Altötting
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Altötting

Altötting - the "heart of Bavaria"

Altötting is the most famous Marian pilgrimage site in Germany. The historical and cultural background, the numerous museums and art treasures make a visit to the Bavarian national shrine well worthwhile.

Highlights of the town of Altötting

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Our Lady (Black Madonna in the Chapel of Mercy)

The destination for pilgrims and visitors is the "Black Mother of God" in the octagon of the Chapel of Mercy. Inside, opposite the magnificently decorated altar niche with the Gothic image of grace, St. Mary's Chapel holds the hearts of the Bavarian kings and electors in silver urns. Among them is the heart urn of the Bavarian "fairytale king" Ludwig II as a sign of a princely guard of honor.
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Death of Eding

The two-towered, Gothic collegiate parish church was built between 1499 and 1511. Worth seeing is the cabinet clock from the time of the plague, the "Death of Eding".
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Treasury with "Golden Horse Inn"

In the treasury and pilgrimage museum, which bears the illustrious name "House of Pope Benedict XVI", you can marvel at the wealth of artistic dedications to the place of grace, Altötting. Towards the end of the museum tour, the main exhibit "The Golden Horse Inn" invites you to marvel.
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Kilwing Incense Museum

Visitors experience the myth of incense with all their senses. Interestingly designed display boards provide information on everything from the history to the uses of incense.
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Jerusalem Panorama Crucifixion of Christ

The Jerusalem Panorama takes you back to ancient Jerusalem and the dramatic events around the year 30 AD. As the only preserved historical panorama in Germany, the Altötting Panorama is a listed building of the Free State of Bavaria and a UNESCO cultural heritage site in Paris.
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Altötting

The destination for pilgrims and visitors is the "Black Mother of God" in the Chapel of Grace, in the middle of the baroque Kapellplatz. From May to October, large pilgrimages, festive church services and Saturday evening candlelight processions take place. Highlights of the pilgrimage year are the "Marian month" of May, the three-day Whitsun festival with the arrival of numerous groups of pilgrims on foot, the large Corpus Christi procession and the feast day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary with an atmospheric candlelight procession on the evening before. Special sights for art lovers are the "Treasury with Pilgrimage Museum" with the famous "Golden Horse Inn", the Kilwing incense factory, the diorama show in the house of the Altöttinger Marienwerk and the monumental circular painting "Jerusalem Panorama Crucifixion of Christ".

Impressions from the town of Altötting

Altötting Christmas Market
© Altötting Tourist Office, Klaus Vierlinger
Altötting
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Altötting with alpine panorama
Altötting
© Altötting Tourist Office / Klaus Vierlinger
Altötting Chapel Square
Altötting Chapel Square
© Altötting Tourist Office / Dirschl
Procession of lights at Kapellplatz Altötting
Altötting Chapel Square
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Pilgrims' procession at Kapellplatz Altötting
Altötting tourist office, Anna Scherfler
Altötting Christmas Market
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