Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Passau, Germany

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Number of sights 18 sights
Distance 6.8 km
Ascend 172 m
Descend 238 m

Explore Passau 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.

Activities in PassauIndividual Sights in Passau

Sight 1: Sankt Anton

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Sankt Anton Konrad Lackerbeck / CC BY-SA 2.5

The parish church of St. Anton is a Catholic parish church in Passau, Germany.

Wikipedia: St. Anton (Passau) (DE)

409 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Broken Glass Villa

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The Glasscherbenvilla or Ostuzzi-Villa is an extraordinary residential building in Passau.

Wikipedia: Glasscherbenvilla (DE)

1453 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 3: Kaiserin-Elisabeth-Brücke

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The Kaiserin-Elisabeth-Brücke is a 201-metre-long railway bridge at kilometre 80.316 of the Wels–Passau railway, which spans the Inn River in Passau. It is located entirely on Bavarian territory and is named after Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who was born in Bavaria.

Wikipedia: Kaiserin-Elisabeth-Brücke (Passau) (DE)

1064 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 4: Sankt Gertraud

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St. Gertraud is a church in the Innstadt district of Passau, Germany. Since 1787 it has been the seat of the Roman Catholic parish of Passau-Innstadt, to which today's subsidiary church of St. Severin belongs.

Wikipedia: St. Gertraud (Passau) (DE)

447 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: RömerMuseum Kastell Boiotro - Passau

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The Roman Museum Kastell Boiotro is a museum located in the Innstadt district of Passau, Germany. It was opened in 1982. The museum stands on the foundations of the late Roman fort of Boiotro, remains of the military fortification can be seen in the outdoor 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, and his records have preserved the name Boiotro to the present day.

Wikipedia: Römermuseum Kastell Boiotro (DE), Website

135 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Severinstor

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Severinstor Konrad Lackerbeck / CC BY-SA 2.5

The Severinstor, also known as the Peichtertor, is a city gate in Passau, Germany.

Wikipedia: Severinstor (Passau) (DE)

119 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Sankt Severin

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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 subsidiary church of the Roman Catholic parish of Passau-Innstadt with the parish church of St. Gertraud.

Wikipedia: St. Severin (Passau-Innstadt) (DE)

836 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 8: St. Matthäus

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St. Matthäus Michael Kranewitter / CC BY-SA 4.0

The parish church of St. Matthäus is the first Protestant church in Passau. It was designed by Friedrich Bürklein and inaugurated in 1859.

Wikipedia: Stadtpfarrkirche St. Matthäus (Passau) (DE), Website

173 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Votivkirche

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The Votive Church of Mary Immaculate Conception is a Catholic church building in Passau, Germany.

Wikipedia: Votivkirche (Passau) (DE)

343 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Spitalkirche St. Johann

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Spitalkirche St. Johann

The Filial Church of St. John the Baptist is a hospital church on the Rindermarkt in Passau, Germany.

Wikipedia: St. Johannes der Täufer (Passau) (DE)

94 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Pfarrkirche Sankt Paul

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Pfarrkirche Sankt Paul Der ursprünglich hochladende Benutzer war Wolpertinger in der Wikipedia auf Deutsch / CC BY-SA 3.0

The parish church of St. Paul is the oldest parish church in Passau.

Wikipedia: St. Paul (Passau) (DE)

353 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: St. Stephen's Cathedral

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St. Stephen's Cathedral is a baroque church from 1688 in Passau, Germany, dedicated to Saint Stephen. It is the seat of the Catholic Bishop of Passau and the main church of his diocese.

Wikipedia: St. Stephen's Cathedral, Passau (EN), Website

142 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Alte Residenz

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The Alte Residenz is located in the old town of Passau, opposite the cathedral. The complex is listed under the file number D-2-62-000-642 as an architectural monument of Passau.

Wikipedia: Alte Residenz Passau (DE)

81 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Stadttheater Passau

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Stadttheater Passau is a theatre in Passau, Bavaria, Germany.

Wikipedia: Stadttheater Passau (EN), Website

250 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Dackelmuseum

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The Dachshund Museum in Regensburg is a private museum on the subject of dachshunds that is unique in Germany. It was founded by florists Josef "Seppi" Küblbeck and Oliver Storz. The museum was opened on 2 April 2018 at Residenzplatz in the old town of Passau. Since April 2023, it has been located in a listed building in Regensburg's old town.

Wikipedia: Dackelmuseum (DE), Website

223 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Passau Glass Museum

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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.

Wikipedia: Passau Glass Museum (EN), Website

130 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Altes Rathaus

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The town hall is located in the old town of Passau on the Rathausplatz, near the banks of the Danube. The Passau Town Hall complex consists of three buildings on the Town Hall Square: the Old Town Hall, the New Town Hall and the Old Main Customs Office.

Wikipedia: Passauer Rathaus (DE), Website

551 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 18: Veste Niederhaus

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Veste Niederhaus Liberaler Humanist / CC BY-SA 3.0

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, as well as the right Ilzufer north of it, belongs to the district of Bschütt in the district of Altstadt. The complex 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.

Wikipedia: Veste Niederhaus (DE)

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