Tours by Freising City Tour with Tourist Information City Museum July City Tours Thur 02. Classic Freising Thur 02. City Museum Evening Tour, 6.30 pm * In this tour of Cathedral Hill and Thur 09. From Old Quarter to “New Abbey” Classic Freising From Old Quarter to “New Abbey” the city centre, Freising’s history Thur 16. Classic Freising is unfurled in its great architec- Sat 18. Freising – City By the Water A tour designed to introduce you to the This tour leads through the medieval lane of ture. The tour is complemented Thur 23. Classic Freising sights of the old city. Visit the Cathedral Fischergasse along the old post road to the Pre- by a visit to the newly reopened Thur 30. Pope Benedict XVI. and Freising with the Asam brothers' Baroque inte- monstratensian Abbey of Neustift (New Abbey), City Museum with historic and rior, with its famous Romanesque crypt, formerly outside the prince-bishops’ territories. modern views of the city and ex- August cathedral courtyard and Renaissance Famous artists including Johann Baptist Zimmer- hibits presenting life at the Thur 06. From Old Quarter to Weihenstephan courtyard of the former prince-bishops’ mann (frescoes) and Ignaz Günther (high altar) prince-bishops’ court and among Thur 13. Classic Freising residence on Cathedral Hill. In the old quarter of the city itself, discover were commissioned to design the interior of the the people. Sat 15. City Tour with City Museum Marienplatz square with its beautiful architecture, the Baroque Church of St. Peter and Paul. Thur 20. Classic Freising Asamtheater and the rococo façade of Ziererhaus. Thur 27. Freising – City By the Water info freising The special group tour Classic Freising plus extends the Classic Times, dates and prices of public tours: see p. 19 Times, dates and prices of public tours: see below September tour by adding one of the following sights: City Museum, Church of Group tours: 90 minutes, 50 € Group tours: 90 minutes, 65 € St. Peter and Paul, Diocesan Museum, Rathaus, Hl. Geist-Kirche Church, Thur 03. Classic Freising Baroque hall of Cathedral Library. Thur 03. City Museum Evening Tour, 6.30 pm * Thur 10. Classic Freising From Old Quarter Thur 17. Classic Freising Times, dates and prices of public tours: see p. 19 to Weihenstephan Sat 19. From Old Quarter to “New Abbey” Group tours: Thur 24. Classic Freising Classic Freising, 120 minutes, 75 € Weihenstephan Hill housed the Classic Freising plus, 150 minutes, 85-95 € Benedictine monastery with the Public Tours by Freising October oldest brewery in the world. It of- Thur 01. Freising – City By the Water fers many fascinating sights span- Tourist Information Thur 08. Classic Freising Compact Freising ning a period of over 1000 years Thur 15. Classic Freising into the present-day world of sci- Sat 17. From Old Quarter to Weihenstephan This walk through the old quarter leads entific university research: from March Thur 22. City Tour with City Museum from Marienplatz square, heart of the St Corbinian's Spring and the old Thur 05. City Museum Evening Tour, 6.30 pm * Thur 29. Classic Freising city, past the Baroque Asamtheater and "Salettl" pavilion up to modern through picturesque lanes to Cathedral buildings and works of contem- April November Hill. At the top, we introduce you to the porary art by internationally fa- Thur 02. Classic Freising Thur 05. City Museum Evening Tour, 6.30 pm* Freising of the prince-bishops, its learned scholarship and Old Bavarian mous sculptors. Thur 09. Classic Freising piety. Returning to the old quarter, we encounter the comfortable Thur 16. Birthday of Benedikt XVI. Advent and Christmas bourgeois face of the old city. Times, dates and prices of public tours: see p. 19 Pope Benedict XVI. and Freising on Nativity scene tours in city Group tours: 90 minutes, 50 € Sat 18. Classic Freising request and Diocesan Museum Times, dates and prices of public tours: see p. 19 Thur 23. City Tour with City Museum Meeting-point: Group tours: 90 minutes, 50 € Thur 30. Classic Freising Always 3 pm in front of the Tourist Information office, Freising – May tour duration 90 minutes Thur 07. From Old Quarter to “New Abbey” Prices: Pope Benedikt XVI. City By the Water € € Thur 07. City Museum Evening Tour, 6.30 pm * Per person 6,50 , concessions 4 and Freising € For centuries the people of Freising Thur 14. Classic Freising Family ticket 12 (2 adults + own children aged up to 18) Joseph Ratzinger, today Pope Benedict XVI., have used the various waterways tra- Sat 16. Classic Freising * Special tours: Evening tours of City Museum began his theological career in the venerable versing the city for a variety of pur- Thur 21. Freising – City By the Water First Thursday of every 2nd month from Jan., 6.30 pm € € bishops’ seat of Freising. This tour leads us in poses. The River Isar was used for fish- Thur 28. Classic Freising Entrance 3 (concs. 2 ), duration approx. 1 hr, his footsteps from the old quarter to the mons ing and the rafting trade, while mills, meeting-point: Museum ticket desk (see also p. 22) doctus, or Scholars’ Hill, as Cathedral Hill was wellhouses and bathhouses were sited on the tributaries of the Moosach June known, and reveals the links between this brook. In addition, numerous fountains increased the city's attractive- Thur 04. Classic Freising Information and booking for group tours: important theologian and Pope and the city ness. This tour offers an introduction to Freising's waterways and their Thur 11. From Old Quarter to Weihenstephan City of Freising Tourist Information, Marienplatz 7 of Freising. many uses in earlier times. Thur 18. City Tour with City Museum Tel. +49(0)8161/54-122, Fax +49(0)8161/54-231 Sat 20. Classic Freising [email protected], www.freising.de Times, dates and prices of public tours: see p. 19 Times, dates and prices of public tours: see p. 19 Thur 25. Classic Freising Groups of up to 30 persons. Tours also available in € Group tours: 90 minutes, 65 € Group tours: 90-120 minutes, 50 € /60€ English, French or Italian for a surcharge of 10 . 18 19 Tours by various operators in and Weihenstephan State Brewery – Special Offers around Freising Where Beer Came From Tour of brewery site of Weihen- stephan Bavarian State Brewery Tours of Domberg (exterior only), Weihenstephan court gardens, Korbinians- (Cathedral Hill) brünnlein spring, history of the In addition to a detailed tour of the Cathe- Oldest Brewery in the World dral, the comprehensive tour includes the (film) and beer tasting in the Renaissance courtyard and chapel of the Brewery Museum “Where Beer former prince-bishops’ residence, the Came From” (beer tasting in- Fürstengang (Princes’ Cloisters) and the cludes beer and souvenir glass). Baroque hall of the Cathedral Library. Group tours: approx. 90 minutes, 120 € (incl. beer tasting) Airport Tour with City Tour info freising Public tours: from 1 June to 18 October Diocesan Museum Groups of 15 to 40 persons every Wed, Sun and public holiday On this Airport Tour, Visitor Service staff accompany you in one of our Information and booking: Freising Tourist Information Meeting-point: entrance to Kardinal-Döpfner-Haus, Housing around 20,000 works of religious art from medieval to modern coaches, pointing out fire stations, cargo and passenger terminals, jet Domberg 27 at 2.30 pm; duration: 90 min. times, Freising Diocesan Museum is among the world's largest religious engine test rigs and elevated storage tanks and providing a host of ex- Prices: per person 6.50 €, concessions 4 €, families: 12 € museums. Stunning works by famous artists including Lucas Cranach, pert information on airport events and procedures. Afterwards, our Ignaz Günther and Arnulf Rainer. Examples of the goldsmith’s art, Organized by: Tourist Information Tel. +49(0)8161/54122 expert tour guides introduce you to nearby Freising, with Marienplatz Weisswurst – liturgical textiles and icons tell of liturgy and folk customs. The collec- square, the richly embellished Ziererhaus at the heart of the Old Quarter Group tours: 90 min., 75 € per group (up to 30 pers.) Commemorating Bavaria’s tion documenting Bavarian piety is probably unique in its diversity and the buildings on Cathedral Hill with panoramic viewing point from Organized by: Domkirchenstiftung Freising, and richness. which the Alps can be seen on clear days. Gastronomic Culture Tel. +49(0)8161/181-2160 or -2186, Fax /181-2180 The Weisswurst, or “white sausage”, was in- [email protected] Public tours: please call for dates Group tours: vented in Munich 150 years ago. Today, the Group tours: approx. 1 hour, 40 € + entrance ticket/person 50 min. (Airport) + 90 min. (Freising) + travel time speciality is an intrinsic part of Bavarian for up to 25 persons, school classes 15 €, entrance free cuisine. Our entertaining culinary “Weiss- Prices: Airport Tour 8.50 € (concs. 7.50 €, children 3.50 €) wurst Seminar” reveals the story behind this delicious sausage, its Freising Cathedral Organized by: Diözesanmuseum Freising Freising (groups of up to 30): group price 50 € Domberg 21, 85354 Freising, Tel. +49(0)8161/48790 secret ingredients and the right way of eating it in order to pass as a The frescoes and stucco work by the Brothers Organized by: Munich Airport GmbH Visitor Service [email protected], www.dommuseum-freising.de local – including, of course, the chance to practise your new-found Asam, the altar painting by Peter Paul Rubens Information: +49(0)89/975-41333, Fax +49(0)89/975-41346 skills. Even after the noonday bells! and the Romanesque crypt with mysterious Museum open: Tue - Sun, 10 am – 5 pm, [email protected] Beasts’ Pillar are the highlights of the Cathedral please call for special public holiday opening hours € Tour.