Ingolstadt Attractions

West of the Minster in Ingolstadt, on the edge of the old town, rises the massive Kreuztor with its seven towers and turrets (1385).

North of the Minster, in Ingolstadt's Neubaustrasse, stands the Roccoco Asamkirche (church of Maria de Victoria), built by the Asam brothers in 1732-36, with a large ceiling painting. In the sacristy can be seen the famous Lepanto Monstrance (1708), with a representation of the naval battle of Lepanto (1571).

From the Moritzkirche in Ingolstadt, Ludwigstrasse runs east to the massive old Herzogsschloss (Ducal Castle; 15th C.), which has one of the finest Gothic secular interiors in Germany. Since 1972 it has housed the Bavarian Army Museum (Armeemuseum; military technology from the Middle Ages to the First World War).

Southwest of the Schloss are the Municipal Theater (Stadttheater) and the old Herzogskasten (a relic of a 13th century castle), now the Municipal Library. In nearby Tränktorstrasse is the Museum of Concrete Art (Museum für Konkrete Kunst; painting, sculpture).

From the Moritzkirche in Ingolstadt Theresienstrasse leads west to the Liebfrauenmünster (15th-16th C.), the largest Late Gothic hall-church in Bavaria. The most notable features of the light interior are the largest and finest Renaissance stained glass window in Bavaria (1527), behind the high altar, and the brass marking the tomb of Dr. Johann Eck, leader of the Counter-Reformation in Bavaria and opponent of Martin Luther.

To the northwest of the town center in Ingolstadt, in the Cavalier Hepp building (1838-43; restored), part of the town's neo-classical fortifications, is the Municipal Museum (geology, archaeology, history of the town since the Stone Age).

In Anatomiestrasse in Ingolstadt, which bounds the old town on the southwest, is the Alte Anatomie, now housing the Museum on the History of Medicine (history of medical research and practice since ancient times).

In the center of Ingolstadt's old town is the Rathausplatz, with the Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus; formed by the combination of four Gothic houses in 1882), the New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus; 1959) and the 15th C. Spitalkirche, which has 16th C. wall paintings. To the north of the Old Town Hall stands the St-Moritz-Kirche (St Maurice's Church), and beyond this the Obere Franziskanerkirche (Upper Franciscan Church), both dating from the 14th C.