--- title: "Ingolstadt – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Ingolstadt, Germany: Ingolstadt is an independent city on the Danube, in Upper Bavaria, Germany, with 142,308 inhabitants. Nearby: Manching, Gaimersheim…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ingolstadt" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ingolstadt.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Monumento_de_Guerra%2C_Jard%C3%ADn_del_Patio%2C_M%C3%BAnich%2C_Alemania%2C_2017-07-07%2C_DD_03.jpg/1920px-Monumento_de_Guerra%2C_Jard%C3%ADn_del_Patio%2C_M%C3%BAnich%2C_Alemania%2C_2017-07-07%2C_DD_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- City in Bavaria, Germany # Ingolstadt Ingolstadt is an independent city on the Danube, in Upper Bavaria, Germany, with 142,308 inhabitants. ![Ingolstadt](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Monumento_de_Guerra%2C_Jard%C3%ADn_del_Patio%2C_M%C3%BAnich%2C_Alemania%2C_2017-07-07%2C_DD_03.jpg/1920px-Monumento_de_Guerra%2C_Jard%C3%ADn_del_Patio%2C_M%C3%BAnich%2C_Alemania%2C_2017-07-07%2C_DD_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Ingolstadt · Diego Delso The place Ingolstadt is an independent city on the Danube, in Upper Bavaria, Germany, with 142,308 inhabitants. Around half a million people live in the metropolitan area. Ingolstadt is the second largest city in Upper Bavaria after Munich and the fifth largest city in Bavaria after Munich, Nuremberg, Augsburg and Regensburg. The city passed the mark of 100,000 inhabitants in 1989 and has since been one of the major cities in Germany. After Regensburg, Ingolstadt is the second largest German city on the Danube. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingolstadt), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Ingolstadt 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Manching Manching is a municipality in the district of Pfaffenhofen, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Paar, 7 km southeast of Ingolstadt. 7.2 km · market municipality of Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manching) 2. Gaimersheim Gaimersheim is a municipality in the district of Eichstätt, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 7 km northwest of Ingolstadt. 7.3 km · market municipality of Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaimersheim) 3. Kösching Kösching is a municipality in the district of Eichstätt in Bavaria in Germany. 8.1 km · market municipality of Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6sching) 4. Audi-Sportpark Audi-Sportpark (German pronunciation: \[ˈʔaʊdiːˌʃpɔʁtpaʁk\] is a 15,800-capacity stadium in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. It is primarily used for football and is the home of FC Ingolstadt 04. 4.8 km · football stadium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_Sportpark) 5. museum mobile Audi museum mobile is an automobile museum owned and operated by Audi AG in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. Opened in 2000, it is devoted to the history of Audi and its predecessors, and is the focal point of the Audi Forum Ingolstadt. 2.3 km · automobile museum · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_museum_mobile) 6. Tuja-Stadion ESV-Stadion is an 11,418 capacity stadium in Ingolstadt, Germany. It is primarily used for football and was the home of ESV Ingolstadt until they merged with MTV Ingolstadt to become FC Ingolstadt 04. 2.5 km · football stadium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESV-Stadion) 7. Saturn Arena Saturn Arena is an arena in Ingolstadt, Germany. It is primarily used for the ice hockey club ERC Ingolstadt. 1.1 km · building in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Arena) 8. New Castle The New Castle in Ingolstadt is one of the most important Gothic secular buildings of the 15th Century in Bavaria. The builders were Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Duke George the Rich of Bavaria-Landshut, both of the Wittelsbach dynasty. 400 m · was built in 1490 as the citadel of Ingolstadt Fortress · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Castle_(Ingolstadt%29) 9. Cross Gate The Kreuztor, built in 1385, is the western gateway to the medieval city center of Ingolstadt. The tower's name is derived from the leper house belonging to the Church of the Holy Cross, which stood to the west of the city walls until its destruction in the Schmalkaldic War in 1546. 500 m · was built in 1385, is the guard tower with seven small turrets and was the western gate of Ingolstadt Fortress · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreuztor_(Ingolstadt%29) 10. Bavarian Police Museum The Bavarian Police Museum is the central museum of the Bavarian State Police, housed in the historic Turm Triva in the Klenzepark in Ingolstadt. It opened on 19 December 2011. 700 m · museum in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavarian_Police_Museum) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see All the historic buildings are found in or near the historical city centre and are within walking distance of one another. 1. Herzogskasten Literally translated "The Duke's Box" this old castle built in 1255 is the oldest secular building in the city. 2. Kreuztor Kreuzstraße & Oberer Graben (City centre). 3. Liebfrauenmünster Kreuzstraße & Konviktstraße (City centre), muenster-moritz.in@bistum-eichstaett.de. 4. Maria de Victoria Church 5. Old City Hall 6. Reduit Tilly and Klenzepark Brückenkopf 2 (south shore of the river Danube). From [Wikivoyage: Ingolstadt](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ingolstadt), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do 1. Frankenstein 2. Guided Rathausplatz 2, info@ingolstadt-tourismus.de. 3. Stadttheater Ingolstadt 4. Beer Ingolstadt has two traditional Bavarian beer festivals (think Oktoberfest in small) lasting ten days each. 5. Barthelmarkt Barthelmarktstraße 8, 85077 Manching (leave the city by car to the south via B13 or even better take the special bus line). 6. Adventszauber At Christmas, the historic inner city transforms into a seasonal event. From [Wikivoyage: Ingolstadt](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ingolstadt), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat 1. Viktualienmarkt 2. Wochemarkt 3. Würstelstube 4. Schanzer Rutschn Kanalstraße 1A (City centre), service@schanzer-rutschn.de. 5. AVUS In the visitors area (Forum) of the car manufacturer Audi, the biggest employer in the city, is the AVUS restaurant. From [Wikivoyage: Ingolstadt](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ingolstadt), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Ingolstadt **Airports:** Munich (MUC), 53 km · Nuremberg (NUE), 86 km · Memmingen Allgau (FMM), 123 km\ **Stations:** Ingolstadt Central Station, 2.2 km · Ingolstadt Manching Airport, 9.6 km · Ingolstadt Nord station, 1.3 km\ - Munich → Ingolstadt 71 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · €8–12 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/munich-to-ingolstadt) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Munich&to=Ingolstadt) - Nuremberg → Ingolstadt 81 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · €9–13 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nuremberg-to-ingolstadt) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nuremberg&to=Ingolstadt) - Memmingen → Ingolstadt 126 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · €19–26 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/memmingen-to-ingolstadt) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Memmingen&to=Ingolstadt) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Ingolstadt) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Ingolstadt Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ingolstadt. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Zermatt](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zermatt) CH 8 ways of moving, 26 sources 412 km 2. [Cinque Terre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cinque-terre) IT 7 ways of moving, 23 sources 532 km 3. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 674 km 4. [Hvar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hvar) HR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 735 km 5. 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