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restoration of historical flying machines. Kids can climb into an original cockpit, land a
plane and even get their pilot's license.
To get to Schleissheim, take the S1 (direction: Freising) to Oberschleissheim (€5), then
walk along Mittenheimer Strasse for about 15 minutes towards the palaces. On weekdays
only, bus 292 goes to the Schloss Lustheim stop.
By car, take Leopoldstrasse north until it becomes Ingolstädter Strasse. Then take the
A99 to the Neuherberg exit, at the south end of the airstrip.
Freising
08161 / 45,200
For a thousand years Freising was the spiritual and cultural epicentre of southern Bavaria.
Now the nearest town to the airport, it's become something of a bedroom community for
Munich but retains the feel of a traditional market town. In 1821 the bishop bowed to the
inevitable and moved his seat to Munich. Freising sank in the ecclesiastical ranking but
hung onto its religious gems, the main reasons to visit today. The town was a major way
station in the life of Pope Benedict, who studied and taught at the university, was ordained
as a priest and later became archbishop here.
Sights & Activities
Dom St Maria und St Korbinian
( 8am-6pm Sat-Thu, from 2pm Fri)
Looming over the old town is the Domberg, a hub
of religious power with the twin-towered Dom St Maria und St Korbinian as its focal
point. The restored church interior in whitewash, ochre and delicate rose is a head-turning
stucco masterpiece by the Asam brother megastars, whose baroque frescoes grace the
most pious ceilings of Bavaria. Remnants from the Gothic era include the choir stalls and
a
Lamentation of Christ
painting in the left aisle. The altar painting by Rubens is a copy of
the original in the Alte Pinakothek museum in Munich.
Don't miss the crypt, not so much to view Korbinian's mortal remains as to admire the
forest of pillars, no two of which are carved alike. The
Bestiensäule
(Beast Pillar) fea-
tures an epic allegory of Christianity fighting the crocodile-like monsters of evil.
East of the Dom are the cloisters
,
where the halls drip with fancy stucco and a thou-
sand years' homage in marble plaques to the bishops of Freising. The baroque hall of the
CATHEDRAL
