Town in Bavaria, Germany
Photo: Benutzer:Donaulustig, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Straubing is a city of 48,000 people (2018) in Lower Bavaria. It is the center of the Gäuboden, a fertile plain along the Danube, and a gateway to the nearby Bavarian Forest. Straubing was the main city for large parts of the forest for almost six centuries.
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Ducal Residence
Duke Albert I began construction in 1356. It is one of the five ducal residences of medieval Bavaria (besides Landshut, Munich, Ingolstadt and Burghausen).
It exhibits the Roman treasure trove of Straubing with a unique collection of Roman face mask and Ross foreheads. It provides a cross-section through the cultures of prehistory and early history and the "Bajuwarenschatz", one of the most important and most beautiful archaeological Early Bavarian sources.
Built as a watchtower in the 14th-16th centuries. From the city tower, you can look down on the city, its gabled roofs, churches and towers in the Gäuboden and over the Danube into the Bavarian Forest.
A Romanesque church built in the 12th century.
city hall
Large parts of this city hall were destroyed by a fire in 2016.
Begun in 1393, the Basilica is a Gothic hall church and the largest main church of Straubing. The church was built according to plans of the architect Hans von Burghausen.
Built in 1907 its interior was totally destroyed by the Nazis in 1938 but the building was spared total destruction unlike most other synagogues in the country. A few objects of the pre-war interior (Torah scrolls, candelabras and so on) were anonymously returned to the police after the war by someone who had somehow safeguarded them during the pogrom and throughout the war.
Tiergarten
1,700 animals in 200 species in a large park area and with the replica of a Neolithic farmhouse.
The local Ice Hockey team playing in the first tier DEL.
Birthplace of the Agnes-Bernauer-Torte.
By car
Take the A3 motorway to the Kirchroth/Straubing exit.
By boat
As Straubing sits along the Danube, you can arrive here by boat, whether in your own watercraft or on a cruise.
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