Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Away
When arriving by train from the north (from Eichstätt and Nuremberg), Ingolstadt Nord
station is nearer to the historical centre than the Hauptbahnhof. Trains from the south ar-
rive at the Hauptbahnhof. Ingolstadt has the following rail connections:
DESTINATION FARE
DURATION FREQUENCY
Munich
€16.40 to €27one hour
twice hourly
Nuremberg
€21.80 to €3030 to 40 minuteshourly
Regensburg
€14.40
one hour
hourly
Getting Around
Buses 10, 11, 18, 16 and 31 (€1.20) run every few minutes between the city centre and the
Hauptbahnhof, 2.5km to the southeast.
Landshut
0871 / POP 63,200
A worthwhile halfway halt between Munich and Regensburg, or a place to kill half a day
before a flight from nearby Munich Airport, Landshut (pronounced '
lants
-hoot') was the
hereditary seat of the Wittelsbach family in the early 13th century, and capital of the
Dukedom of Bavaria-Landshut for over a century. Apart from a brief episode as custodian
of the Bavarian University two centuries ago, Landshuters have since been busy retreating
into provincial obscurity, but the town's blue-blooded past is still echoed in its grand
buildings, a historical pageant with a cast of thousands and one seriously tall church.
Sights
Coming from the train station, you enter Landshut's historical core through the broken
Gothic arch of the stocky
Ländtor
, virtually the only surviving chunk of the town's me-
dieval defences. From here, Theaterstrasse brings you to the 600m-long
Altstadt
, one of
Bavaria's most impressive medieval marketplaces. Pastel town houses lining its curving
