Wasserburg am Inn Trip Overview
This city has earned the righteous nickname of “pearl on the Inn”, for it’s picture perfect scenery, with its colourful gothic houses, medieval inner courtyards, and it’s almost mediterranean flair. Once a powerhouse of trade in the Danube-Inn routes and in the Salt Route of Bavaria, it was fought over by the Bavarian nobility to obtain it’s control, since the only bridge over the Inn river passed on Wasserburg. The name itself means “Castle on the water”, and it was once the main harbour of Munich, only 50 km away. Built in a peninsula with winding curves along the Inn, it’s beauty is as uncanny today as ever.
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Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Starts: Wasserburg am Inn, Germany
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Wasserburg am Inn, Bayern, Germany
This city has earned the righteous nickname of “pearl on the Inn”, for it’s picture perfect scenery, with its colourful gothic houses, medieval inner courtyards, and it’s almost mediterranean flair. Once a powerhouse of trade in the Danube-Inn routes and in the Salt Route of Bavaria, it was fought over by the Bavarian nobility to obtain it’s control, since the only bridge over the Inn river passed on Wasserburg. The name itself means “Castle on the water”, and it was once the main harbour of Munich, only 50 km away. Built in a peninsula with winding curves along the Inn, it’s beauty is as uncanny today as ever.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Wasserburg am Inn, Wasserburg am Inn, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria
You will see:
Frauenkirche Frauenkirche
Pfarrkirche St. Jakob
St. Michael
Max-Emanuel-Kapelle
Heiliggeist-Spital mit Kirche
Brucktor
Kernhaus
The Innbrücke bridge
Gothic City Hall
Hungerturm tower
Roter Turm tower
Altes und Neues Mauthaus
Burg castle palace
Burgkapelle St. Ägidien
Kernhaus
Patrizierhaus and it’s Rococo façade
You will learn about:
It’s geostrategic position on the river Inn
Foundation before Munich
Former port of Munich
Importance in the Salt Trade Route
Wars for control by the bavarian nobility
It’s relevance as a trade center between the Balkas, Austria, Italy and Germany in the Danube-In trade route
The impregnable castle of the Hallgrafen and later of the Wittlesbacher family
The many floods that have plagued the city
