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Ingolstadt has a big history

The Tourist Information and its partners have come up with a couple of interesting events. 

Ingolstadt was once a dual residence and for more than 300 years it was the home of the first Bavarian state university. It was also Bavaria's military stronghold and garrison - the fortified town walls bear witness to this military past, and together with the many towers they give the old town its clearly-demarcated boundary.

Ingolstadt is also famous for its Maria de Victoria, one of the most beautiful Baroque churches in existence.

The 2004 exhibition calendar in the city on the Danube includes a very special highlight: the Frankenstein mystery city tour.

Frankenstein leads again by Ingolstadt roads 

If the shadows become longer and breaks the darkness, rises Dr. Victor Frankenstein from its Gruft, upsets its far coat and loads to a  walk by the dark past in Ingolstadt.

Historical from the past, witch burns, darken associate and mysterious natures seams the way of Bavaria first and only city leaders of this type.

Also the leader is only a shadow of the past. Only it knows the darkest corners of the old part of town, where some bad events course-carry have. In his doubtful company the visitor a journey start by the dark sections of history Ingolstadt. Man can be safe never, who or which waiting behind the next corner...

The Murder & Mystery route takes place on Fridays (dates see below), begins in each case at 22.00 o'clock and takes 70 minutes.

Following the Murder & Mystery route exists the possibility for a free attendance " Frankenstein cabinet " in the hotel Daniel.

In the laboratory of the doctors a placed behind operation scene, a great deal old medical equipment expects the visitor strange and informative approximately over Frankensteins life and working.

Frankensteins creature is today one of the most famous " monster shapes " of the literature and film history wrote.

Ingolstadt is the place of birth of the creature. But the English authoress Mary Shelley ensured. It invented Frankenstein " 1818 ". In its novel Mary Shelley lets the young Victor Frankenstein from Geneva travel to the medicine study after Ingolstadt. Here it expires to the illusion to want to create artificial life - here it arouses its " creature " to the life.

Mary Shelley selected Ingolstadt quite consciously for its Frankenstein and the birth of its monster. 1472 Ingolstadt seat of the first Bavarian national university had become. Apart from Prague and Vienna it was for a long time the most important university in the German-speaking countries. In 18. Century developed here its own " experimentation building " of the medical profession, to old persons received " today anatomy " - for seat of the German medicine-historical museum.

For further information please contact:

Tourist Information im Alten Rathaus, Rathausplatz 2, 85049 Ingolstadt, Telefon +49-841 / 305 10 98, Telefax +49-841 / 30510 99, e-mail: touristinformation@ingolstadt.de Internet: www.ingolstadt.de 

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