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who was known as the 'butcher of Magdeburg' - and features exhibits covering the his-
tory of WWI and post-WWI Germany.
The newest addition to the museum complex is the Bayerisches Polizeimuseum
(Donaulände 1; adult/concession €3.50/3; 9am-5.30pm Tue-Fri, 10am-5.30pm Sat &
Sun) , housed in the Turm Triva, which was built at the same time as the Reduit Tilly. Ex-
hibitions trace the story of Bavarian bobbies and their role in various episodes of history
such as the Third Reich and the Cold War.
MUSEUM
Museum Mobile
This high-tech car museum is part of the Audi Forum ( 893 7575; www.audi.de/foren ;
Ettinger Strasse 40; adult/child €2/1, tours €4/2; 9am-6pm) . Exhibits on three floors
chart Audi's humble beginnings in 1899 to its latest dream machines, such as the R8.
Some 50 cars and 20 motorbikes are on display, including prototypes that glide past visit-
ors on an open lift. Bus 11 and 44 run every 30 minutes from the Hauptbahnhof or central
bus station (ZOB) to the Audi complex.
The two-hour tours of the Audi factory (adult/concession €7/3.50; tours hourly
Mon-Sat, 11am, 1pm & 3pm Sun) take you through the entire production process, from the
metal press to the testing station.
Liebfrauenmünster
(Kreuzstrasse; 8am-6pm) Ingolstadt's biggest church was established by Duke Ludwig
the Bearded in 1425 and enlarged over the next century. This classic Gothic hall church
has a pair of strangely oblique square towers that flank the main entrance. Inside, subtle
colours and a nave flooded with light intensify the magnificence of the high-lofted vault-
ing and the blossoming stonework of several side chapels.
The high altar by Hans Mielich (1560) has a rear panel depicting St Katharina debating
with the professors at Ingolstadt's new university, ostensibly in a bid to convert the Prot-
estant faculty to Catholicism - a poke at Luther's Reformation. At the rear of the church,
there's a small Schatzkammer (treasury) displaying precious robes, goblets and mon-
strances belonging to the diocese.
CHURCH
MUSEUM
Museum für Konkrete Kunst
(Museum of Concrete Art; 305 1871; Tränktorstrasse 6-8; adult/child €3/1.50;
10am-5pm Tue-Sun) This unique art museum showcases works and installations from the
Concrete Movement, all of a bafflingly abstract nature. The movement was defined and
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