelehrte

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Denkmal für Freisinger GelehrteViolatan (Transfered by vuxi/Original uploaded by Violatan) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The monument to Freising Scholar is a small memorial stone about two meters high on the western Domberg in Freising (Upper Bavaria). It was built in the middle of the 19th century below the prince -bishop's residence in the form of a Gothic fiale. The monument is reminiscent of the three Freising learned Veit Arnpeck, Rupprecht von Freising and Joachim Haberstock. The Freising stonemasons are considered to be the creator, whose signum is located at the foot of the monument.

Wikipedia: Denkmal für Freisinger Gelehrte (DE)

133 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Diözesanmuseum für christliche Kunst

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The Diocesan Museum Freising - DIMU on the Domberg in Freising is the museum of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. The collection includes works from the early 5th century to contemporary modern art. After the Vatican Museums, it houses the world's second largest art collection in the Catholic Church. Individual focal points of the collection are the art of Byzantium, the late Gothic, the Baroque, the present, and testimonies of piety – including an extensive collection of nativity scenes.

Wikipedia: Dombergmuseum (DE), Website

26 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 10: Andreasbrunnen

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The Andreasbrunnen is a fountain on the western Domberg in Freising, Upper Bavaria, Germany. It was built in 1697 under Prince-Bishop Johann Franz Eckher of Kapfing and Liechteneck in front of St. Andrew's Church in the Baroque style. The sculpture of the Apostle comes from the workshop of the Munich sculptor Franz Ableithner.

Wikipedia: Andreasbrunnen (Freising) (DE)

57 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Korbinian- und Nonnosushof

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Korbinian- und Nonnosushof

The Collegiate Abbey of St. Andreas was a collegiate monastery on the Domberg in Freising (Domannexstift). The buildings of the monastery were located on the western part of the cathedral hill, west of the prince-bishop's residence. The collegiate church was the second largest church in Freising after the cathedral; the monastery also included eight parishes with 30 branches.

Wikipedia: St. Andrä (Freising) (DE)

217 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Kriegerdenkmal

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The War Memorial in the Obere Hauptstraße in Freising is a listed war memorial from 1905.

Wikipedia: Kriegerdenkmal in der Oberen Hauptstraße (Freising) (DE)

203 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Mariensäule

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MariensäuleViolatan 11:36, 19. Jun. 2007 (CEST) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Marian Column is a red marble column crowned by a statue of the Virgin Mary in the middle of Marienplatz, in the central location of Freising's old town. The column is one of the most striking monuments of the historic old town. It was founded in 1674 by Prince-Bishop Albrecht Sigismund for the veneration of Mary as Patrona Bavariae. The Marian Column on Marienplatz in Munich may have served as a model.

Wikipedia: Mariensäule (Freising) (DE)

134 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Stadtpfarrkirche St. Georg

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The parish church of St. George is the central parish church in Freising, Germany.

Wikipedia: St. Georg (Freising) (DE)

350 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: Gottesackerkirche St. Maria

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The Gottesackerkirche St. Maria Himmelfahrt is a Catholic cemetery church in Freising, Germany.

Wikipedia: Gottesackerkirche St. Maria (Freising) (DE)

584 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 16: Altötting Chapel

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Altötting Chapel Ludwig Gruber (Original uploaded by Lou.gruber) / Copyrighted free use

Altöttingen Chapel is a parish church in St. Georg, Freising.

Wikipedia: Altöttinger Kapelle (Freising) (DE)

33 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 17: Moor Fountain

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The Mohrenbrunnen is a fountain in Freising, Upper Bavaria, Germany. It was created around 1700 by the Munich sculptor Franz Ableithner in the Baroque style. It was commissioned by the Prince-Bishop of Freising, Johann Franz Eckher von Kapfing und Liechteneck.

Wikipedia: Mohrenbrunnen (Freising) (DE)

560 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 18: Königsstein

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Königsstein Ingrid Glatt (Transfered by vuxi/Original uploaded by Hachre) / Copyrighted free use

The Königsstein is a stone pillar about four meters high on the banks of the Moosach in Freising. The monument was created by the sculptor Josef Kirchmayr and erected on the occasion of the celebrations of the 25-year reign of the Bavarian King Maximilian Joseph on 16 February 1824. Until 1853 it was located near the Hospital of the Holy Spirit.

Wikipedia: Königsstein (Freising) (DE)

663 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 19: ehem. Korbinianskapelle

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ehem. Korbinianskapelle

Weihenstephan Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Weihenstephan, now part of the district of Freising, in Bavaria, Germany. Brauerei Weihenstephan, located at the monastery site since at least 1040, is said to be the world's oldest continuously operating brewery.

Wikipedia: Weihenstephan Abbey (EN)

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Sight 20: Korbinianskapelle

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The Chapel of St. Korbinian or Asam Chapel was a chapel on the southern slope of the Weihenstephaner Berg in Freising, which stood above a spring, the Korbiniansbrünnlein. The ruins have been preserved and can be reached via the footpaths of the southern slope of Weihenstephan. For a few years now, there has also been a staircase again, from the Hofgarten down to the Korbiniansbrünnlein.

Wikipedia: St. Korbinian (Freising) (DE)

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