Passau: City hiking route from nature to culture

Description:

INTERESTING POINTS ALONG THE WAY:
St. Stephan's Cathedral, Glass Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Roman Museum Kastell Boiotro, Cathedral Treasury and Diocesan Museum

 

SPIRITUAL HIKING:

From three directions flow three rivers – the blue Danube from the west, the green Inn from the south, and the black Ilz from the north – merging with three different colors, and the three towers of St. Stephen's Cathedral shape the cityscape of Passau. On one side, the Prince-Bishop's fortress Oberhaus on a hill invites you, and on the other side, the pilgrimage church Mariahilf with its 321 steps beckons to be climbed. In the cathedral, dedicated to St. Stephen, is located the largest cathedral organ in the world. St. Stephen was one of the first seven elected deacons and a direct successor of Jesus in the Jerusalem early Christian community and is regarded in the Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and Old Catholic churches as an ambassador of human love and the commitment to a good life. Today one would say: to a life in abundance. Patron saint of Passau, coachmen, masons, stonemasons, tailors, and carpenters.

Directions:
Starting point of the three-river city at the Danube, Inn, and Ilz is the Italian Baroque St. Stephen's Cathedral, which houses the largest cathedral organ in the world with almost 18,000 pipes. This cathedral is the largest building by Italian masters north of the Alps. The route continues via the New Episcopal Residence, where a magnificent Rococo staircase can be admired. Over the Residenzplatz, the path leads to the Rathausplatz. In the town hall halls, large historical paintings tell of the city history and the Nibelungenlied. Via Römerplatz and the hanging bridge, one enters the defensive walkway up to the fortress complex Veste Oberhaus. In the former castle, where the prince-bishops resided as territorial lords of the spiritual Passau principality, is the Oberhaus Museum. From Oberhaus, a hiking trail leads downhill to the valley along the Ilz, reaching the former county Hals, which once lay in the middle of the Passau principality. Around the Hals castle ruins winds the romantic Ilz. In Hals, you cross the Ilz bridge and return along the northern Ilz riverbank to the old town of Passau to Rathausplatz.Tip:
This route is presented to you by the Danube Upper Austria Tourism Region.Equipment:
Hiking backpack (including rain cover), sturdy footwearAdditional information:

City of Passau - Tourist Information
Rathausplatz 2
D-94032 Passau
Tel.: 0049(0)851/955 98-0
e-mail: tourist-info@passau.de
www.tourismus.passau.de

DONAUSTEIG HOSTS IN PASSAU:
Pension Vilsmeier
Lindental 28a
94032 Passau
Tel.: +49 851 36313
www.pension-vilsmeier.de
- Quietly located by a small stream, 20 beds

Pension "Zur Goldenen Sonne"
Unterer Sand 18
94032 Passau
Tel.: +49 851 2730
www.pension-goldene-sonne.de
- A hostel for travelers for over 800 years, 40 beds