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Neues Schloss, Schloss Schleißheim
Centre
Ammersee
Right
Town hall, Landsberg am Lech
Around Munich
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Schloss Schleißheim
embellished from 1723 to 1724 by
the Asam brothers, with stucco
and stained-glass windows. Not to
be missed are the Romanesque
crypt and its famous
Bestiensäule
,
a column elaborately carved with
fabled beasts. Near the cathedral
lies the former Benedictine mon-
astery, Weihenstephan. Today, it
is a brewery - arguably the oldest
in the world - with a wonderful
beer garden.
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Map T1
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Dachau
Maximilian II Emanuel, the
Elector, wanted to rival Versailles
with the Neues Schloss (New
Palace). Begun in 1701 based on
plans by Enrico Zuccalli and com-
pleted in 1719 by Joseph Effner,
the complex includes a hunting
lodge and Schloss Lustheim, a
small summer palace on the east-
ern edge of the Baroque park
(see
p39)
, also designed by Zuccalli.
The latter houses an important col-
lection of early Meißner porcelain.
Oberschleißheim is home to the
Flugwerft Schleißheim
(see p11)
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Map S2 • Open Apr-Sep: 9am-6pm
Tue-Sun; Oct-Mar: 10am-4pm Tue-
Sun (both castles) • Adm
Set in the foothills along the
Amper River, some 15 km (9 miles)
north of Munich, Dachau is a small
town built around a prominent
palace - part Renaissance, part
Baroque - which has an excellent
restaurant. In 1933, the first Nazi
concentration camp was set up
here, now a place of remembrance
- the KZ Gedenkstätte - one of the
most frequented in Europe today.
A permanent exhibition, located in
the former maintenance building,
documents the chronology of the
camp.
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Schloss Dachau, (081 31) 879
23 • Map S2 • Open Apr-Sep: 9am-6pm
Tue-Sun; Oct-Mar: 10am-4pm Tue-Sun
• Adm • KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau, Alte
Römerstr. 75, (081 31) 66 99 70 • Open
9am-5pm Tue-Sun • Free
@
Freising
The historic seat of a
bishopric, the town is dominated
by the cathedral and the bishop's
residence, situated on a hill known
as the
Mons Doctus
- Learned
Mount. Designed as a Roman
basilica with five aisles, the cathe-
dral was completed in 1205 and
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Herrmannsdorfer
Landwerkstätten
Near Glonn, 30 km (19 miles)
southeast of Munich, the Her-
mannsdorfer Landwerkstätten
complex was completed in 1986.
The centre produces, processes,
and sells organic food products,
Dachau concentration camp
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