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[email protected] · 85356 Freising · Fax: +49 8161 / 532100 700 hotels mercure.comworldwide Contents Pleasure for Body and Soul Freising is a city founded on faith – and thus also a city of Old Bavarian culture of hospitality Page 4 "If you haven't seen Freising, you don't know Old Bavaria" Freising – steeped in history, looking to the future Page 6 History of Freising – An Overview Dear visitors to Freising, The history of a city explorers of Old Bavaria, based on relaxed joviality guests from far and near, Page 10 and Freising residents, Life Sciences – As the cultural historian Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl (1823–1897) once The Future Is Now Freising's cultural and said, "If you haven't seen Freising, you don't know Old Bavaria". intellectual tradition paves Today's ex plorers of Freising will find a modern university city that the way for modern science looks to the future, that treats its great history with pride and respect, Page 11 proving every day that here, in the oldest city between Regensburg and Bolzano, the heart of Old Bavaria beats with the pulse of the 21st Benedict XVI – century. His Freising The Pope and his close links For centuries, this ancient episcopal seat has symbolized the sciences, to Freising education, art and culture.