Discover Freising: Cathedral Hill, Museums and Art
Accommodation in Freising
Freising combines a long history with art, ecclesiastical culture and a variety of ways to explore the city. On Cathedral Hill, the cathedral and Diocesan Museum shape the city’s cultural landscape; the City Museum focuses on archaeological finds and more recent local history. There are also guided tours, outdoor art and a route through gardens and nature on Weihenstephan Hill. When looking for a holiday apartment, you can consider whether you would like to focus your stay on history and museums, guided discoveries or walks.
Cathedral Hill and Freising Cathedral
Cathedral Hill is a symbol of Freising’s 1,300-year history as a prince-bishop’s town. For many centuries, it was also a centre of learning. Freising Cathedral, with its distinctive towers, is one of the city’s major attractions. Inside are the mysterious Romanesque Beast Column and Baroque furnishings by the Asam brothers. These varied impressions of art and history make the cathedral a destination in its own right for anyone interested in architecture and religious culture.
The Diocesan Museum on Cathedral Hill also presents exhibitions on art and cultural history at the intersection of faith, art and society. Its collection comprises around 50,000 objects from all areas of ecclesiastical art and culture. Visitors who want to discover Freising through its history and artistic heritage will find a different perspective here than in the cathedral itself: the exhibitions place art and culture in a broader social context.
Local History, Art and Guided Tours
The Freising City Museum presents prehistoric archaeological finds, valuable art and craft objects, and important documents relating to the city’s more recent history. Its scope ranges from earlier times to more recent developments in the city. The museum is seven minutes from Freising station by train and S-Bahn. For travellers with a particular interest in local history, it offers a distinct focus alongside the cathedral and Diocesan Museum.
Guided tours take visitors through the civic town and over Cathedral Hill. The programme also includes tours of Freising’s historic breweries and walks along waterways. You can choose a theme for your exploration, such as local history, brewing traditions or waterways. A brewery on Weihenstephan Hill is described as probably the oldest brewery in the world. Its beer draws visitors from far away to the Bräustüberl.
Outdoor Art and Walks
The Weihenstephan Art Trail invites visitors to take a walk past almost 30 works of art on the university campus in Freising-Weihenstephan. It consists of two circular routes, each taking about an hour. The two routes give you the option of fitting an art walk into your day without experiencing the works solely as a museum visit. The Schafhof hosts year-round exhibitions featuring artistic work by international and local artists.
The area around Weihenstephan Hill offers another way to explore. The route there passes the rose garden and follows Fürstendamm, a nature trail along the Moosach. A circular route ends at the perennial garden. As a teaching and trial garden for perennials and woody plants, it offers a wide variety of plants and a wealth of colour. In Freising, outdoor art and a garden visit are thus among the options for your stay, alongside museums and historic sites.
Getting There and Choosing an Area
Regional trains run from Freising station towards Munich and Landshut. There is also the RE 22 line between the airport, Freising and Moosburg, as well as the S1 line of the Munich Transport and Tariff Association (MVV). These connections are a useful factor when planning your journey and deciding how to spend your stay. The right holiday apartment for you will depend above all on which side of Freising you would like to focus on: Cathedral Hill and local history, guided tours, art or walks around Weihenstephan.
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